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A.G. Rizzoli: Architect of Magnificent Visions
September 14, 2007 – January 5, 2008

Opening Reception: Friday, September 14, 5-8 PM

Achilles G. Rizzoli (b. 1896; Marin County, CA. d. 1981, San Francisco, CA).

An interesting epithet emerges from one of Achilles G. Rizzoli’s masterful drawings, “Magnitude, Magnificence, and Manifestation.” All three are appropriate words to describe the architectural cityscapes the artist fashioned in his created world known as Y.T.T.E. (Yield To Total Elation).

Born in Marin County, California in 1896, Rizzoli would lead his life in almost complete isolation with his mother after his father disappeared in 1915. Working as a draftsman with a local architect in San Francisco, Rizzoli began his artistic endeavor in 1935 with an ink drawing of a “Kathredal” (cathedral) honoring his mother. Rizzoli’s work became “transfigurations” of people and ideas that he held dear, and Y.T.T.E. became an ever engrossing landscape in which the artist could explore his isolation.

Intuit’s exhibition is curated by Jo Farb Hernandez, a leading scholar on Rizzoli’s work. The exhibit will feature iconic works in Rizzoli’s oeuvre that have not been on display together since 1998.

Architect of Magnificent Visions Lecture
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Chicago Architecture Foundation
224 South Michigan Avenue
Intuit will host a lecture on A.G. Rizzoli at the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Jo Farb Hernandez, noted scholar and curator of the A.G. Rizzoli exhibition (held at Intuit) will discuss the life and work of Rizzoli.

Architect of Magnificent Visions Lecture at Intuit
Saturday, September 15, 2007, 11am
A lecture will be presented by noted scholar and curator of the A.G. Rizzoli exhibition Jo Farb Hernandez. Author of “Divine Design Delights’: The Life and Works of A.G. Rizzoli,” Hernandez will present a lecture on September 15, 2007 about the work and meaning of Rizzoli’s extraordinary oeuvre. Rizzoli’s works of intricately detailed architectural cityscapes are based on his created world known as Y.T.T.E. (Yield To Total Elation). Intuit will feature iconic works in Rizzoli’s oeuvre that have not been on display together since 1998.