Once upon a time, there was Lucio Fontana... Once upon a time, there was Giorgio Morandi... History never repeats itself, so they say - not even art history. And yet, this is not so. In the works of Florentine Antonio Papasso, we recover the Fontana`s grace in the occasionally symbolic sign, while on a colour level - very luminous, tonal, on a great grey expound - we meet again the magic of the great Bolognese.

There is more, of course. For example, the very learned technique of the "papiers froissés"....

In other words, a sum total of tiny graphic-epidermic vibrations, as Gillo Dorfles states in his presentation, originating from a vitality of the deep. Magic, enchantment, astonishment: three feelings translated into aesthetic form.

(*)Riccardo Barletta (Milano, 1934). Italian Modern Art critic, he taught Design’s history at the "Scuola Politecnica" in Milano and wrote several books and essays concerning with iconology.
Since 1969, he is writing for the newspaper "Corriere della Sera" in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, design and applied arts.