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Itlookslikebrushstrokesopendoorwaystoamysteriousknowledge andangelicfiguresarisefrom esotericdimensions.Luigi Pericle (1916- 2001). Beyond the visible (curatedbyChiaraGati)rediscoversapeculiar characteristicintermsofart(FondazioneQueriniStampalia,untilthe 24th ofNovember,querinistampalia.org).ArtistofItalian origins (Marche),Periclewasparticularlyversatileandfurthermoreacartoonist. IntheSixtiesheretiredtoMonteVerità,the«hilofutopia»,inthe Canton ofTicino which represented a sortofprelude to the Beat generationdatingbacktothebeginningofthecentury.Thiscommunity of anarchists, pacifists, vegans, theosophists and fem inists at tracted bothCarlGustavJung'sandHermanHese'satention.Thisexhibition of50artworks-ncludingpaintings(below:TheArchangelIV,1965)and someselectedpagesfrom Pericle’sdiary-depictaspecialfascination towards Klee and Dubufet.Pericle explores every cornerofhis c o n s c io u s n e s s in h is a rt, b u t d o e s n ’t g iv e u p u s in g s h a p e s . H e a ls o studiestheartofJapanesecaligraphydetectedinhisIndianinkson paper:theyaredeepandshow enigmaticdetailswhicharecreatedwith nohesitation.
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