Ettore Spalletti
Ettore Spalletti (born January 26, 1940 in Cappelle sul Tavo ; † October 11, 2019 ) was an Italian painter and sculptor .
life and work
Ettore Spalletti was born in Cappelle sul Tavo in the province of Pescara . He lived and worked there. Spalletti worked as a sculptor with marble, wood and metal.
Ettore Spalletti's paintings can be assigned to minimalism . His color palette takes up those of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance , by artists such as Fra Angelico and Piero della Francesca . He often positioned his paintings in such a way that they are perceived as three-dimensional works. Ettore Spalletti's painterly work captivates with its clarity and simplicity.
In 1982 and 1992 he was involved in the Kassel documenta , in 1982, 1993, 1995, 1997 in the Venetian Biennale , then in 1991 in the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris , in 1993 in the New York Guggenheim , 1995 in the Antwerp Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst , 1998–99 at the Strasbourg Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain , 1999 at the Neapolitan Museo di Capodimonte and 2005 at the Henry Moore Foundation in Leeds. In 2014 he opened exhibitions in Rome , Turin and Naples .
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 2014: Un giorno so bianco, so bianco MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo , Rome ( curated by Anna Mattirolo)
- 2014: Un giorno so bianco, so bianco Civic gallery of modern and contemporary arts (GAM), Turin (curated by Danilo Eccher)
- 2014: Un giorno so bianco, so bianco Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina , Naples (curated by Andrea Viliani and Alessandro Rabottini)
- 2009: Museum Kurhaus Kleve , Kleve
- 1993: Osmosis: Ettore Spalletti and Haim Steinbach Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York City
- 1983: Ettore Spalletti Museum Folkwang , Essen
Group exhibitions
- 1998: Arte italiana 1945 - 1995 National Museum of Art, Osaka , Osaka
- 2000: MoMA PS1 , New York
- 1992: documenta 9 , Kassel
- 1982, 1993, 1995, 1997: Biennale di Venezia , Venice
- 1982: documenta 7 , Kassel
Awards
- 2010 Terna Award for Contemporary Art.
literature
- Art. Spallétti, Ettore , in: Treccani
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catalog: documenta 7 Kassel ; Vol. 1: (visual biographies of the artists); Vol. 2: (Current works of the artists); P. 168, Kassel 1982 ISBN 3-920453-02-6
- ^ Museum Kurhaus Kleve , accessed on March 8, 2015.
- ^ Museum Kurhaus Kleve , accessed on March 8, 2015.
- ↑ New York Guggenheim Past Exhibitions | Osmosis: Ettore Spalletti and Haim Steinbach ( Memento of April 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on March 8, 2015 (English)
- ↑ artabled Biografia di Ettore Spalletti ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on March 8, 2015 (Italian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spalletti, Ettore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cappelle sul Tavo |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 2019 |