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 Pistoletto, Michelangelo (1933 - )
Italy

Due Ragazzi alla Fonte, 1962-75

Screenprint on stainless steel;
230 x 125 cm
Arte Povera

UID 102-449



Biography

Born in Biella, Italy. Lives and works in Turin. Self-taught in art. 1934: Family moved to Turin. 1956: Started to paint seriously. 1960: First one-person exhibition, Galleria Galatea, Turin. 1962: Started work on "mirror paintings" - silhouetted figures on steel sheets, placed so they reflected the image of the spectator. 1964: Started to make sculptures. Galerie Sonnabend, Paris; Galleria Sperone, Turin. "Niewe Realisten," Gemeente museum, The Hague. 1965: Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich. 1966: First exhibition in US, Walker. "The Object Transformed," MoMA. 1967: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo. 1970: Devised and developed "actions," and "happenings." "Land Art/Arte Povera/Conceptual Art," Museo Civico d'Arte Moderna, Turin. 1974: Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. 1976: Performance, Venice Biennale. 1978: Worked in Berlin. 1979-81: Travelled in US, giving performances. 1982: "Documenta 7," Kassel. 1986: "Aspects of Italian Art 1960-1986," Kunstverein, Frankfurt. 1988: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden; ICA, PS1 Museum, New York. 1990: Witte de With Museum, Rotterdam. 1993: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea. 1995: Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna.



Exhibitions

The Berardo Collection: An Addiction to Freedom
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
28-03-2003 ~ 28-09-2003

Michelangelo Pistoletto - 16 Ans à l'Interior du Miroir
Marie-Louise Jeanneret - Art Moderne, Switzerland
01-01-1977 ~ 31-12-1977

Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection
Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal
10-10-2003 ~ 13-03-2004

The Berardo Collection
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997

A Look at The Berardo Collection
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
18-06-2000 ~ 30-09-2000

Durante o Fim - Rui Chafes
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
15-10-2000 ~ 14-01-2001

A Look at The Berardo Collection
Museu de José Malhoa, Portugal
23-07-2001 ~ 26-10-2001

Colecção Berardo - Arte Pop & Ca.
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
19-04-2002 ~ 15-09-2002

Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003

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 (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

Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art (Kochi)
The Museum of Art (Kochi), Japan
03-04-2005 ~ 22-05-2005

Face - a - Face
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
02-10-2001 ~ 30-04-2001

Sedução Cinema & Pintura
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
27-06-2006 ~ 31-01-2007

Berardo Museum
Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal
25-06-2007 ~ 16-09-2007

Não te Posso Ver Nem Pintado
Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal
15-09-2008 ~ 10-05-2009

POVO
Fundação EDP, Portugal
18-06-2010 ~ 19-09-2010

Observers
Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal
14-02-2011 ~ 29-05-2011


Bibliography

Arte Povera in The Berardo Collection , 2005
Published by Centro das Artes - Casa das Mudas

Colecção Berardo - Art Pop & Ca., 2002
Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo
ISBN 9729742873

Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection, 2003
Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém
ISBN 9728176856

Michelangelo Pistoletto – 16 Ans à L'interior du Miroir, 1977
Published by Art Moderne

Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 2004
Published by TBS Television, INC.

Sedução Cinema & Pintura, 2006
Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo
ISBN 9729903034

Sotheby's, Contemporary Art Part II, London, Friday, 3rd December 1993, lot. 222, 1993
Published by Sotheby´s

The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996
Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo
ISBN 9729739105

A Look at The Berardo Collection, 2000
Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo
ISBN 9729742839







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