Silenzioso Sangue [Silent Blood]
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.
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artist:Mimmo Paladino (born 1948) Italian
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title:Silenzioso Sangue [Silent Blood]
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date created:1979/85
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materials:Oil, wax and wood on canvas
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measurements:213.50 x 140.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1987
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accession number:GMA 3017
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Mimmo Paladino
Mimmo Paladino
Paladino was born in the south of Italy, near Benevento, and grew up in Naples. He lives in Benevento and Milan. In the early 1970s Paladino began using mythological subjects in his work. His later works draws, in particular, on Etruscan art and on the classical art of his native area. Paladino was...