(born in Florence in 1939, lives and works in Florence and South Germany)
Rosso, 1970, signed, titled and dated Maurizio Nannucci/RED 1970 on the reverse, acrylic on canvas and neon on wood, 151.5 x 150 x 10 cm

The authenticity of this work has been orally confirmed by the artist.

Provenance:
Carlo Grossetti Collection, Milan VAF Stiftung Collection, Frankfurt am Main, no. 423
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich
Museum Bochum, Bochum
MART, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto

Exhibited:
Rovereto, Un secolo di arte Italiana. Lo sguardo del collezionista. Opere della Fondazione VAF/Ein Jahrhundert italienischer Kunst. Der Blick des Sammlers. Werke der VAF-Stiftung, Mart, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 2 July - 20 November 2005, exh. cat.
Skira, Milan 2005, p. 195 with ill.
Karlsruhe, Light art from artificial light-lichtkunst, curated by P. Weibel, G. Jansen, ZKM, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, 19 November 2005 – 6 August 2006
Rovereto, La parola nell’arte. Ricerche d’avanguardia nel ‘900. Dal futurismo a oggi attraverso le collezioni del Mart, Mart, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 10 November 2007 – 6 April 2008, exh. cat. p. 474 with ill.

Literature:
D. Ferrari (ed.), VAF Stiftung, La Collezione/The Collection/Die Sammlung. Catalogo generale/General catalogue/Bestandkatalog, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo, 2012, p. 632 with ill.

Perceiving and understanding the world are two usually interdependent actions. My approach is directed towards allowing the coexistence of the analytical aspect and the imaginative, creative aspect. It is to do with rendering visible that which cannot be seen. I am not so interested in proposing models; more in opening up different manners of critical behaviour. To this end, my research is not directed at modifying the rules, but at creating new reflections on the complexity of signs and language, with which the connections and the contradictions of the world are expressed. I view my work as an investigation into the cultural codes that our society determines and into the possibility of changing them.
Maurizio Nannucci