From chef to sculptor, and also jewelry designer: Roberto Paolini, who disappeared a couple of years ago, has been an outsider artist. Very known to few, that is to the lovers of contemporary art. And he has also been a collector of jewels. It is in Palazzo Serbelloni, in Milan, italian headquarters of the famous auction house Sotheby’s, that the jewels of his collection have been introduced. In this occasion the monograph dedicated to the artist has been presented, curated by Adriana Polveroni and edited by Maretti Editore. A volume that is the result of a series of closed doors performing events held in museums and national institutions, in a tour that has started in October. The project is born thanks to the manager of the Paolini Archive and daughter of the artist, Elena Paolini. During the eighties and nineties, as a young girl, she saw her father’s creations being born from his hands. Surprising her, almost thirty years later, someone made her the gift of bringing her into a room full of her father’s creations, preserved and filed through the years. Overwhelmed by the emotion and by the beauty of this collection, she decided to start the Archive and this project.

Here we speak about jewels, but Roberto Paolini communicated the art through his sculptures and paintings, but also in his kitchen: he was also known as chef. After the Italian participation (Museion di Bolzano, Mart di Rovereto, Palazzo Fortuny di Venezia, il Macro di Roma, la Fondazione Pier Luigi e Natalina Remotti di Camogli, la Collezione Ernesto Esposito di Napoli, la Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo di Torino), the tour is set to continue internationally with appearances in London as well as in Miami. In the monograph, adding to the pictures of the events, you can also find old pictures made from the artist himself and archives from magazines since at the end of the eighties the jewels of Roberto Paolini have been worn by Monica Bellucci in the Amica calendar, and were photographed in fashion magazines. E.A.