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Michelangelo Pistoletto
(
Italian
, born 1933)
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Un Fotografo (A Photographer) ,
1962–1980
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Timeline
1933
Born: Biella, Italy
1960
First solo show at Galleria Galatea in Turin, Italy
1961 - 1962
Made the first Mirror Paintings
1965 - 1966
Produced a set of works entitled Minus Objects, considered fundamental to the birth of Arte Povera
1967
Began to work outside traditional exhibition spaces
1978
Defined two main directions his future artwork would take: Division and Multiplication of the Mirror and Art Takes On Religion
2003
Won the Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion for Lifelong Achievement
2007
Received the Wolf Foundation Prize in the Arts, Jerusalem
Lives and works in Torino, Italy
Exhibitions
2011
Ileana Sonnabend: An Italian Portrait, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Venice, Italy
Michelangelo Pistoletto: From One to Many, 1956-1974, curated by Carlos Basualdo, MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy (solo)
Michelangelo Pistoletto, The Mirror of Judgement, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Cittadellarte, MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy (solo)
Lavoro, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Il giardino segreto, ex-Monastero di Santa Scolastica, Bari, Italy
Campagni di viaggio, Mestna Galeerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Artist’s box: il luogo dell’anima, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Open Space, Catanzaro, Italy
Haas, Nunzio, Pistoletto, Pommeureulle, Reimondo, Tirelli, Zorio, Galerie Di Meo, Paris, France
The Sculpture Show, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK
Achtung! Achtung!, Spazio ex-GIL, Rome,Italy
Regioni e testimonianze d’Italia. Percorso dell’Arte in Italia attraverso le sue regioni, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome,Italy
La classe non e acqua. Maestri contemporanei VS giovani d’oggi, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy
Donne d’Italia: La meta dell’unita, Palazzo Blu, Pisa, Italy
Collezione Christian Stein: Una storia dell’arte italiana, Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Italy
Contemporaneamente5, Galleria Brera, Corbetta, Italy
Passagi: Dalla collezione private di Ernesto Esposito, Belvedere di San Leuco, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Caserta, Italy
Mappa Mundi, Berardo Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
16 artisti per TVS, Bologna Fiere, Italy
Gran Torino: Italian Contemporary Art, Frost Art Museum, Miami, US
Heroes, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy
Alta Roma Valentino, Palazzo Mignanell - Maison Valentino, Rome, Italy (solo)
Michelangelo Pistoletto: Grande Cubo specchiante. Luogo di riflessione e meditazione, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy (solo)
Michelangelo Pistoletto-Buco Nero, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy (solo)
Suoni dello Spazio Architettonico, Arsenale, Venice ,Italy (solo)
Michelangelo Pistoletto: Il DNA del Terzo Paradiso, MARCA, Parco Archeologico di Scolacium, Catanzaro, Italy (solo)
Luogo multiconfessionale e laico, MACRO Future, Rome, Italy (solo)
Michelangelo Pistoletto – Love Difference: Arte e calcio per la pace nel mondo, Stadio Olimpico, Rome (solo)
Diego Paccagnella – Michelangelo Pistoletto: Calcetto Love Difference, Appartemento Lago, Milan, Italy (solo)
Michelangelo Pistoletto: Mirror Paintings, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Pistoletto: My Art in My Art, Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy (solo)
Michelangelo Pistoletto: Stracci d’Italia,Castello di Salemi, Salemi, Italy (solo)
Michelangelo Pistoletto: From One to Many, 1956-1974, Philadelphia Museum of Art together with the Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo (MAXXI) in Rome, Philadelphia. (solo)
2010
Michelangelo Pistoletto-Buco Nero, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy (solo)
2009
Stutter, Tate Modern, London, UK
Weltanschauung Visione Del Mondo, Art Forum Würth Capena, Capena
Incontri d'Aria, Galleria Oredaria Arti Contemporanee, Rome
Hommage a Picasso,Villa Manin. Centro d'arte contemporanea, Codroipo
The Irreverent Object - Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York City, NY
Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution 1968–2008 - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL
53nd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
Rebuilding With Art, Fondazione Pierluigi e Natalina Remotti, Camogli (solo)
1988: VENT‟ANNI PRIMA VENT‟ANNI DOPO, Centro per l‟Art Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (solo)
Viaggio in Italia – Italienische Kunst 1960-1990, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz (solo)
Michelangelo Pistoletto: Il Tempo del Giudizio, Galleriacontinua, San Gimignano, Italy (solo)
Michelangelo Pistoletto, Galleria Continua, Beijing (solo)
Selections from the collection of Helga and Walther Lauffs - Zwirner & Wirth, New York City, NY (solo)
Not So Subtle Subtitle - Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
Italics. Arte Italiana fra Tradizione e Rivoluzione, 1968-2008 - Palazzo Grassi - Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice (solo)
2008
Ettore e Michelangelo, I Coetanei, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin, Italy (solo)
2007
Michelangelo Pistoletto, MAMAC-Musée d'Art Moderne et Art Contemporain, NIce, France (solo)
Suono e forma. Il Terzo paradiso, (with Gianna Nannini), BunKerart, Milan, Italy (solo)
Michelangelo Pistoletto-Amare-Salvagente, Cat., textes : B. Cora, Fabio Tiboni Arte Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy (solo)
Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Musse d‟Art Moderne et Contemporain de Nice, Nice, France (solo)
AMARE, Galleria Fabjbasaglia, Rimini, Italy (solo)
Pistoletto. La giuria, Christian Stein, Milano, Italy (solo)
Galerie of Marseille, Marseille, France (solo)
Michelangelo Pistoletto. Multipli su acciaio e disegni, Gian Piero Menziani Arte Contemporanea, Galliata, Italy (solo)
2006
Ferrari Presentation, Ferrari HQ, Maranello, Italy. Cat. Pistoletto textes : M. Pistoletto, L. Cordero di Montezemolo, J.Todt, M. Schumacher, N.Setari ed. Artestampa, Modena, Italy (solo)
2005
Michelangelo Pistoletto. Lo specchio parlante, RAM-Radioartemobile, Roma, Italy (solo)
2004
Reflection Part 1: Michelangelo Pistoletto/Franz West, Sutton Lane, London, UK
2003
Michelangelo Pistoletto. Superfici Specchianti 1962-2000, Galleria Il Ponte, Florence, Italy (solo)
2001
Pistoletto, Galleria Marchetti, Roma, Italy (solo)
2000
Michelangelo Pistoletto, MACBA- Museu d'art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain, (solo)
1999
Michelangelo Pistoletto. Shifting Perspective, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK, (solo)
1998
Michelangelo Pistoletto. Segno Arte Unlimited, Xavier Hufkens, Bruxelles, Belgium (solo)
1996
Michelangelo Pistoletto. C‘è Dio? Sì ci sono, Trinitatiskirche, Koln, Germany (solo)
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Public Collections
Berardo Museum – Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein –Westfalen – im Standehause, Dusseldorf, Germany
Stadtische Galerie Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich, Germany
Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg, Monchengladbach, Germany
MUSEION – Museum fur Moderne und Zeitgenossische Kunst, Bolzano, Italy
Terrae Motus, Caserta, Italy
FRAC – Rhone-Alpes, IAC – Institute d‟Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
Museum d‟Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Sammlung Essl – Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg, Austria
MuHKA Museum Voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
SMAK Stedelijk Museum Voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
National Gallery/Narodni Galerie – Veletrzni Palac, Prague, Czech Republic
Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
FRAC – Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque, France
Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
MAC Musee d‟Art Contemporain, Marseille, France
Les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Valduz, Lichtenstein
Museu d‟Art Contemporani de Barcelona – MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Soffia MNCARS, Madrid, Spain
Tate Britain, London, UK
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, US
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, US
Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY, US
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA, US
Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
MACCSI Museo Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofia Imber, Caracas, Venezuela
Zerynthia, Rome, Italy
MART – Museum d‟Art Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy
Trevi Flash Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Trevi, Italy
Museo d‟Arte Contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Galleria Civica d‟Arte Moderna e Contemporanea –GAM, Turin, Italy
Ca‟la Ghironda – Museo d‟Arte Classica, Moderna e Contemporarea, Zola Predosa, Italy
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota Aichi, Japan
Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Gallerieofmarseille, Marseille, France
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Literature
2000
Nike Bätzner: Arte povera. Zwischen Erinnerung und Ereignis: Giulio Paolini, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Jannis Kounellis. Verlag für moderne Kunst, Nuremberg, 2000
1996
H. Friedel, M. Pistoletto, Memoria-Intelligentia-Previdenzia, Lenbachhaus Cantz Verlag, Munchen 1996
