The world renowned neon artist Maurizio Nannucci (born in Florence in 1939) will present a sequence of new works of lighting art in my show rooms. Since the mid 1960s Nannucci has visually defined the mutual relationship between language, writing and message, and made it the focus of his creativity.

Maurizio Nannucci concentrates his visual means on neon letters made of pigmented glass which he place in an architectural context in interior and exterior spaces. Illuminated letters on walls and façades are based on a linguistic concept devised for the relevant surroundings. Words, sentences and acronyms assume vivid significance by challenging paradoxes, laconic statements and poetic associations.

For the 17-metre-long side walls of my gallery Maurizio Nannucci has created for the first time in his œuvre seven-line objects of writing in dimensions measuring 3 metres high by 1.5 metres wide. A new feature is the neon element placed vertically to the left of the words applied above each other. This makes the six light sculptures in red, white, yellow, blue, pink and green appear like monochrome luminous flags. In these works the artist’s play of language refers to sensory perception and the relationship between the senses (WHAT TO SEE WHAT NOT TO SEE… see above). In our gallery Nannucci also shows banners of letters about 4 metres long and 20 cm high, imitating in neon the artist’s handwriting; these will be mounted under the roof. These texts are in red, white, yellow and blue and convey philosophical and Utopian observations about art and our power of imagination.

Maurizio Nannucci