Carlo Alfano (1932-1990)
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Carlo Alfano (1932-1990)

Tempi prospettici (Perspective Times)

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Carlo Alfano (1932-1990)
Tempi prospettici (Perspective Times)
signed and dated '"69" Carlo Alfano' (on the reverse)
reflecting-selectors on mold-sample (rhythmic), varnish and methacrylate on wood
78 ¾ x 49 5/8in. (200 x 126cm.)
Executed in 1969
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1970.
Exhibited
Naples, Castel dell'Ovo, Carlo Alfano. Sulla soglia, 2001, p. 193 (illustrated in colour, p, 57).
Rovereto, MART, Carlo Alfano. soggetto spazio soggetto, 2018, no. 8 (illustrated in colour, p. 239).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

Executed in 1969, Tempi prospettici
(Perspective Times) is a captivating
example of Carlo Alfano’s innovative
optical-kinetic style. Having initially
worked in the vein of Abstract
Expressionism and Art Informel, in the
1960s Alfano turned to a more conceptual
approach: interested in the temporal and
philosophical dimensions of experiencing
a work of art, he incorporated actual
devices of refection and refection into
works like Tempi prospettici. Shaped like
an arch or portal, the work is painted in
solid black; scintillas of red and geometric
arrays of black and of-white shape
create various perspectival roads inward,
while a bright, vertical oblong of white
paint dominates the right-hand side
of the composition. Cylinders of clear
and metallic acrylic protrude in three
dimensions from the work’s surface,
casting shadows and scattering light
across the fat paint behind, or distorting
what surrounds them in their own
reflective surfaces. Static pictorial illusion
is transcended, and Alfano offers a new
way of looking at time and space in art.

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