biography of Michelangelo PISTOLETTO (1933)

Personal data


Birth : 1933 - Biella BI Piemonte, Italy
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Italy

Address

Biella BI Piemonte, Italy

Professional data


Work and Life

Lives and works in Biella, Italy

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Acrylic - Mixed media - Mixed media/board - Mixed media/canvas - Oil/canvas - Oil/paper
Print-Multiple : Serigraph in colors
Sculpture-Volume : Construction - Sculpture
Photography :
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage
Performing Art : Performance

Movements and styles

Arte Povera

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2004

Galerie de France – Paris, France
09/10/2004 – 10/30/2004

2001

MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
03/08/2001 – 05/06/2001

2000

Fraktale
Neues Kunstmuseum Luzern – Luzern LU, Switzerland
10/14/2000 – 03/04/2001

1999

New Work
Dean Clough Galleries – Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
10/19/1999 – 03/19/2000

Mirror Work
MOMA Museum of Modern Art – Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
10/17/1999 – 12/30/1999

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Simon Lee Gallery – 12 Berkeley Street – London, United Kingdom

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Sfeir-Semler – Admiralitätstrasse 71 – Hamburg, Germany

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galleria Christian Stein – Corso Monforte 23 – Milan MI, Italy

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium

2003

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galleria Gentili – Via San Marino – Montecatini Terme, Italy

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Tanit – Maximilianstrasse 45 – Munich, Germany

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium

2002

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Bernard Cats – 15 rue Ernest Allard – Brussels, Belgium

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galleria Continua 2 – Via del Castello 11 – San Gimignano SI, Italy

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Studio Casoli – Corso Monforte 23 – Milan MI, Italy

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galleria Marchetti – Via Margutta 32 – Rome, Italy

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : No Code – Via dè Coltelli, 5/2 – Bologna BO, Italy

Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Chelouche Contemporary Art Gallery – Chelouche Contemporary Art Gallery Ltd. 5 Hissin – Tel Aviv, Israel

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Studio Casoli – Corso Monforte 23 – Milan MI, Italy

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Bilinelli Lucien – 179 Avenue Brugmann – Brussels, Belgium

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Galerie Tanit – Maximilianstrasse 45 – Munich, Germany

2000

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Salamon – L’ArteModerna – Via San Quintino, 4 – Turin TO, Italy

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Galerie Lindig in Paludetto – Milchhof Bräuhausstr.9 – Nuremberg, Germany

1999

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : De Crescenzo & Viesti – Via del Corso 42 – Rome, Italy

1991

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/07/1991 – 02/12/1991
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium


Group exhibitions

2004

L’élémentaire, le vital, l’énergie – Arte Povera in Castello
Fondation Emile Hughes – Vence, France
07/03/2004 – 10/03/2004

Vis à vis
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
06/19/2004 – 09/12/2004

2003

Photo-sculpture (2) Gestes, poses, attitudes¿
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Limousin – Limoges, France
10/31/2003 – 01/17/2004

Bienal de Valencia
Valencia, Spain
06/06/2003 – 09/30/2003

2002

Figure: trace per una nuova iconografia
Pala de André – Ravenna RA, Italy
08/2002

Del Arte Povera a nuestro días
Centro Cultural Sa Nostra – Palma de Mallorca, Spain
04/2002

Passenger – The Viewer as Participant
Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst – Oslo, Norway
2002 – 04/21/2002

From Pop to Now: selections from the Sonnabend Collection
The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery – Skidmore College – Saratoga Springs NY, United States
06/22/2002 – 09/29/2002

Mesure – Démesure
Galeries Poirel – Nancy, France
05/22/2002 – 06/28/2002

2001

Sculpture Contemporaine
Les Subsistances – Lyon, France
11/23/2001 – 01/20/2002

Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1932-1972
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
05/31/2001 – 08/19/2001

1999

Memoria_Presente
MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo – Santiago de Chile, Chile
06/07/1999 – 07/23/1999

1997

Documenta X
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/21/1997 – 09/28/1997

1995

Ensayo General/Répétition Générale
MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo – Santiago de Chile, Chile
11/1995 – 12/1995

Ensayo General/Répétition Générale
Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango – Bogotá, Colombia
07/11/1995 – 09/24/1995

Legals