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Giulio Paolini, born 1940 in Genoa, lives and works in Turin. Giulio Paolini, one of the key figures of the Arte Povera movement, works with the methodology of art and its presentation. He often dismantles older "art system" in his work - perhaps taking Renaissance perspective or the rhythms of a Baroque facade or formal elements of classical Greek art - and subverts them without losing the beauty of the original references. The resulting mixed-media or installation pieces always examine the fundamental principles of seeing and being seen in a lyrical, poetic fashion.