(born in Milan in 1939)
Struttura tricroma, 1964, signed and dated Giovanni Anceschi 1964, lacquered wood box, perforated metallic sheet, light bulbs, electric motor, 49 x 49 x 49 cm

Photo certificate of the artist

Provenance:
10 A. M. Art Gallery, Milan
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
Cavalese, “A colpo d’occhio - Optical art”, Centro Arte Contemporanea, 16 luglio - 11 settembre 2005, pag. 31 with ill.
Milan, Le Nuove Tendenze, 10 A. M. Art Gallery, January/March 2014
Zagabria, Pokrenuto Oko, MUO Museum of Contemporary Art, January/February 2016, exh. cat. p. 76–77 with ill. (label on the reverse)
Sao Paulo , Olhar em Movimento, Instituto Tomie Othake, March/May 2016, exh. cat. pp. 76–77 (label on the reverse)
Paris, F11 Retour ART BASEL, Galerie Denise Renè, July/September 2017

Literature:
D. Baroni/M. Vitta, Storia del Design Grafico, Longanesi ed. Milan, 2003, p. 223 with ill.
D. Ferrari (curated by), VAF Stiftung-La collezione, Silvana ed., Milan 2012, p. 299 with ill.

Exhibited (the same work with different dimensions):
(Travelling exhibition) Parma, Arte Programmata e Cinetica in Italia 1958–1968, Galleria d’Arte Niccoli, December 2000/March 2001 and Nuoro, MAN Museo d’Arte Nuoro, May/July 2001, exh. cat. p. 98
(Travelling exhibition) Ulm, Luce, movimento & programmazione, Ulmer Museum, September/November 2001 and Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, November 2001/February 2002
Gelsenkirchen, Städtisches Museum, February/April 2002 Kiel, Stadtgalerie, June/August 2002 Schwerin, Staatliches Museum, August/November 2002
Klagenfurt, Alpen-Adria Galerie, December 2002/March 2003 Cavalese, A colpo d’occhio, Optical Art, Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, July/September 2005, exh. cat. p. 30
Frankfurt, OP ART, Schirn Kunsthalle, February/March 2007, exh. cat. p. 180
Bologna, Gruppo T-Miriorama, le opere e i documenti, P420 Arte Contemporanea, May/September 2010, exh. cat p. 55
Rome, Arte Programmata e Cinetica, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, March/May 2012
Paris, Dynamo. Un siècle de lumière et de mouvement dans l’art 1913–2013, Grand Palais, April/July 2013, exh. cat. p. 112
London, Arte Programmata-Italian Kinetic Art from 1960’s, M&L Fine Art in collaboration with Mayor Gallery, October/December 2016, exh. cat. p. 27

The Struttura tricroma (”Trichrome structure”) is a luminous device based on additive light mixing. Three separate light sources are set inside the cube. Three incandescent bulbs are screened by a wooden diaphragm with three holes. Each hole is covered with a coloured jelly in three basic addictive colours (RGB).

Their mix would generate white light in the central area. A motor moves a cross-shaped blade. A perforated metallic sheet with round holes arranged on a triangular grid is set over the blade.

A number of variations of this artwork exists: besides dimensional differences , the device creating the shadows inside the cube can change, from a cross-shaped blade to a “mobile”- a sort of useless machine triggered by heat-or a rhodoid, a thin sheet which rotates thanks to a motor and on whose surface two or three matt stamps are applied. The cubic modules can be piled up to four. A version of four modules is part of the collection of Museo del ‘900 in Milan.

Photo certificate of the artist

Provenance:
10 A. M. Art Gallery, Milan
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
Milan, Le Nuove Tendenze, 10 A. M. Art Gallery, January/March 2014
Zagabria, Pokrenuto Oko, MUO Museum of Contemporary Art, January/February 2016, exh. cat. p. 76–77 with ill. (label on the reverse)
Sao Paulo , Olhar em Movimento, Instituto Tomie Othake, March/May 2016, exh. cat. pp. 76–77 (label on the reverse)
Paris, F11 Retour ART BASEL, Galerie Denise Renè, July/September 2017

Literature:
D. Baroni/M. Vitta, Storia del Design Grafico, Longanesi ed. Milan, 2003, p. 223 with ill.
D. Ferrari (curated by), VAF Stiftung-La collezione, Silvana ed., Milan 2012, p. 299 with ill.

Exhibited (the same work with different dimensions):
(Travelling exhibition) Parma, Arte Programmata e Cinetica in Italia 1958–1968, Galleria d’Arte Niccoli, December 2000/March 2001 and Nuoro, MAN Museo d’Arte Nuoro, May/July 2001, exh. cat. p. 98
(Travelling exhibition) Ulm, Luce, movimento & programmazione, Ulmer Museum, September/November 2001 and Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, November 2001/February 2002
Gelsenkirchen, Städtisches Museum, February/April 2002 Kiel, Stadtgalerie, June/August 2002 Schwerin, Staatliches Museum, August/November 2002
Klagenfurt, Alpen-Adria Galerie, December 2002/March 2003 Cavalese, A colpo d’occhio, Optical Art, Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, July/September 2005, exh. cat. p. 30
Frankfurt, OP ART, Schirn Kunsthalle, February/March 2007, exh. cat. p. 180
Bologna, Gruppo T-Miriorama, le opere e i documenti, P420 Arte Contemporanea, May/September 2010, exh. cat p. 55
Rome, Arte Programmata e Cinetica, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, March/May 2012
Paris, Dynamo. Un siècle de lumière et de mouvement dans l’art 1913–2013, Grand Palais, April/July 2013, exh. cat. p. 112
London, Arte Programmata-Italian Kinetic Art from 1960’s, M&L Fine Art in collaboration with Mayor Gallery, October/December 2016, exh. cat. p. 27

The Struttura tricroma (”Trichrome structure”) is a luminous device based on additive light mixing. Three separate light sources are set inside the cube. Three incandescent bulbs are screened by a wooden diaphragm with three holes. Each hole is covered with a coloured jelly in three basic addictive colours (RGB).

Their mix would generate white light in the central area. A motor moves a cross-shaped blade. A perforated metallic sheet with round holes arranged on a triangular grid is set over the blade.

A number of variations of this artwork exists: besides dimensional differences , the device creating the shadows inside the cube can change, from a cross-shaped blade to a “mobile”- a sort of useless machine triggered by heat-or a rhodoid, a thin sheet which rotates thanks to a motor and on whose surface two or three matt stamps are applied. The cubic modules can be piled up to four. A version of four modules is part of the collection of Museo del ‘900 in Milan.