Dora Bassi’s experiments in neo-escherian and neo-renaissance works belong to this epoch, followed by installations where the echo of Paolini’s arte povera (Poor Art) mixes with suggestions from the baroque.
(from Elena Pontiggia, Dora Bassi, una ricerca instancabile. Opere dal 1950 al 2006, catalogo mostra, Cormons, 2010)
Labirinto / Labyrinth (1981), wooden structure and mirroring walls with b/w drawing on panel, cm 66 x 66 x 27
Annunciazione / Annunciation (1982), wooden structure and mirroring walls with oil on panel, cm 60 x 60 x 35
Canoviana / In the style of Canova (1982), wooden structure and mirroring walls with b/w drawing on panel, cm 60 x 60 x 35
Amore e Psiche / Love and Psyche (1982), wooden structure and mirroring walls with b/w drawing on panel, cm 66 x 66 x 28
Raffaellesca / In the style of Raffaello (1983), wooden structure, oil painting with luminous device and egg holder, cm 62 x 62 x 20
Raffaellesca / In the style of Raffaello (1983), wooden structure, oil painting with luminous device and egg holder, cm 62 x 62 x 20
Eros e Psiche 1 / Eros and Psyche 1 (1984), steel structure, oil on panel with rotating mechanism, cm 70 x 70 x 70
Eros e Psiche 1 / Eros and Psyche 1 (1984), steel structure, oil on panel with rotating mechanism, cm 70 x 70 x 70
Eros e Psiche 1 / Eros and Psyche 1 (1984), steel structure, oil on panel with rotating mechanism, cm 70 x 70 x 70
Eros e Psiche 2 / Eros and Psyche 2 (1984), steel structure, oil on panel with rotating mechanism, cm 70 x 70 x 70
Eros e Psiche 2 / Eros and Psyche 2 (1984), steel structure, oil on panel with rotating mechanism, cm 70 x 70 x 70 (particular of rotating figure)
Eros e Psiche 2 / Eros and Psyche 2 (1984), steel structure, oil on panel with rotating mechanism, cm 70 x 70 x 70 (composition of rotating figure)
Eros e Psiche 2 / Eros and Psyche 2 (1984), steel structure, oil on panel with rotating mechanism, cm 70 x 70 x 70
Amore e Psiche. L’interferenza / Love and Psyche. The Interference (1986), installation, plaster sculptures
Clorinda / Clorinda (1987), installation, terracotta (particular of the head h. cm 45)
Le nove lune / The nine moons (1990), installation, plaster sculpture