Few artists working today have interrogated the medium and meaning of art more completely than Giulio Paolini. Paolini is often mistakenly associated with the Arte Povera movement. While he participated in a number of their exhibitions in the late 1960s, his art has a unique orientation that is not easily categorized or contained in the movement. Many of Paolini’s works are inspired by masterpieces of Art history and are created to make the viewer question what they are seeing. His art questions the very nature of Art and the role of the Artist. Early works such as Young Man Looking at Lorenzo Lotto (1967) and Mimesis (1975-1976) announce Paolini’s intention to use his profound knowledge of the history of Art to pose riddles and to present his work as part of a long continuum – with each artist and artwork interacting both with the past and the future. His works are composed of diverse media; painting, photography and sculpture, all of which create a poetic and introspective space. Paolini’s thought-provoking and playful work can also be seen in his stage design for theatre and operas. He has exhibited globally and most recently, in 2022, had a solo exhibition, When is the present?, at the Museo Novecento in Florence.

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