Paolo Minoli

PAOLO MINOLI Cantù, 1942 - 2004

Paolo Minoli was born in 1942 in Cantù (Como). At a very young age he attended the house of the painter Enrico Sottili and, as a student, the studio of the sculptor Gaetano Negri. He graduated “Master of art” in 1961 at the State Institute of Art in Cantù, where he taught from 1964 to 1978. From 1977 to 1978 he was part of the research group “Systematic interrogation” with Nato Frascà and Antonio Scaccabarozzi. Since 1979, at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan he has been teaching the special course of “Cromatologia” and collaborates, as a consultant, with companies for the application of color solutions in industrial production. In 1980 he published for the publisher Corraini of Mantua two artist’s books, in twenty copies, each composed of 13 plates printed in serigraphy personally at the “RS” center in Como. In 1982 he was invited to the “XL Biennale Internazionale d’Arte” in Venice, sector “Visual Arts”. In 1986 he was present at the “XLII International Art Biennale” in Venice with the work Sequenza A / D from 1977 for the “Color” sector, as part of the review Arte e Scienza. In 1999 he was invited to the “XIII Art Quadrennial” of Rome Projections 2000. Curated by Elena Pontiggia, in October 2000, the “Paolo Minoli” catalog was published for the “Rex” editions. The slow dart of beauty “. Edited by Alberto Veca, in October 2004, on the occasion of the exhibition at the Lagorio Arte Contemporanea gallery in Brescia, the monograph “Paolo Minoli. Works 1974-2003 ”. He has held meetings, seminars, refresher courses, training and qualification at various institutions. In 1999 he was a contract professor for the degree course in architecture for the Institute of Industrial Design, University of Palermo. He was president of the “Friends of the City of Cantù Museum Association”, member of the scientific committee of the “Gallery of Design and Furnishing”, of the “Bruno Munari Collection” of Cantù and of the “Luigi Veronesi Committee”, Milan. On the initiative of Paolo Minoli, who died on December 20, 2004, Casaperlarte was established - the Paolo Minoli foundation based in Cantù, aimed at promoting contemporary art in its various expressions.

PAOLO MINOLI Per il poeta, quando il cielo si specchia nella sera, 2003 Acrylic on board, 2 elements 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in each (30 x 30 cm)

PAOLO MINOLI Pizzicato quinto, 1999 Acrylic on board, 2 elements 9 1/2 x 7 in (24 x 18 cm) each

PAOLO MINOLI Specchio magico per il poeta, 2003 Acrylic on canvas, 2 elements 23 1/2 x 23 1/2 in (60 x 60 cm) each

BRUNO MUNARI Scultura da viaggio, 1958 Brass 35 x 36 1/2 x 19 3/4 in (89 x 93 x 50 cm)