biography of Luciano FABRO (1936-2007)

Personal data


Birth : 1936 - Turin TO Piemonte, Italy
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Italy

Address

Milan MI Lombardy, Italy

Professional data


Work and Life

1965:First group exhibition “La scultura nella casa” in Galleria Montenapoleone, Milano, Italy
Lives and works in Milano, Italy

Work


Categorie and medium


Print-Multiple : Serigraph
Sculpture-Volume : Construction - Marble - Object
Photography : Photograph
Drawing-Watercolor : Drawing

Movements and styles

Arte Povera

Works

So ist das Leben, so ist die Moral, so ist die Geschichte
Date of creation : 1995
Medium : Installation
 
Infinito
Date of creation : 1989
Medium : Installation
Materials : marble-steel
Size : 43 x 531 x 695 cm
 
Mappamondo Geodetico
Date of creation : 1968
Medium : Object
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2004

Musée Bourdelle – Paris, France
06/25/2004 – 10/31/2004

1998

Superstructure
Migros Museum – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
04/1998 – 06/1998

1996

MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1996

1995

Portikus – Frankfurt, Germany
1995

Il Giorno mi pesa Sulla Notte
Barbara Gladstone Gallery – New York NY, United States
02/01/1995 – 03/04/1995

1994

Sisifo
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer – Antwerp, Belgium
1994

1992

La naissance de Vénus
Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert – Paris, France
1992

1965

Vismara Arte – Milan MI, Italy
1965

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

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 : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galleria Christian Stein – Corso Monforte 23 – Milan MI, Italy

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : Portikus – Schöne Aussicht 2 – Frankfurt, Germany

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

2002

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Portikus – Schöne Aussicht 2 – Frankfurt, Germany

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

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

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 13
Frankfurt, Germany
04/28/2001 – 05/01/2001
Represented by : Portikus – Schöne Aussicht 2 – Frankfurt, Germany

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert – 28, Rue de Lappe – Paris, France

2000

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Portikus – Schöne Aussicht 2 – Frankfurt, Germany

1999

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Galleria Christian Stein – Corso Monforte 23 – Milan MI, Italy

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galleria Christian Stein – Corso Monforte 23 – Milan MI, Italy

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie Micheline Szwajcer – Verlatstraat 14 – Antwerp, 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

2003

1 : 1 x temps
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Bourgogne – Dijon, France
10/25/2003 – 12/20/2003

Collection, nouvelle présentation
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
04/25/2003 – 08/03/2003

Le Beau Corps de la Mémoire
MAC’s Grand-Hornu – Musée des Arts Contemporains – Hornu, Belgium
03/16/2003 – 06/29/2003

2002

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

L’Art Mol et Raide…
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
10/18/2002 – 08/01/2003

L’Herbier et le Nuage
MAC’s Grand-Hornu – Musée des Arts Contemporains – Hornu, Belgium
09/15/2002 – 01/05/2003

2001

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

1998

Arte Italiana 1945-95
MOT Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan
1998

1997

Géographiques : territoires vécus, territoires voulus, territoires figurés
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Corse – Corte, Corse, France
06/1997

Futuro, presente, passato – 47° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/15/1997 – 11/09/1997

1996

Face à l’Histoire 1933-1996
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
12/19/1996 – 04/07/1997

1993

Aperto 93 – 45° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
1993

1992

Un Regard sur L’Art Italien Collection Stein
IAC Institut d’art contemporain – Villeurbanne, France
06/24/1992 – 10/31/1992

Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992

1986

42° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
1986

1984

Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1984

1982

Documenta 7
Museum Fridericianum, Neue Galerie, Orangerie, Auepark – Kassel, Germany
06/19/1982 – 09/28/1982

1980

39° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1980

1978

38° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
1978

1975

Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n°13
São Paulo, Brazil
1975

1971

Biennale de Paris, n° 7
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
1971

1970

Between Man and Matter – Tokyo Biennial ’70
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum – Tokyo, Japan
1970

Biennale Internazionale della giovane pittura – Gennaio ’70, Comportamenti, progetti, mediazioni
Museo Civico – Bologna BO, Italy
1970

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2001

Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373

1994

Collection 1991, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Publisher: Ville de Lyon – 1 place de la Comédie – Lyon, France
Author: Bertolotti Isabelle
1994
ISBN : 2906461431

Legals