Daniela Comani

Daniela Comani (* 1965 in Bologna , Italy) is an Italian artist.

Life

She studied at the Academy of Arts in Bologna and at the Berlin University of the Arts . She lives in Berlin . Daniela Comani works with photography, video, drawing, installations and text. In her work she sits down u. a. deal with the topics of history and gender roles.

Works (selection)

• It was me. Diary 1900–1999 2002
• A happy marriage 2003-2013
• New publications ed. by Daniela Comani , 2008
• My Film History - Daniela Comani's Top 100 Films. 2012
• Planet Earth: 21st Century , Milan: Humboldt Books, 2019

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1992 - 37 rooms, art works Berlin
• 1993 - More than zero, Magasin, Center National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble
• 1996 - Reading, Kunsthalle St. Gallen , CH
• 2006 - The Eighth Field - Gender, Life and Desire in Art since 1960, Museum Ludwig , Cologne
• 2007 - History will repeat itself, Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund and Kunst-Werke Berlin
• 2007 - It was me, around Alexanderplatz in 32 days, NGBK / U2 Alexanderplatz, Berlin (E)
• 2008 - Transmediale 08 - conspire !, House of World Cultures , Berlin
• 2008 - Bildpolitiken, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
• 2008 - HeartQuake, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
• 2008 - Focus on Contemporary Italian Art, MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
• 2010 - Courier, University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York
• 2010 - C'était moi. Journal 1900–1999, Center d'Art Passerelle, Brest (E)
• 2011 - 54th Biennale di Venezia / Repubblica di San Marino Pavilion, Venice
• 2011 - Doublespeak, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
• 2012 - Le Printemps de Septembre: History is Mine! Musée Les Abattoirs, Toulouse
• 2013 - Autoritratti. Iscrizioni del femminile nell'arte italiana contemporanea, MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
• 2014 - Daniela Comani: It was me. Diary 1900-1999, dkw - Dieselkraftwerk art museum, Cottbus
• 2014 - Love, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein
• 2015 - SELF: Portraits of Artists in their Absence, National Academy Museum, New York
• 2015 - Unprotected Zone, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
• 2016 - From today to tomorrow. 24 hours in contemporary art, MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Roma
• 2016 - ... and one more world, Kunsthaus, Hamburg

Artist books and publications (selection)

• "1975 - Diario di strada / Diary from the Road", Archive Books, Berlin, 2017, ISBN 978-3-943620-66-5
• "It Was Me. Diary 1900-1999" / "Sono stata io. Diario 1900-1999", Archive Books, Berlin, 2016, ISBN 978-3-943620-49-8
• "Sunsets", Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich, 2016, ISBN 978-3-906803-17-3
• A happy marriage / Un matrimonio felice / A Happy Marriage. Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-905929-52-2 .
• My Film History - Daniela Comani's Top 100 Films. Revolver Publishing, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86895-301-5 .
• Novità editoriali a cura di Daniela Comani. Maurizio Corraini srl, Mantua 2012, ISBN 978-88-7570-360-8 .
• New publications ed. by Daniela Comani. Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-905509-78-6 .
• It was me. Diary 1900-1999. Maurizio Corraini srl, Mantua 2007, ISBN 978-88-7570-127-7 .
• Sono stata io. Diario 1900-1999. Maurizio Corraini srl, Mantua 2007, ISBN 978-88-7570-126-0 .
• comanicasino. REVOLVER Archive for Current Art, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-86588-293-5 .
• It was me. Diary 1900–1999. REVOLVER Archive for Current Art, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-86588-138-6 .
• Double drawings. Vice Versa, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-932809-17-3 .

literature

• Dorothea Strauss, I close my eyes. In: (OmU), Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin 1997.
• Hanne Loreck: Performing show and tell: A happy marriage. Goldrausch Art IT, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-937476-37-7 .
• The eighth field - gender, life and desire in art since 1960. Hatje Cantz, 2006, ISBN 3-7757-1829-X .
• Claudio Marra: L'immagine infedele. Bruno Mondadori Editori, Milano 2006, ISBN 88-424-9243-4 .
• Inke Arns: History will repeat itself. Revolver, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-86588-402-2 .
• Ingeborg Wiensowski: Breathless through time. In: KulturSPIEGEL. 11/2007
• Diacritics: Contemporary Italian Thought. (2), Cornell University , Ithaca, New York.
• John Quin: Daniela Comani. 365/51/1, In: Art Review. April 2010.
• ITaliens, Italian artist from Berlin. Electa, Milano 2013, ISBN 978-88-370-9207-8 .
• Christopher Knight, Daniela Comani's movie universe, gender assumptions get flipped. In: Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2015

Web links

• Literature by and about Daniela Comani in the catalog of the German National Library
• Own website
• Exhibitions by Daniela Comani on kunstaspekte.de
• Carolyn Kellogg: What if it were 'Mr. Dalloway '? Book covers revisited . Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2011.
• Daniela Comani: It was me. Diary 1900–1999 e-art-app by Ivo Wessel
• Transmediale
• Jessica Gelt: Daniela Comani surprises with gender-bender film posters . Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2015