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Francesco Clemente, Porta Coeli, 1983, Tempera on linen, 103 x 93 inches (261.6 x 236.2 cm) © Francesco Clemente; Courtesy the artist and Vito Schnabel Gallery

Francesco Clemente

Porta Coeli, 1983

Tempera on linen

103 x 93 inches (261.6 x 236.2 cm)

© Francesco Clemente

Courtesy the artist and Vito Schnabel Gallery

At the Triennale di Milano comes In Between, a major retrospective dedicated to Francesco Clemente, and it is one of those exhibitions that seems specifically designed to remind us that truly interesting artists never stand still, neither geographically nor mentally. The roughly seventy works on display span forty years of practice without ever giving the impression of a “summary exhibition.” Quite the opposite. Everything is in constant motion. Bodies change shape, symbols migrate from one culture to another, spirituality coexists with desire, intimacy with myth. Clemente has always worked within a suspended space, “in between,” precisely, where East and West, refined painting and visionary imagination coexist without asking permission.