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concealeduntilthespousesAndreaandGretaBiasca-Caroniboughtthesmalhousecaled“CasaSanTomaso”inDecember2016.ThepropertyhadbeenPericle'shome. T h is h o u s e w a s in a s ta te o f a b a n d o n m e n t, b u t it w a s th e c o n te n t in fa c t th a t p a rtic u la rly im p re s s e d th e n e w o w n e rs : a h u g e le g a c y o f p a in tin g s , d ra w in g s a n d d o c u m e n ts whichconveyedPericle’sstudies.Inaddition,hiscareerasthepainterwhomanagedtoexhibitinEuropealongwithartlegendssuchasPicaso,Hodler,VanGoghand Matise.Therediscoveryofthisforgotenartist-whostoodoutforhisabstractandsymbolicstyle-andmoreovertheestablishmentofthefirstArchiveofhisartworks, haverecentlyawakenagreatinterestinthefieldofartcriticism.Thecombinationofthesetwoaspectstriggeredthepromotionofaseriesofexhibitions.
AfterhavingarangedPericle’sfirstanthologicalexhibitioninFondazioneQueriniStampalia(Venice)lastspring,theCantonofTicinoisnow abouttoopentwomoreshows tobringtolighttheadventurouslifeofthisartistwhowasfondofnature,astronomyandastrology.Thefirstshow wilbeheldinthecontextofWopartArtFairinLugano onthe19th ofSeptember.
Aselectedseriesofartworksonpaper(aboutthirtyIndianinkdrawings)wilbeputondisplayinordertofocusonPericle’sintensegraphicproduction.Thesecondevent wilbeopeningattheMASIinLuganoinfulAutumnandwilbecuratedbythedirectorofLAC,TobiaBezola.«HisIndianinkdrawings-intunewiththepaintings-reflect hispersonalform ofdeepenedself-expresionwhichreliesonfreehandgestures,linesanddrawing.
Itisasiftheycouldconveyvitalenergyandmesagesconnectinglifeofthesingletouniversalharmony»GretaCaronistated.AfterpurchasingtheCasaSanTomasoand thefoundationoftheArchivioPericle,shenow dealswiththedevelopmentandthepromotionofthisartist.MoreoversheiscommitedtothedisclosureofPericle’s writingsandresearchonnatureandcosmos.
DuetoPericle'sreluctancetoworldlines,infacthewithdrew from socialifeinhislateryears.Whenhepasedaway,hisnameendedupfadingintooblivion.
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