Paul Fryer at the Gucci museum ’til September 4th

FLORENCE, ITALY – Paul Fryer, 17th March – 4th September 2012 at the Gucci museum in Florence, Italy. The Contemporary Art Space is where art works selected in collaboration with the François Pinault Collection will be exhibited. The adjacent room will feature video and film installations from the most original productions of “movie art.”

Paul Fryer: Lo Spirito Vola is the second contemporary art exhibition of works on loan from the François Pinault Collection. Curated by Francesca Amfitheatrof, the exhibition presents three of Paul Fryer’s meditations on the transcendent, morality and religion; the major sculptural works Ophelia, Pietà (the Empire Never Ended) and Ecce Homo.

Paul Fryer makes iconoclastic art works which cross boundaries between art and science, as well as beautiful and challenging figurative sculptures.

Gucci museum is situated in the heart of Florence, an homage to the city where Gucci’s story began. It was here in 1921 that Guccio Gucci founded the company which bore his name and which would go on to become a global powerhouse whose indisputable appeal transcends all ages and cultural backgrounds.

From new collections to groundbreaking collaborations, every Gucci undertaking adheres to the principles of Forever Now – an ethos which, in re-interpreting the creativity of the past as inspiration for future enterprise, encapsulates Gucci’s timeless appeal and commitment to invest in long-lasting values.