So far, Maurizio Nannucci has completed only 42 neon pieces, yet everyone associates this loud-colored penmanship with his name: terse, calligraphic sentences that Nannucci installs horizontally or vertically in the corners of the room, consistent with the spatial parallels. His playful use of words negates the intentions of many of his colleagues, who deploy language for purposes of investigation. While Conceptualism employs language to elucidate the linguistic, ethical, legal, and ritual conventions on which communication depends, Nannucci does not aim at declarations of principles, definitions,