Alighiero e Boetti: Regola e Regolarsi

Overview

It has been said that conceptual art scorns sentiment, because at a certain historical moment it was calculated that sentimental feeling no longer made sense, but the works of Boetti, even when they are conceptual, are always an alchemy of salt and sugar, that is of common sense, intelligence, and warmth. – Giovan Battista Salerno

In Alighiero’s hands, conceptual practice became highly emotive. – Francesco Clemente

Ben Brown Fine Arts is proud to announce Alighiero e Boetti: Regola e Regolarsi, curated by Mark Godfrey, to be presented across the London galleries and Claridge’s ArtSpace, in the heart of Mayfair. Ben Brown Fine Arts has steadfastly exhibited Boetti’s work over the last two decades, with seven solo exhibitions and numerous group shows at both the London and Hong Kong galleries, highlighting our depth of interest and expertise in 20th century post-war Italian art. This exhibition brings together iconic examples from various periods of Boetti’s oeuvre, including Arte Povera objects, Mappe, Arazzi, Aerei, Faccine, Biros and other experimental works on paper, and a rare rug (Tappeti) and kilim. Esteemed art historian, curator and critic Mark Godfrey, a Boetti scholar who organized the seminal retrospective Alighiero Boetti: Game Plan for Tate Modern, London, which travelled from the Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, and from London on to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, has conceived of this exhibition to present Boetti’s work in two distinct embodiments – Regola (‘Rules’) and Regolarsi (‘Adjustments’), as well as a private viewing space of experimental works on paper by the artist.