Since the retrospective of his work in Milan in 1994, greater interest has been focused on the work of Mario Nigro, who began making abstract paintings in 1953 and later became active in the arte concrete movement. This recent exhibition, which was installed in two separate venues, was predominately focused on his “Tempo Totale” (Total time) pieces, which he executed between 1965 and 1975.

Any investigation of an earlier, important series by Nigro entitled “Spazio Totale” (Total space, 1953–55), which marked a preoccupation with spatial issues, almost inevitably leads one to an investigation of