The emergence of beauty
The forging of materials and the formation of awareness run in parallel in the complex creative processes of Palù’s artistic creations. The materials in his concrete installations depicting primordial magmas forged by fire are composed, formed and coloured to express the suffering of creation. Behind the profound and striking immediacy of the beauty and harmony of his works lies the genesis of the events shown in rigorous, clean and essential forms, and detailed through the lacerations of nature, the extroflections and the sutures. Suffering in Palù’s works is represented as if in Greek tragedy, where true suffering is a passion for design frustrated by the limits of the physics of matter—the tragedy that lies at the foundation of generating any work of art. As Borges points out, tragedy is a catharsis which leads man, in the words of Aristotle, “from ignorance to knowledge”. The divisions, fragmentations, and imbalances which confront the themes of evil, pain and fear in Palù’s works are testimony to the process of artistic creation—pain-awareness-beauty. In his The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche reminds us that pain is the most important thing in life—suffering causes the birth of true beauty. Palù’s approach is highly refined, rooted in the soil of architectural culture. Pure knowledge has led him to form sculptures in which the quantum aesthetic asserts itself. They are to be read in the refractions of light that emerge from the folds of the materials.
From a text by Fabio Morandi
Giorgio Palù
The final touch!
88 Cubes in stunning contrast to United Quadrat.
Just one more piece to go. Hanging United Quadrat for Giorgio’s exhibition at the Italian Cultural Center in Stockholm.
The relation between sculpture and architecture
Sculpture and architecture reveal Giorgio Palù’s essential dualism. Even more they show the profound self analysis he undergoes in expressing viscerally performative instincts or austere designs. These two aspects are in constant balance, at the cost of constant reciprocal sacrifice. Indispensable to sculptural analysis is the creative/destructive stimulus found in Nature; whereas the essence of architecture proceeds from a development of volume, which is closely aligned to the simplicity of pure geometrical form, to the integrity of materials never qualitatively distorted, and to the essence of linear design drawn by the natural gesture of the hand. Nature becomes the protagonist par excellence to the extent that Palù obeys its perfect and inalienable structural rules, while at the same time following a fundamental humanist goal. Like a basic element on which to generate the proportion of lines and volumes, each work reflects on the presence of the human being as an active agent, rather than as a mere bystander. In fact, through persistent material analysis—in addition to technological research recognising the indispensability of innovation and experimentation—each architectural work breaks down the imaginary boundary between structure and environment, defining space by indulging in a tight symbiosis of adaptability and functionality, aesthetics and rigour.
Giorgio Palù. Fire Monolith. 175 cm x 18 cm x 18 cm. Concrete, burned extruded polystyrene. € 10 000
Quadrittico Unito | United Quadrat. Fire series. 240 cm x 240 cm x 10 cm. Concrete, burned and cast extruded polystyrene, plasma-cut iron bars, gold leaf. € 22 000
The Look of Masters. 55 cm x 110 cm x 18 cm. Mirror, mirror-polished steel, print on transparent film and polished stainless steel tubes. € 10 000
Hurt Warrior. Human Resistance series. 170 cm x 60 cm x 40 cm. Etched iron filings, gold leaf, stainless steel blades. € 6 900
88 Cubes. 180 cm x 35 cm x 35 cm. Crystal cubes, waxed bronze steel base. € 12 500
Marble Monolith. 170 cm x 17 cm x 17 cm. Yellow travertine, gold leaf, plasma-cut wrought and burnished iron. € 9 000
Omnis Ars. 212 cm x 35 cm diameter. Plasma-cut wrought iron and gold leaf. € 12 200
Floating Thoughts No 01. 32 cm x 20 cm x 20 cm. Round iron bar, gold leaf, silver leaf. Mounted in a crystal cube. € 3 400
99 Cubes, 2015. Transparencies series. 22 cm x 120 cm x 10 cm. Plexiglass cubes mounted on patinated and waxed bronze. € 5 000
99 Cubes, 2015. Transparencies series. 22 cm x 120 cm x 10 cm. Plexiglass cubes on a base of patinated and waxed bronze. Detail. € 5 000
Good Vibration. 37 cm x 200 cm x 4 cm. Super waxed stainless steel bronze. € 8 000
False Friends. 200 cm x 100 cm x 10 cm. Gold leaf-treated etched and waxed iron, silver leaf-treated etched iron, mirror-polished stainless steel. € 8 700
Totem. 220 cm x 51 cm x 29 cm. Stove enamelled iron, etched glass. € 10 500
Stone Laceration 00. Lacerations series. 38 cm x 120 cm x 8 cm. Artesia stone, plasma-cut wrought iron, gold leaf. € 6 500
Concrete Monolith, 2016. 190 cm x 15 cm x 15 cm. Black concrete, plasma-cut wrought and burnished iron, gold leaf. € 7 800
San Sebastian. Nature is Perfect series.170 cm x 40 cm x 25 cm. Botticino marble and plasma-cut wrought iron. €17 000
Granite Monolith, 2016. 182 cm x 15 cm x 15 cm. Absolute black granite, plasma-cut wrought iron and gold leaf. Detail. € 9 000
San Sebastian. Nature is Perfect series. 170 cm x 40 cm x 25 cm. Botticino marble and plasma-cut wrought iron. Detail. €17 000
Untitled. 170 cm x 43 cm x 12 cm. Travertine, iron, polished stainless steel. Detail. € 8 000
Steel Monolith, 2016. 190 cm x 15 cm x 14 cm. Plasma-cut wrought iron, gold leaf. Detail. € 8 500
Big Eye. Nature is Perfect series. 172 cm x 30 cm x 12 cm. Yellow travertine, gold leaf, extralight glass. Base in waxed iron. € 10 200
Untitled Gold. Lacerations series. 60 cm x 220 cm x 4 cm. Gold electrocoloured stainless steel, sawing machine blades. € 7 500
Red Concrete, 2016. Lacerations series. 40 cm x 140 cm x 15 cm. Red paste-coloured concrete, burnished plasma-cut wrought iron. € 5 500
White Concrete, 2016. Lacerations series. 40 cm x 140 cm x 15 cm. White Concrete, burnished plasma-cut wrought iron. € 5 500
Grey Concrete 1, 2016. Lacerations series. 40 cm x 140 cm x 15 cm. Grey concrete, burnished plasma-cut wrought iron. € 5 500
Untitled, 2016. 80 cm x 80 cm x 10 cm. Serena stone, plasma-cut wrought iron, gold leaf, blades in painted iron. € 7 500
Crocifissione. Human Resistance series. 170 cm x 136 cm x 5 cm. Charred, perforated, painted medium density fibreboard, plexiglass. € 10 000
Crocifissione. Human Resistance series. 170 cm x 136 cm x 5 cm. Charred, perforated, painted medium density fibreboard, plexiglass. Detail with lighting. € 10 000
New Laceration 01. Lacerations series. 45 cm x 197 cm x 8 cm. Corten steel, plasma-cut wrought iron, red resin, gold leaf. € 7 000
Gash Elegant, wounds series. 50 cm x 130 cm x 5 cm. Etched and waxed bronze, plasma-cut burnished wrought iron, polished stainless steel.€ 6 200
Superleggera Red No 02. 120 cm x 36 cm x 6 cm. Cast extruded polystyrene. € 5 800
Scorched Metal Venus. Human Resistance series. 170 cm x 60 cm x 40 cm. Painted melted metal. € 8 000
Scorched Metal Venus. Human Resistance series. 170 cm x 60 cm x 40 cm. Painted melted metal. Detail. € 8 000
Lava Flow. Fire series. 100 cm x 100 cm x 6 cm. Concrete, burned and cast extruded polystyrene. € 8 800
Profile. Nature is Perfect series. 170 cm x 43 cm x 12 cm. White travertine, gold leaf. € 8 500
Lava’s Creek. Fire series. 100 cm x 100 cm x 6 cm. Concrete, burnled and cast extruded polystyrene. € 8 500
Elevation. 36 cm x 25 cm x 25 cm. Plasma-cut wrought iron, gold leaf, polished stainless steel. € 4 100
Floating Marble. Nature is Perfect series. 81 cm x 32 cm x 8 cm. Walnut travertine, gold leaf. € 7 000
Rarified Towers, 2015. Transparencies series. 35 cm x 15 cm x 15 cm. Plasma-cut wrought iron, gold leaf, polished stainless steel. € 3 800
Deep Crack. Nature is Perfect series. 33 cm x 96 cm x 4 cm. Concrete, gold leaf, polished stainless steel. € 4 300
Wood Laceration, 2016. Ultralight Laceration series. 38 cm x 136 cm x 6 cm. Charred wood, sawing machine blades, iron filings, gold leaf, coloured resin. € 4 300
No 00, 2015. Nature is Perfect series. 151 cm x 20 cm x 20 cm. Travertine, gold leaf, machined brass bars. € 7 800
Carbon Fiber Venus. 182 cm x 60 cm x 40 cm. Carbon Fiber. € 6 900
No 02. Floating Island series. 60 cm x 96 cm x 5 cm. Orange coloured resin, plasma-cut wrought iron “crusts”, gold leaf. € 6 000
Wounds no 01, 2015. 195 cm x 57 cm x 5 cm. Corten steel, machined bronze bars, mirror polished stainless steel. € 6 900
Charcoal No 01. Floating Islands series. 60 cm x 101 cm x 8 cm without frame. Warmred coloured resin, charcoal. € 6 300
No 01. Floating Island series. 57 cm x 97 cm x 5 cm. Red coloured resin, plasma-cut wrought iron “crusts”, gold leaf. € 6 000
Scorched Venus No 00. Human Resistance series. 182 cm x 60 cm x 40 cm. Etched iron and aluminum filings. € 6 900
Floating Thoughts No 00. 32 cm x 20 cm x 20 cm. Round iron bar, gold leaf, silver leaf. Mounted in a crystal cube. € 3 400
Cavity, 2015. Nature is Perfect series. 168 cm x 20 cm x 10 cm. White travertine, gold leaf, plasma-cut wrought iron. € 7 500
Charcoal No 00. Floating Islands series. 51 cm x 81 cm x 8 cm without frame. Cool gray coloured resin, charcoal. € 5 000
Stone Laceration 01, 2016. Lacerations series. 38 cm x 134 cm x 8 cm. Artesia stone, plasma-cut wrought iron, gold leaf. € 7 000
Red. 30 cm x 30 cm x 5 cm. Concrete, burned and cast extruded polystyrene. € 4 500
Wounds no 2, 2015. 196 cm x 60 cm x 5 cm. Etched and burnished iron, machined bronze bars. € 6 500
No 00. Floating Island series. 60 cm x 95 cm x 5 cm. Blue coloured resin, plasma-cut wrought iron “crusts”, gold leaf. € 6 000
Wounds No 03. LED. € 6 900
Charcoal No 02. Floating Islands series. 70 cm x 100 cm x 8 cm. Red coloured resin, charcoal. Detail. € 6 300
Wounds no 04, 2015. 196 cm x 60 cm x 5 cm. Etched and burnished iron, machined bronze bars. € 6 500
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