Simon Hantaï: Azzurro Damiani and beauty

and beauty

the female nude torso is hand-carved from ethereal gray quartz and intertwined with 18-karat white gold threads (pictured) or a combination of white cacholong—a variety of opal—and 18-karat yellow gold

Completed between 2016 and 2018

includes a new essay by Jean-François Chevrier

and the complexities of working at such a large scale

Simon Hantaï: Azzurro Damiani and beautyThis book was published on the occasion of Simon Hanta: Azzurro at Gagosian, Rome. Curated by Anne Baldassari, the exhibition focused on the significance of blue in the artists practice, illuminating his affinity with Italy and the influence on his work of its classical painting tradition. Azzurro featured work from throughout Hantas career and included many paintings produced using his characteristic pliage (folding) technique, in which a canvas is