Renata Boero (Genoa, 1936) is a central figure in contemporary Italian art, whose practice focuses on the relationship between organic matter, color, and process.
After her formation between Genoa, Turin, and Switzerland, she came into contact with Emilio Scanavino, developing an approach oriented toward gesture and experimental painting.
From the 1960s onward, she progressively abandoned traditional painting to work with organic materials and natural processes. This led to the Cromogrammi, canvases treated with vegetal pigments in which color emerges as a physical and temporal event.
Her practice is based on activating processes rather than representation: the artwork becomes a living organism, where matter reacts and transforms over time.
Throughout her career, she developed further cycles, including Germinazioni and Ctoniografie, expanding her investigation into nature, time, and painting.
Renata Boero’s work represents one of the most coherent contributions to process-based and analytical art in the second half of the twentieth century.
Museums and Collections
Works by Renata Boero are held in museum collections including the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Museo del Novecento, Castello di Rivoli, and MAMbo – Museum of Modern Art of Bologna.
Her presence in institutional collections confirms the relevance of her work within contemporary Italian art.
The selection presented by Antonio Damiani Gallery offers a coherent insight into Renata Boero’s practice, highlighting the relationship between matter, color, and process.
The works demonstrate an approach in which painting becomes transformation, through the interaction between natural substances and time.
Works
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Renata Boero holds a recognized position within contemporary Italian art, particularly in relation to process-based practices developed since the 1960s.
The Cromogrammi represent the core of her work, characterized by the use of natural pigments and material transformation processes.
The evaluation of her works depends on factors such as period, quality of the chromatic process, condition, and provenance, especially given the organic nature of the materials.
Her presence in public collections and the coherence of her research contribute to a selective and stable market, supported by growing interest in material-based artistic practices.
Private Collection