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Copyright the artist | | | Adami, Valerio (1935 - ) Italy
L´Ecrasement de la Balle contre la Raquette au Racquet Club of Chicago, 1975
Oil on canvas; 130 x 97 cm Nouvelle Figuration
UID 102-2
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Biography
Italian painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He settled in Paris in 1957 but divided his time between France and Italy. In later years his usual starting point was a photograph or several associated images, which he reworked, fragmented and presented in a schematic form using strong colours outlined in black lines. From 1968 to 1970 he favoured everyday themes, such as shop-windows, hotel rooms or bathrooms interiors of a clinical and disturbing cleanliness. In the early 1970s he turned to recent political events and to literary and philosophical themes for inspiration. In the mid 1970s he introduced mythological and metaphysical themes. Adami conceived of his painting as a synthesis of Western memory, a humanist quest infused with nostalgia. His most recent retrospective was held at the IVAM Centre Julio González, Valencia, in 1990.
Exhibitions
Uma Escolha numa Colecção Particular Galeria Valentim de Carvalho, Portugal 08-07-1993 ~ 28-07-1993
Colecção Berardo - Arte Pop & Ca. Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 19-04-2002 ~ 15-09-2002
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Gunma) The Museum of Modern Art (Gunma), Japan 19-02-2005 ~ 27-03-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Hiroshima) Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan 29-05-2005 ~ 10-07-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Kochi) The Museum of Art (Kochi), Japan 03-04-2005 ~ 22-05-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Nagoya) Nagoya City Art Museum, Japan 10-09-2005 ~ 30-10-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Osaka) Daimaru Museum, (Umeda, Osaka), Japan 19-01-2005 ~ 06-02-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Sapporo) Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art (Sapporo), Japan 26-07-2005 ~ 28-08-2005
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo) The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Japan 06-11-2004 ~ 26-12-2004
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo - Art Pop & Ca., 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729742873
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 2004 Published by TBS Television, INC.
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