Oil on Canvas
47,2 x 63 in (120 x 160 cm)

Alessandro Algardi is an Italian artist born in Milan in 1945. Fluctuating within the experimental field of the visual-poetic, Algardi’s works examine the fluidity between the act of writing and the materiality of the canvas. Working on monochromatic canvas and paper, Algardi carves several layers of scripture onto one line, rendering the words unreadable and ultimately devoid of meaning. The painting, then, becomes the storyteller – a visual poetry suggesting the limitations of language to denote a complete reality.

Algardi has participated in over one hundred gallery exhibitions worldwide, including the Imago Art Gallery in London, the International Arts Center in Venice and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, throughout this career. His works appear in permanent collections of the Dubugue Museum of Art in Iowa, the Savannah College of Art & Design in Georgia, USA and the Museo Giovanni Verga in Vizzini, Italy, the Mart Museum in Rovereto and the Museo del Novecento in Milan, among others.