Spotlight: Revisit Italian Artist Armando Marrocco’s Earliest Works, Which Elevated Woven Cardboard to the Sublime, in Paris

“Marrocco Twist” at Robilant+Voena brings together works from the artist's pivotal “Intrecci” series.

Why We Like It: Marrocco began his “Intrecci” in the early 1960s, and with them the methodology that would define his career for decades to come. “Intrecci” means intertwining; in these works, layered and woven cardboard sheets are transformed from humble substrate into intriguing, substantial objects through the artist’s application of enamel paint. The artist has said that he considers these works a metaphorical “interweaving of human situations, positive and negative.” The works, both in their ordinary and profound qualities, speak to the complex experiences of life.