About this artwork

'Silent Blood' was painted in 1979 but reworked by the artist several years later, when the wooden head was added. Paladino began making sculptures in 1982 and from that date incorporated sculptural elements into his canvases. In the late-1970s and early-1980s Paladino produced a series of monochromatic paintings in primary colours, such as the rich red of this work. His paintings seem to concern mysterious religious and pagan rituals and the world of the dead, but they escape specific interpretations.

Updated before 2020

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  • artist:
    Mimmo Paladino (born 1948) Italian
  • title:
    Silenzioso Sangue [Silent Blood]
  • date created:
    1979/85
  • materials:
    Oil, wax and wood on canvas
  • measurements:
    213.50 x 140.00 cm
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Purchased 1987
  • accession number:
    GMA 3017
  • gallery:
  • subject:
  • artwork photographed by:
    Antonia Reeve
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Mimmo Paladino

Mimmo Paladino