/ H 200 Diam. 71 cm / Wall neon and case in aluminium. 1989
Hoy traemos a Michelangelo Pistoletto was born in 1933 (Piedmont, Italy). He worked under his father in Turin from 1947 to 1958 as a painting restorer. In the 1950s he made figurative paintings, including many self-portraits. Pistoletto first participated in the Biennale di San Marino in 1959. His first solo exhibition was held the next year, at the Galleria Galatea, Turin.
In 1966 his first solo exhibition in the United States was held at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. In 1967 he won a grand prize at the Bienale of São Paulo and the Belgian Art Critics’ Award.
Pistoletto’s employment of everyday materials-as in the Venere degli stracci (Venus of the Rags) of 1967, a copy of a classical sculpture of Venus set against a huge mound of old clothes and fabrics-aligned him with Arte Povera. Since 1967, when the term Arte Povera was coined, Pistoletto’s work has been included in gallery and museum exhibitions devoted to that trend. (leer más…)
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