Piero Manzoni

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Piero Manzoni (born July 13, 1933 in Soncino , Cremona , † February 6, 1963 in Milan ) - with full name Conte Meroni Manzoni di Chiosca e Poggiolo (German Count Meroni Manzoni of Chiosca and Poggiolo ) - was an Italian artist who worked as Pioneer of conceptual art applies. His work was presented at the 4th documenta in Kassel and at the 1972 Venice Biennale , among others .

life and work

Manzoni began studying law in Milan in 1951 and studying art and philosophy in Rome in 1954 , which he continued in Milan in 1955. In 1956 he and others signed the manifesto “To the discovery of the image zone” and in 1957 the manifestos “To an organic painting” and “Against style”. In 1957 he participated in the international "Gruppo Nucleare".

Inspired by the Informel artists Alberto Burri , Lucio Fontana and Jean Fautrier , Manzoni experimented with new materials. Starting in 1957, inspired by a visit to an exhibition by Yves Klein , the first Achromes - unpainted canvases structured by applying plaster - were created. In the same year Manzoni had his first solo exhibitions in Milan and Como . In 1959 he opened the “Azimuth” gallery together with Enrico Castellani . They brought out a magazine of the same name, in which they strived to combine art and poetry, and it came to the move away from the "Gruppo Nucleare". From 1961 to 1962 he traveled to the Netherlands , Germany , Yugoslavia and Belgium .

Manzoni began to produce lines, the longest of which was 7200 m (!) Long in Denmark. After completion, the painting grounds were packed and should no longer be accessible afterwards. Actions followed in which the artist's elementary products played a role: Corpi d'Aria (air body), Fiato d'Artista (artist's breath ) and the spectacular Merda d'artista (“artist shit ”) project. Manzoni decorated 150 chicken eggs with his thumbprint and gave them to the audience to eat. He also developed his Achrome series , in which materials of various types are connected to one another. An Achrome from 1960/1961 is an all-white ensemble of synthetic fibers on velvet on wood in the format 81 × 64.5 × 20 cm.

On February 6, 1963, Manzoni, not yet 30 years old, died of a heart attack in his studio in Milan .

Exhibitions

literature

Web links

Commons : Piero Manzoni  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lempertz auction house, Cologne May / June 2011
  2. Announcement on the exhibition ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 on August 23, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mostramanzonimilano.it