1933
Roma
Born in Rome.
Walls of light built from cardboard, lime and ash.
Scroll and the light will move across the work
“I paint the moments between the waves, the memory of salt and the relief of light upon matter.”
For more than fifty years, in Ibiza, Giorgio Pagliari raised surfaces that are not simply looked at: they are travelled by light.
On screen: Strata of Umbria, 106 × 145 cm
A life facing the same sea
From Rome to Paris, from Paris to an island. In 1960 Pagliari arrived in Ibiza and never left.
1950
Roma · París
Trains between Rome and Paris in the fifties, while European abstraction searches for a new language.
1960
Ibiza
After reaching Spain in 1959 he settles in Ibiza for good, within the community of resident artists that made the island a centre of the avant-garde.
1961
Dalt Vila
First solo show at the historic Ivan Spence gallery. Through the sixties he shows regularly at Carl van der Voort and El Corsario.
1965
Barcelona · Madrid
Exhibits at René Metrás and Juana Mordó. With the Ibiza 65 group his work travels to cities in Europe and the United States.
1977
MACE
Takes part in “Seven Paths of Abstraction” at the Museu d’Art Contemporani d’Eivissa, alongside six other island artists.
1987
The great reliefs
From the late eighties to 2009 the works in this archive are born: flaps, strata and joints that turn the canvas into a wall.
1994
The return
After years away from the spotlight he exhibits again: Sa Nostra (1994), “Abstraccions” in Palma (1996) and “Organic Triptychs” at Libro Azul (1999).
2015
Eivissa
Dies in Ibiza. A year later, Can Botino dedicates the exhibition “In Memoriam” to him.
2022
Garden Art Gallery
Retrospective in 2018 and a new exhibition in 2022.
Today
An open archive
The MACE holds work by him. His family looks after some 200 pieces and is now opening the archive to architecture, interiors and design.
Five gestures, one surface
He did not paint on the canvas: he built it. Cardboard, paper, pigment and mineral dust, layer upon layer.
- 1
Cut
Cardboard and paper are cut into bands and modules. The size of each piece sets the rhythm of the work.
- 2
Fold
Each band is folded into a flap. The fold is what will later catch the shadow.
- 3
Adhere
The pieces are fixed to the canvas one by one, overlapping like roof tiles or strata.
- 4
Glaze
Acrylic and oil in thin glazes: lime whites, greys, earth ochres.
- 5
Dust
Mineral dust on wet paint. The surface gains grain, weight and a memory of sand.
Walk through the archive
Every work hangs at its real size, at eye level. Archive in progress: 46 works photographed out of some 200.
A palette that already speaks the language of architecture
Lime, sand, ash and shadow. Each sample is a real close-up detail of a work in the archive: the very tones and textures architects and interior designers look for today.
Tap a sample to see the full work.
The work, in its place
Six spaces, six ways of living with Pagliari. The scenes are AI-generated and each work was then placed at its real dimensions.
AI-generated scene · real work to scale
Beyond the canvas
Pagliari’s relief is a system: module, fold, rhythm and matter. A language that can move from the canvas to the wall, the object and the light.
Exploratory concepts generated with AI. They are not existing products: they are a starting point for collaborations and editions.
Let’s build the next wall
The archive works directly with the people who design spaces. Tell us about your project and we will send you a selection of works with dimensions, images and availability.
Architects and interior designers
A selection of original works for each project, with technical sheets, dimensions and a visit to the archive in Ibiza.
Hotels and restaurants
Large-format pieces that give identity to a lobby, a dining room or a suite.
Property developers
Work for common areas, show homes and projects with a Mediterranean character.
Collectors
Access to the full archive, with the documentation and history of each piece.
Design studios and brands
Collaborations and limited editions based on his language of relief.
Galleries and institutions
Exhibitions, loans and editorial projects about his work.
Giorgio Pagliari Archive · Suska Pagliari
info@pagliari-art.es +34 620 987 288 WhatsApp Ibiza, Illes Balears
Some two hundred works are waiting for their wall.