RITMI E RISONANZE DELLA GEOMETRIA (1968-1972)

[…] it is space itself that becomes a body, both positively and negatively. Images no longer form within space pr on space, mimicking a movement, a horizontal torsion, nor do they occupy it as foreign objects. Instead, it is space that takes on a dimension, a depth; it articulates, folds, becomes aware of itself and its internal dialetic, representing it while avoiding metaphor. Color, taut and pure, remains surface, yet as the problem of perspective inevitably resurfaces, it acquires a new significance. Olivieri’s ‘icon’ are not effigies. Rather, they are objectifications of space”. Roberto Sanesi in Catalogo Mostra Giorgio Olivieri, 2-22 ottobre 1972, Galleria d’Arte Cortina – Milano, n. 86 Collana diretta da Renzo Cortina, Arti Grafiche Fiorin, Milano settembre 1972. English translation by Federica Viola