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FondazioneQueriniStampalia The«beatnik»LuigiPericledivesintohis selfconsciousnes
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'sandHermanHesse'satention.Thisexhibition of50artworks-ncludingpaintings(below:TheArchangelIV,1965)and someselectedpagesfrom Pericle’sdiary-depictaspecialfascination towards Klee and Dubufet.Pericle explores every cornerofhis consciousnes s in his art,butdoesn’tgive up using shapes.He also studiestheartofJapanesecaligraphydetectedinhisIndianinkson paper:theyaredeepandshow enigmaticdetailswhicharecreatedwith nohesitation.
