Raffaella Della Olga

Raffaella della Olga’s works take the form of typescripts on copy paper and tracing paper made with modified typewriters. In her research Della Olga continues the experimentation on the simultaneity of text and image begun by Mallarmé, exploring a machinic unconscious, where it seems that the sign on the paper corresponds to the hallucination of a typewriter.

Raffaella della Olga (1967– ) was born in Bergamo, Italy. After a short career as a criminal lawyer, della Olga attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan and in 2007 she moved to Paris, where she now lives and works. Her discovery of Un coup de dés by Mallarmé changed her artistic work. Visual poetry, minimalism, and conceptual art are her main references. Using a typewriter, she creates her own language and draws a stage of writing with discontinuous stretches. She has exhibited in several group and solo exhibitions.