Turi Simeti, Un Ovale Blu (A Blue Oval), 2005

Waxed shaped canvas
40 x 40 cm (visible), 51 x 51 x 8 cm (framed)
Condition: Very good
Certificate of Authenticity available

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Turi Simeti (Italian, 1929-2021) was born in Sicily, before settling in Rome in 1958, where he regularly visited Alberto Burri's workshop. He started painting and made his debut amongst the artists of the Art Informel movement - coined by Michel Tapié (1909-1987)in 1952, which referred to art created spontaneously, without assigned or predetermined forms. 

In 1960 in Milan, Simeti met Fontana, Manzoni, Castellani and Bonalumi. In this climate of vibrant dialogue, the artist took part in the changes occurring at that time in European art history. Simeti's first Milanese years led to a considerable number of experiences where the surface of his canvases became a space to be conquered with radical elements, drawn both from minimalism and the notion of the monochrome. Simeti creates in his works different types of tension on several formats, frequently relying on small-scale canvases to produce startling dimensions. 

Employing the motif of the oval, he has attempted to develop an irregular writing system that liberates the surface of the canvas from the principles of materiality, allowing nothing but silence.

Acquired from The Mayor Gallery, London, United Kingdom, and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the gallery, and an archival certificate from the Archivio Turi Simeti, Milan, Italy, under the no. 2005-BL0402.

(Photographed in January 2025)