Francesco Matarrese

Francesco Matarrese (* 1950 in Molfetta ) is an Italian conceptual artist .

life and work

Francesco Matarrese studied philosophy at the University of Bari . Matarrese has been an artist since the 1970s and exhibits regularly. He practices an art without matter. His art is a reflection on artistic practice, which he puts into theoretical texts from time to time. In 1978, Matarrese gave up his career as a visual artist and, in response to an invitation to an exhibition, sent a Telegramma di rifiuto / Telegram of refusal with the following content: “Confirm rejection of abstract work in art, impossibility to participate and my artistic production available put. Live a secluded life in Bari for consistent research on post-art or on what comes after art. ”This was the beginning of an uncompromising, consistent and radical end to artistic production and thus the exit from medialization and marketing.

Matarrese began to create an impossible catalog of non-works of art and in 2011 was a participant in the project The Inadequate in the Spanish Pavilion of the Biennale di Venezia , where he spoke about the possibility of constant repetition of refusal and propagated a form of anti-art. At dOCUMENTA (13) he exhibited the text The Challenge in the rotunda of the Fridericianum .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lia Rumma Francesco Matarrese accessed on March 24, 2019 (English)
2. ^ No Show Museum Francesco Matarrese copia di telegramma (Italian)
3. ↑ dOCUMENTA (13). The accompanying book / The Guidebook. Catalog 3/3., Page 90, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-2954-3
4. ^ Art forum Francesco Matarrese accessed on March 24, 2019