Turi Simeti
Turi Simeti (born August 5, 1929 in Alcamo ) is an Italian painter .
life and work
Turi Simeti is one of the best-known representatives of the Italian ZERO movement. He was born in Alcamo, Sicily, in 1929. At the age of 30 he moved to Rome, where he began painting as an autodidact after meeting Alberto Burri . Long stays in London , Paris and Basel also took place during this period .
In 1965 Simeti moved to Milan , where he joined the ZERO group, which also included Enrico Castellani and Agostino Bonalumi . As part of this young generation of Italian artists and together with other pioneers from Europe, South America and Japan, he took part in the legendary exhibition “ZERO Avantgarde” in Lucio Fontana's studio in Milan, alongside artists such as Heinz Mack and Otto Piene .
Turi Simeti lives in Milan . His works are in important museums and collections such as the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bolzano (Bozen, Italy), Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna (Turin, Italy) and the Wilhelm- Hack Museum , Ludwigshafen.
Exhibitions (selection)
- Galerie Volker Diehl , Berlin, 2015
- Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, 2015
- Tornabuoni Art Gallery, Paris, 2014
- Galleria Dep Art, Milan, 2013
- The Mayor Gallery, London, 2012
- Galerie 44, Düsseldorf, 1977, 1985
- Galerie m , Bochum, 1971
literature
- G. di Genova: Storia dell'Arte Italiana del '900. Generazione anni '20. Edizioni Bora, Bologna 2014, ISBN 978-88-85345-43-0 .
- E. Pontiggia, FW Heckmanns: Turi Simeti 1961-1991. Trenta anni di lavoro. Edizione Associazione Orestiadi di Gibellina, Gibellina 1991.
- A. Zanchetta: Turi Simeti: anni sessanta. Dep Art Edizioni, Milan 2013.
- B. Corà: Ab ovo, Turi Simeti. Edizioni Forma, Florence 2014, ISBN 978-88-96780-69-5 .
- FW Heckmanns: Turi Simeti - room concepts. Galerie Jürgen Ahrens, Koblenz 1979, ISBN 9783922615019 .
- F. Sardella: As much silence as white requires. Turi Simeti. Opera bianche. Dep Art, Milan 2015. ISBN 978-88-941230-0-5 .
- F. Meschede From the light of sicily. Turi Simeti. Alcamo. Diehl, Berlin 2015. ISBN 978-3-89479-977-9 .
Web links
- Turi Simeti Archives
- Images from the exhibition in the Almine Rech's gallery in Brussels “Le choix du signe”, 2015
- Images from the exhibition in the Gagosian Gallery in Geneva, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simeti, Turi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alcamo , Italy |