Emilio Prini
Emilio Prini (* 1943 in Stresa ; † September 1, 2016 in Rome ) was an Italian artist of the Arte Povera .
life and work
In 1967, the curator Germano Celant invited Emilio Prini together with Alighiero Boetti , Luciano Fabro , Jannis Kounellis , Pino Pascali and Giulio Paolini to participate in the legendary exhibition Arte povera e IM spazio / Arme Kunst und IM Raum in the Galleria La Bertesca in Genoa .
Emilio Prini worked with light, photography, sound and writing. The relationship between reality and its reproduction was an important theme in his work.
In one project over the years, Emilio Prini took thousands of photos with a single camera until it stopped working. On a similar project, he had a tape recorder record its own sounds until it stopped working .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1969: Op Losse Schroeven Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam
- 1969: When Attitudes Become Form Kunsthalle Bern
- 1969: Concept / Conception Städtisches Museum, Schloss Morsbroich , Leverkusen
- 1970: Information Museum of Modern Art , New York
- 1973: Contemporanea Villa Borghese Rome
- 1995: Fermi in Dogana Musée d'Art modern et contemporain de Strasbourg
- 1997: documenta X , Kassel
- 2001: Arte Povera Tate Gallery , London
- 2009: Italian art between tradition and revolution 1968–2008 - Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago)
- 2012: Arte Povera Neues Museum Weimar and Kunstmuseum Basel
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Documenta X short guide / Kurzführer Ostfildern 1997, ISBN 3-89322-938-8 , pp. 190/191
- ↑ artforum Emilio Prini (1943-2016) , accessed on 22 December 2018th
- ↑ Flash Art Online Emilio Prini accessed on December 23, 2018 (English)
- ↑ Tate Da Fermacarte 1968, printed 2012, accessed on December 22, 2018 (English)
- ↑ Tate Emilio Prini accessed December 22, 2018 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prini, Emilio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian artist of the Arte Povera |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stresa |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 2016 |
| Place of death | Rome |