Gino De Dominicis (1947-1998) is an artist of eccentric and mysterious sensibility. He is often described as an iso- lated case in the context of post-war Italian art: he was an artist who turned his back on groups and movements in favour of solitary artistic creation. Profoundly moved by the post-Duchampian era, early in his career De Dominicis produced provocative installations that criticised conceptual art while influencing its development. His commitment, however, was to guration and an art that transcended eras: “Drawing, painting and sculpture,” he insisted, “are not traditional but original forms of expression, thus also belong to the future.”