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ACROSS MILAN
The project Swimming Across Milan took place
from
June 15 to June 30, 1984 patronate by the Cultural
Commission of the City of Milan and with
the assistance of AAPI (Associazione Aziende
Pubblicitarie Italiane) which donated 100
billboard spaces.
One hundred original pieces measuring 6 x 3
metres or 12 x 3 meters had been previously
prepared in the studio to
fit the large billboards used for advertisements.
Each single work painted by the artist with
a brush and black printing ink was made of 12
or 24 sheets of standard white paper measuring
140 x 100 cm.
The total suiface covered by these works was
1800 square meters. ".
500 YOUNG FACES
"500 young faces", a project covering
a total painted surface of 5371 square meters
took place simultaneously in Milan, Rome, Turin,
Bologna and Florence during the
first half of November 1984.
1336 portraits were produced to fit the standard
bill-board dimensions of 6 x 3 metres and 2
x 1,40 metres
100 young people from each city were photographed
with a special camera. The negatives were then
projected on the large paper sheets, after which
each portrait was freely interpreted by the
artist using brush and black
printing ink. Each portrait was identified with
the name of the person represented and a telegramme
was sent to all participants specifying ,the
place where his or hers portrait was being exhibited.
In Milan, the Palestro subway station was transformed
into an art gallery exhibiting 100 of the portraits
150 FACES FROM GRENOBLE
On October 17, 1985 a triple operation of the
artist was inaugurated in Grenoble, France:
-a one-man show of paintings at
the Museum;
- a display of two large paintings (7,5 x 3
m. each) in the Municipal Hall;
- an exposition of 150 colour portraits of citizens
of Grenoble placed strategically throughout
the center of the city and
serving as a prologue and invitation to the
Museum exhibit.
The City, the Museum and the Institute of Waters
of Grenoble sponsored the entire programme.
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