Gianni Piacentino
Gianni Piacentino (* 1945 in Coazze , Turin ) is an Italian sculptor .
life and work
Piacentino studied philosophy at the University of Turin from 1965 to 1966 , worked as a DJ in 1967 and as a consultant for a specialty paint company in 1968. At the age of 21 Piacentiono took part with Piero Gilardi and Michelangelo Pistoletto in the exhibition "Arte Abitabile" in the Gian Enzo Sperone Gallery in Turin. For a short time he belonged to the circle of Arte Povera , which was promoted by Germano Celant . His later works are more likely to be assigned to minimalism .
"" I had no role models. I was the first European minimalist. ”Because his works were a bit bulky, they were always placed against the wall in exhibitions. “I resisted and soon it was said that I had a difficult character. I also realized that I didn't fit into the group. Like the Arte Povera artists, I wasn't interested in natural materials at all. This whole rivalry got on my nerves too. I only like real competitions. And I found it in racing. "For ten years Piacentino drove as a co-pilot motorcycle races in the sidecar class, had various accidents and broke seven ribs: a top driver who was three times Italian champion in sidecar racing."
Gianni Piacentino's fascination with motorcycles, cars, airplanes and technology is reflected in his work. His objects are reminiscent of prototypes for new, albeit non-functional vehicles, and are located at the interface between art and vehicle design.
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 1981 Society for Contemporary Art , Bremen
- 2015 Fondazione Prada , Milan
Group exhibitions
- 2015 Compositions , Metropolitan Art Society (MAS), Beirut
- 2008 Palazzo Grassi , Venice
- 1998 Minimalia Palazzo delle Esposizioni , Rome
- 1992 holdings Onnasch , Neues Museum Weserburg , Bremen
- 1993 45th Biennale di Venezia , Venice
- 1990 Museo Reina Sofía , Madrid
- 1986 The automobile in art , Haus der Kunst , Munich
- 1978 Aspects of the 1960s (from the Reinhard Onnasch collection) , Nationalgalerie , Berlin
- 1977 documenta 6 , Kassel, curator : Manfred Schneckenburger
- 1971 Eleven Italians Today , Museum Ostwall , Dortmund
- 1968 Prospect 68 Kunsthalle Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catalog for documenta 6. Volume 3, p. 288: hand drawings, utopian design, books 1977, ISBN 3-920453-00-X .
- ↑ Frieze, Stefano Chiodi Gianni Piacentino ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on June 5, 2015
- ↑ art - the art magazine Macho-Minimalismus ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 9, 2015
- ↑ Veneklasen / Werner Gianni Piacentino.works 1965-2014 ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on June 5, 2015
- ↑ Michael Werner Gianni Piacentino biography accessed on June 5, 2015 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piacentino, Gianni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coazze , Turin |