Antologica 1965–2008
Having completed his diploma from the Castello Sforzesco Secondary School for applied art in 1959, and after some years spent in Paris, London and Holland, in 1965 Antonio Scaccabarozzi (Merate 1936, Santa Maria Hoè 2008) exhibited his first works of research into geometric abstraction in Milan. From then on, as noted by Angela Madesani in the catalogue that accompanies the exhibition, the name of Antonio Scaccabarozzi appears frequently alongside some of the most important figures from that season. Umbro Apollonio chose his works to be exhibited alongside those of Alviani, Bonalumi, Castellani, Dorazio, Fontana and Nigro. In Karlsruhe he work was exhibited in a double solo show with Dadamaino in 1973. Tommaso Trini published his works alongside those of Gianni Colombo, Jorrit Tornquist, Dadamaino and De Alexandris. With the anthological exhibition here at the P420 gallery the work of this refined artist, who throughout his life kept a distance from the clamour of the art world, is re-read and re-evaluated in the right measure. On exhibition are Ricerche Strutturali, reticulate geometries with which the artist investigates the observer’s emotional contact with the work; Misurazioni and Quantità, in which the concept of colour suffices to make a painting, Polietileni in which severity and lightness evoke without describing and finally, the courageous transparencies of Velature. In all his work Scaccabarozzi makes coherent choices of the surface, canvas, polyethylene on which colour is applied as a quantity, volume, weight, structure, layer and this is how he reveals an unfamiliar image of reality, without taking anything for granted.
Exhibition Works
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Rotazione orizzontale, 1972, acrylic on perforated canvas, cm.40x40.
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, dattilografia, 1970, type-written on paper on board, 29×30 cm
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Punto di vista variabile, 1971, acrylic on die cut canvas, cm.40x40
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Orizzontale luce-ombra, 1972, acrylic on die cut canvas, cm.64x64
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Rotazione sulla verticale, 1972, acrylic on die cut canvas, cm.40x40
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Dall’elemento spaziale alla superficie continua, 1972, acrylic on die cut canvas, work composed by 4 pieces, cm.80x80, cm.40x40, cm.20x20, cm.10x10
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Parallelismo, 1972, acrylic on die cut canvas, cm.50x50
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Elemento e rotazione, 1972, acrylic on die cut canvas, cm.20x20
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Rotazione orizzontale scalata (diagonale), 1974, acrylic on die cut canvas, cm.100x100
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Prevalenze 1/7 (div.2) col., 1974, acrylic on canvas, cm.120x120
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Prevalenze 1/6 col., 1974, acrylic on canvas, trittico cm.75x75 cad.
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Prevalenze 1/8 (div.2) col., 1974, acrylic on canvas, cm.80x80
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Grigio 1/5 prevalenze, 1974, acrylic on canvas, cm.63x63
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Prevalenze 1/4 col. Vi.R.A.G. (div.4), 1974, acrylic on canvas, cm.40x40
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Prevalenze 1/6 (div.2) V.O., 1974, acrylic on canvas, cm.60x60
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Monocromia prevalenze 1/4 (div.2) V.O., 1977, acrylic on canvas, cm.30x30
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Monocromia prevalenze 1/4 (div.2) V.O., 1977, acrylic on canvas, cm.30x30
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Prevalenze 1/6 (div.2) V.O. colore, 1977, acrylic on canvas, cm.30x30
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Prevalenze 1/6 (div.2) V.O. colore, 1978, acrylic on canvas, cm.60x60
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Minime differenze diagonale, 1978, acrylic on board, cm.30x30
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Minime differenze diagonale, 1978, acrylic on board, cm.30x30
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Iniezione endotela, 1980, colors on canvas , cm.50x80
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Immersione, 1982, colors on canvas , cm.70x50
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Quantità, 1984, acrylic on polyethylene, cm.55x38
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Non prima forse dopo comunque adesso, 1989, acrylic on canvas, cm.65x91,5
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Quantità di blu verso il N2, 1985, acrylic on board, cm.64,5x84,5
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Acquerello numero 10, 1990, watercolor on paper cm.70x50
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Quantità in muta, 1987, acrylic on newspaper on canvas, cm.47x63
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Quantità in muta, 1987, acrylic on newspaper on canvas, cm.47x63
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Quantità nell’idea del disegno, 1989, pastel on newspaper on canvas, cm.39x58
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Quantità nell’idea del disegno, 1989, pastel on newspaper on canvas, cm.39x58
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Essenziale con ombre pittoriche, 1991, acrylic and mastic, cm.41,5x81,5
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Questo è quasi verde?, 1991, acrylic and mastic, cm.43,5x81,5
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Essenziale, 1991, acrylic and mastic, cm.26,5x34
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Untitled, 1999, shaped polyethylene, cm.40x40
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Blu scuro opaco , 2000, shaped polyethylene, cm.110x93
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Atene, 2000, shaped polyethylene, cm.45x60
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Simi, 2001, shaped polyethylene, cm.37x43,5
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Untitled, 2001, shaped polyethylene, cm.45,5x46
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Serifos, 2002, shaped polyethylene, cm.87,5x63,5
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Banchisa 7, 2003, overlapping sheets of polyethylene, cm.71x64
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Banchisa 43, 2004, overlapping sheets of polyethylene, cm.96x86
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Banchisa 41, 2004, overlapping sheets of polyethylene, cm.84x75
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Ekleipsis 12, 2002, overlapping sheets of polyethylene, cm.97x68
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, Ekleipsis 17, 2002, overlapping sheets of polyethylene, cm.97x68
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, 3 velature su fondo grigio, 2005, oil on canvas, cm.55x50
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, 11 velature di bianco, 2006, oil on canvas, cm.95x105
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, 7 velature di giallo di Napoli, 2006, oil on canvas, cm.95x105
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, 4 velature su fondo giallo, 2006, oil on canvas, cm.55x50
Antonio Scaccabarozzi, 3 velature su fondo grigio blu, 2005, oil on canvas, cm.55x50