Francesco Mariotti
Francesco Mariotti (born April 13, 1943 in Bern ) is a Swiss object , installation and light artist . He lives and works in Zurich .
life and work
Francesco Mariotti was born in Bern, Switzerland in 1943 and grew up in Lima , Peru from 1953 to 1961 . He studied from 1965 to 1966 at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris and from 1966 to 1969 at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg . From 1977 to 1978 Mariotti was a lecturer at the Art School in Lima and until 1980 supervised numerous art and culture projects in Peru. From 1982 to 1987 he was General Secretary of the Video Art Festival in Locarno .
The art of Francesco Mariotti has an intellectual as well as poetic-aesthetic and political claim. Although the appearance of his work is more of a technical nature, his objects and installations have such poetic names as: Stella Nera , Superlucciola , Canto cuántico , Sacramora or El Jardin Híbrido .
He had his first solo exhibitions in the Stummer + Hubschmid gallery in Zurich. In 1968 he worked for the first time with Klaus Geldmacher , and that year they were represented at the 4th documenta in Kassel with a joint light, sound and movement installation . The collaboration was repeated at different times.
Important exhibitions (selection)
- 1968: 4th documenta , Kassel
- 1969: Xth São Paulo Biennale , Brazil
- 1970: ART 70, Basel
- 1972/1979: Medellín Biennale , Colombia
- 1986: Festival di Arte elettronico in Camerino , Italy
- 1990: Mars Gallery, Moscow ; Belgrade Cultural Center , Yugoslavia; EXPO Garden & Greenery, Osaka , Japan , with Klaus Geldmacher, "LUCCIOLA"
- 1994/1998: European Cultural Center in Erfurt
- 1996: Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas , Venezuela ; Museo de Arte, Lima; Ernesto de la Càrcova, Buenos Aires
- 1998: Celle Art Foundation
- 1999: Encuentro Internacional de Arte, Oviedo , Spain
- 2002: Lüdenscheid light routes
- 2006: GLOW Eindhoven
- 2009: Smart Light, Sydney , Australia
- 2010: i-light Marina Bay, organized by: Smart Light Singapore (SLS), Singapore
Literature and Sources
- Exhibition catalog for the IV. Documenta: IV. Documenta. International exhibition . Volume 1: Painting and Sculpture . Volume 2: Graphics / Objects . Kassel 1968.
- Harald Kimpel , Karin Stengel: documenta IV 1968 International Exhibition - A photographic reconstruction . Bremen 2007, ISBN 978-3-86108-524-9 ( series of the documenta archive ).
Web links
- Homepage of the artist
- Mariotti, Francesco. In: Sikart
- Materials by and about Klaus Geldmacher & Francesco Mariotti in the documenta archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mariotti, Francesco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss object, installation and light artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |