Gli Ucelli di Notte (The Night Birds); Gli Alberi che nel Corpo Nascono (Trees that Spring from the Body Itself); and Essere Portato in Carro (To Be Carried in a Cart)
Mimmo Paladino's triptych is a richly layered series of prints that exemplifies his mastery of mixed techniques, combining screenprint, woodcut, etching, aquatint, drypoint, carborundum, and collage to create densely textured, evocative surfaces. The three works — *Gli Ucelli di Notte*, *Gli Alberi che nel Corpo Nascono*, and *Essere Portato in Carro* — draw on mythological, primordial, and symbolic imagery characteristic of the Italian Transavanguardia movement, with figures, birds, and organic forms emerging from dark, atmospheric grounds. Printed on Arches paper, the suite demonstrates Paladino's ability to merge ancient archetypes with a distinctly modern visual language, resulting in works of profound mystery and poetic depth.
- Medium
- The complete set of three screenprints with woodcut, etching, aquatint, drypoint, carborundum, and collage in colours, on Arches paper.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
January 19, 2017
Spotted works by Mimmo Paladino
Artists in conversation
Francesco Clemente
Italian · b. 1952
A fellow Transavanguardia artist, Clemente similarly combines mythological and primordial symbolism with the human figure and organic body motifs, producing richly layered works that merge figurative expressionism with surrealist and nocturnal imagery across mixed printmaking and drawing techniques.
Anselm Kiefer
German · b. 1945
Kiefer shares Paladino's use of densely textured mixed media surfaces, dark moody palettes, and mythological symbolism rooted in primordial themes, producing large format works that fuse collage, printmaking, and expressive materiality to evoke ancient and elemental forces.
Georg Baselitz
German · b. 1938
Baselitz parallels Paladino in his commitment to figurative expressionism and complex mixed media printmaking, employing woodcut and etching with a raw expressive intensity and symbolic figurative imagery that resonates closely with the mythological and nocturnal qualities of this triptych.
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