Paolo Ghilardi was the artist of color
Endowed with great creativity and strong interest in design and architecture. The need to explain the color by leading it beyond the limit imposed with the access to the third dimension, is also reflected in the sculptures in Plexiglas and glass.These artworks consist of several levels, which would then also compose layered composition made of several floors in Plexiglas, a kind of double container in which geometric elements conceived with paper are blocked inside.
Cross in colored glass and steel (1988) by Paul GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
Paolo Ghilardi - project for glass sculpture (1980) by Paolo GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
sculpture project in colored glass and steel (2002) by Paul GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
ATMA (1988) by Paul GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
During the 1980s he created the first monumental sculpture in glass, entitled "ATMA". The work was linked to the project for the development of a public area of the city of Stezzano, but it had been perceived as outdated compared to the modern conception of the arts of that period.
Paolo Ghilardi - ATMA glass, Stezzano Cemetery (1980) by Paolo GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
Collage in paper + pencil and plexiglas (1999) by Paul GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
The last years of his activity dedicated them to the practice of "papier coupé" and collage under plexiglas developed mainly in medium and small-format works.
Collage and matitta 4, collage in paper, pencil inside Plexiglas (1992) by Paolo GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
Architecture Collage 7, collage in paper inside Plexiglas (1997) by Paolo GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
Collage 69, collage in plexiglass paper (1997) by Paolo GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
Collage + pencil, collage in plexiglass paper (1986) by Paolo GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
They are regular or irregular works, which give a feeling of suspended dimension where the eye is invited to forward to see the alternation of fullness and emptiness, light and dark and shadows in constant dialogue, beyond the visible of the instant, conceding once again to the human gaze the possibility of observing or looking beyond.
Architecture, paper collage + pencil inside Plexiglas (1999) by Paolo GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
Architecture, paper collage in plexiglass t (1998) by Paolo GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
The opportunity to interact, the freedom to consider in the real or imaginary world a utopian space to approach.
Collage 63, collage inside Plexiglas (1996) by Paolo GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
Architecture, collage in plexiglass paper (1996) by Paolo GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
"Color and space in their infinite potential and combinations give form to the expressive universe of Ghilardi."
Architecture, collage in plexiglass paper (1996) by Paolo GhilardiArchivio Paolo Ghilardi
