Gianni Motti
Gianni Motti (born June 16, 1958 in Sondrio , Italy ) is a Swiss artist of Italian origin.
He works with very different media: video art , photography , installations and performances . His work is characterized by dealing with political and social issues. Exemplary works are a bar of soap, which, according to the artist, was made from the body fat sucked off by Silvio Berlusconi , (2006) and a video that the US President George W. Bush in the moments before the start of his televised statement on Shows the beginning of the war against Iraq ("Shock and Awe", 2003). In his performance " Higgs " (2005) Motti walked through the tube of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN . Some of his actions and works are provocative, like the simulation of his own funeral procession in the middle of a religious festival in Spain (1989) or a video work that critically examines Raelism . In 1999 Motti took the place of the Indonesian representative at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Commission and gave a speech. Gianni Motti lives in Geneva .
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2013: Galerie Perrotin, Paris
- 2012: Migros Museum for Contemporary Art, Zurich
- 2009: Center d'art contemporain, La Synagogue de Delme
- 2009: Center d'art contemporain la Ferme du Buisson, Marne-la-Vallée
- 2008: La Criée center d'art contemporain, Rennes
- 2007: La Salle de bain, Lyon
- 2006: Metro Pictures, New York
- 2006: Center d'édition contemporaine, Geneva
- 2006: Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
- 2004: Migros Museum für Gegenwartskuns, Zurich
- 2002: Art Museum Thun
- 2001: Kunsthalle Bern
- 1999: Lucerne Art Museum
- 1998: Villa Arson , Nice
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2006: 5,000,000,000 d'Années , Palais de Tokyo , Paris
- 2005: Venice Biennale
- 2005: A Brief History of Invisible Art , Wattis Institute, San Francisco
- 2004: Beauty of Failure, Failure of Beauty , Fundacio Juan Mirò, Barcelona
- 2003: Hardcore , Palais de Tokyo, Paris
- 2003: Pantalla Suiza , Centro de arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
- 2003: Attak , Kunsthalle Wien
- 2002: Protest, respect !, Kunsthalle St. Gallen
- 2002: Manifesta 4, Frankfurt am Main
Awards
- 2005: Prix Meret Oppenheim , Zurich
- 2012: Prix de la Société des Art, Geneva
literature
- Armelle Leturcq, Gianni Motti , Zurich, Pro Helvetia, 1999. ISBN 390707811X
- Heike Munder, Gianni Motti: Plausible Deniability , Zurich, JRP Ringier, 2006. ISBN 3905701103
- Marie Cozette, Nicolas Giraud, Julie Pellegrin, Michele Robecchi, Gianni Motti: Moneybox , Paris, Ferme Buisson, 2011. ISBN 295221235X
Individual evidence
- ↑ Olivier Kaeser: Gianni Motti. In: Sikart (status: 2006) , accessed August 30, 2017.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gianni Motti in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Motti, Gianni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sondrio , Italy |