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Alighiero Boetti — Arazzi: Sciogliersi come neve al sole
Alighiero Boetti

Arazzi: Sciogliersi come neve al sole

A meticulously ordered grid of colorful embroidered letters fills the surface of this textile work, creating a dense, almost hypnotic visual pattern that rewards close inspection. Boetti's characteristic collaboration with Afghan artisans transforms language itself into ornament, embedding meaning within the rhythmic repetition of hand-stitched characters. The title — "Melting like snow in the sun" — poetically suggests a dissolution of fixed order, a quiet paradox within the work's rigorous, structured appearance.

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Contemporary Day Sale

July 3, 2014

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Alighiero Boetti, Arazzi: Sciogliersi come neve al sole

A meticulously ordered grid of colorful embroidered letters fills the surface of this textile work, creating a dense, almost hypnotic visual pattern that rewards close inspection. Boetti's characteristic collaboration with Afghan artisans transforms language itself into ornament, embedding meaning within the rhythmic repetition of hand-stitched characters. The title — "Melting like snow in the sun" — poetically suggests a dissolution of fixed order, a quiet paradox within the work's rigorous, structured appearance.

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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

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Poetic, Conceptual Art, Italian, Textile Art, Colorful, Abstract, Contemporary

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