Palermo’s work is characterised by its precise, minimalist compositions, often featuring monochromatic fields, subtly modulated stripes, or stretched canvases that emphasise the relationship between colour, space and architecture. Rejecting painterly expressiveness, he pursued a clarity and economy of means, exploring how colour could define both surface and surrounding environment. Materials were integral to his practice: canvases were sometimes suspended from walls, mounted on aluminium, or layered with industrial pigments, reflecting a careful consideration of perception and objecthood.
Despite a career cut tragically short at the age of 33, Palermo had a significant impact on contemporary art in Europe. His work resonated with Minimalism, Color Field painting and Conceptual art, while retaining a distinctly European sensibility grounded in spatial awareness and formal restraint. Today, his paintings are celebrated for their quiet intensity, their formal sophistication, and their subtle interrogation of the boundaries between painting, space and experience.
BLINKY PALERMO (1943-1977)
Ohne Titel
BLINKY PALERMO (1943-1977)
Ohne Titel
BLINKY PALERMO (1943-1977)
Ohne Titel. Gewidmet: Thelonious Monk (Untitled. Dedicated: Thelonious Monk)
BLINKY PALERMO (1943-1977)
Red Sketchbook
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Untitled
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Untitled
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Happier than the Morning Sun to Stevie Wonder (J. 36)
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Happier Than The Morning Sun (to Stevie Wonder)
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Flipper (J. 8)
BLINKY PALERMO (1943-1977)
Flipper
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Ohne Titel. Gewidmet: Thelonious Monk (Untitled. Dedicated: Thelonious Monk)
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Graue Scheibe (Grey Disc)
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Schaufenster
BLINKY PALERMO (1943-1977)
Happier than the Morning Sun (To Stevie Wonder)
BLINKY PALERMO (1943-1977)
Graue Scheibe, blaues Dreieck (Jahn 5)
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
4 Prototypen (4 Prototypes)
BLINKY PALERMO (1943-1977)
Blaues Dreieck
Blinky Palermo (B. 1943-1977)
Untitled (House)
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Blaues Dreieck (Jahn 1)
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Flipper (J. 8)
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Graue Scheibe, blaues Dreieck (Jahn 5)
BLINKY PALERMO (1943-1977)
Treppenhaus (Staircase)
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4 Prototypen (J. 7)
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Suite (J. 22)
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Sans titre
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
12 Original Lithographien (Jahn 10)
BLINKY PALERMO (1943-1977)
4 Prototypen
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12 Original Lithographien (J. 10)
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Prototypen
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Mappe zur Wandmalerei Hamburger Kunstverein (Portfolio for Mural at the Hamburger Kunstverein)
BLINKY PALERMO
Fünf Miniaturen (J. 30)
BLINKY PALERMO
Mappe zur Wandmalerei Hamburger Kunstverein (J. 33)
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Heinz Gappmayr visuelle Gedichte Palermo fünf Miniaturen , Guido Hildebrandt Verlag, Duisburg, 1972 (J. 28)
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Fenster (J. 17)
BLINKY PALERMO GERHARD RICHTER (B. 1932)
Telefon (J. 26)
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Dreiteilige Miniatur (J. 32)
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Fünf Miniaturen (Five Miniatures)
Blinky Palermo (1943-1977)
Gappmayr Gedichte-Miniaturen (Jahn 28)
Blinky Palermo
Miniaturen II (J. 37)
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Miniaturen II , Edition der Galerie Heiner Friedrich, München, 1975 (J. 37)
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Ohne Titel (J. 23)
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Miniatur (J. 29)
BLINKY PALERMO (1943-1977)
Untitled, from: Hommage a Picasso
BLINKY PALERMO (1943-1977)
Miniaturen II
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Treppenhaus (J. 9)
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Ohne Titel, from Amerikas Hommage à Picasso (J. 35)
BLINKY PALERMO (1943-1977)
Fenster
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Projektion, from Düsseldorfer Szeene (J. 24)
BLINKY PALERMO (1943-1977)
Miniaturen II
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Ohne Titel mit rotem Strich (J. 13)