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Afro - The Poetry of Painting
December 1, 2022 – February 4, 2023
With  Afro - The Poetry of Painting, SETAREH presents the first solo exhibition of the Italian painter in Germany since he was represented with major work shows at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the Kunstverein Hamburg and the Kunsthalle Darmstadt in the late 1960s. It is conceived in close cooperation with the Italian-based Fondazione Afro Basaldella. All the works on display derive exclusively from the artist's estate.
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Afro in his studio, 1959
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Salome
1967, Mixed media on canvas
65 x 81 cm | 25 2/3 x 32 in
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Salome, 1967
mixed media on canvas
65 x 81 cm | 25 2/3 x 32 in

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Untitled B 35
1969, Mixed media on paper on canvas
52,5 x 73 cm | 20 2/3 x 28 3/4 in
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Untitled B 35, 1969
mixed media on paper on canvas
52,5 x 73 cm | 20 2/3 x 28 3/4 in
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La Persiana III, 1964
mixed media on canvas
80 x 100 cm | 31 1/2 x 39 1/3 in
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La Persiana III
1964, Mixed media on canvas
80 x 100 cm | 31 1/2 x 39 1/3 in
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Afro in his studio in the Castello di Prampero near Udine, 1963, photo: Italo Zannier
Afro in his studio
Today, Afro's work is held in high esteem by connoisseurs and collectors not only in Italy and Europe, but also in the USA. Most recently, his works were shown at this year's Biennale di Venezia with the retrospective 1950-1970 From Italy to America and Back at Ca' Pesaro - Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna. With this exhibition, Afro's œuvre is thus once again seen in a context that, in addition to the quality of his works, also brings the art-historical relevance of his oeuvre into contemporary consideration.

Today, paintings by the artist can be found in many important public and private collections: including the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, the Tate Modern in London and the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
Reclining Figure, 1956
mixed media on canvas
36 x 65 cm | 14 1/4 x 25 2/3 in
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Reclining Figure
1956, Mixed media on canvas
36 x 65 cm | 14 1/4 x 25 2/3 in
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Vena Verde
1964, Mixed media on paper on canvas
100 x 136,5 cm | 39 1/3 x 53 3/4 in
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Vena Verde, 1964
mixed media on paper on canvas
100 x 136,5 cm | 39 1/3 x 53 3/4 in
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Untitled
1969, Mixed media on paper on canvas
139.7 x 223.52 cm | 55 x 88 in
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Untitled, 1969
mixed media on paper on canvas
70 x 100 cm | 27 1/2 x 39 1/3 in
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Disegno Grande, 1964
Mixed media
150 x 165 cm | 59 x 65 in
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Disegno Grande, 1964
mixed media
150 x 165 cm | 59 x 65 in

de Kooning and Afro in de Kooning's studio, USA, 1966
Afro with Stravinsky, New York 1952
From left to right: Plinio de Martiis, Cy Twombley, Ruth Kligman, Willem de Kooning, Afro, Rom, IT, 1959
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IL Ponte, 1968
1968, Mixed media on canvas
80 x 100 cm | 31 1/2 x 39 1/3 in
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IL Ponte, 1968
mixed media on canvas
80 x 100 cm | 31 1/2 x 39 1/3 in
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Bueriis, 1962
1962, Mixed media on paper on canvas
44 x 59 cm | 17 1/3 x 23 1/4 in
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Bueriis, 1962
mixed media on paper on canvas
44 x 59 cm | 17 1/3 x 23 1/4 in
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Necropoli
1969, Mixed media on canvas
90 x 120 cm | 35 1/2 x 47 1/4 in
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Necropoli, 1969
mixed media on canvas
90 x 120 cm | 35 1/2 x 47 1/4 in
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Afro, Mills College, 1957-58, by Life magazine
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