biography of Emilio VEDOVA (1919-2006)
Personal data
Birth : 08/09/1919 - Venice VE Veneto, Italy
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Italy
Address
, ItalyRepresentatives
Garner Tullis – 10 White Street – New York NY, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1983:Various Lectures in the USA
1965:Various Lectures in the USA
1963 – 1965:Creation of his best known Olurimi, the Absurdes Berliner Tagebuch, Berlin, Germany
1958:First Lithographs, Italy
1952:Participation in the Gruppo degli Otto, Italy
1946:Collaboration with Morlotti on the manifesto Oltre Guernica in Milano, Italy
1943 – 1945:Participated in the Resistance Movement, Italy
1942:Joined the Milanese artists’ association Corrente, Milano, Italy
Founding member of the Fronte Nuovo delle Arti in Venezia, Italy
Other professions
1965 – 1969 : Director
Internationale Sommerakademie für Bildende Kunst – Postfach 18 – Salzburg, Austria
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Mixed media - Oil - Oil/board - Oil/canvas - Oil/paper - Tempera
Print-Multiple : Etching - Lithograph - Monotype - Multiple - Serigraph
Drawing-Watercolor : Charcoal - Collage - Gouache - Ink - Pastel - Watercolour
Artistic periods
1995 : Began a new serie s of multifaced and manipulate painted objects called Disco-Plurimo1961-1963 : First Plurimi: freestanding, hinged, and painted sculpture/paintings made of wood and metal, Italy
1959 : Creation of Scontri di situazioni, Large L-shaped canvases, Italy
1946-1950 : Geometri nere, Italie
Since the late 1970s, variety of new techniques: the Plurimi-Binari (mobile works on steel rails), monotypes, double-sided circular panels (Dischi), and large-scale glass engraving
Works
Nel tempo | |
Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Serigraph Size : 84 x 59 cm | |
Untitled | |
Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Oil/paper Technical data : Hand-made paper Size : 52 x 78 cm | |
Presence | |
Date of creation : 1960 Medium : Lithograph Size : 44 x 33 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
1958
Retrospective
Muzeum Narodowe – Poznan, Poland
1958
Retrospective
Galeria Sztuki Wspolczesnej Zacheta – Warsaw, Poland
1958
1951
Catherine Viviano Gallery – New York NY, United States
1951
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 : Tornabuoni Arte – Tornabuoni Arte Via Fatebenefratelli 36 – Milan MI, Italy
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Georg Nothelfer – Uhlandstrasse 184 – Berlin, Germany
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Georg Nothelfer – Uhlandstrasse 184 – Berlin, Germany
2003
St’art – Foire d’art contemporain de Strasbourg, n°7
Parc des expositions du Wacken – Strasbourg, France
01/31/2003 – 02/03/2003
Represented by : Galerie Arte e Arte – Bologna BO, Italy
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galleria Tega – Via Senato 24 – Milan MI, Italy
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : L’Isola Galleria d’Arte – Via Del Suffragio 24 – Trento, Italy
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galleria Tega – Via Senato 24 – Milan MI, Italy
Arte Fiera – Mostra Mercato d’Arte contemporanea
Quartiere Fieristico – Bologna BO, Italy
01/25/2001 – 01/29/2001
Represented by : Galleria Centro Steccata – Via Dante 3 – Parma PR, Italy
2000
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Edition Staeck – Ingrimstrasse 3 – Heidelberg, Germany
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Edition Staeck – Ingrimstrasse 3 – Heidelberg, Germany
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galeria Torbandena – Via Torbandena, 1 – Triest TS, Italy
Group exhibitions
1967
Expo67
Montréal QC, Canada
04/28/1967 – 10/27/1967
1964
Documenta III
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Alte Galerie – Kassel, Germany
06/27/1964 – 10/05/1964
1960
30° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1960
1955
Documenta 1 – Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
07/15/1955 – 09/18/1955
1951
Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
1951