Pistoletto Mirror
1980s Arte Povera Figurative Prints
Screen
Late 20th Century More Art
Screen
1980s Post-Modern More Prints
Foil
People Also Browsed
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph
1990s Belgian Modern Posters
Paper
Vintage 1980s Bosnian Posters
Paper
Vintage 1940s Chinese Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes
Wood, Lacquer, Paper
Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes
Wood, Paper
Early 2000s American Folk Art Models and Miniatures
Steel
Vintage 1940s German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Paper
1980s Conceptual Figurative Prints
Lithograph, Offset
Vintage 1980s Macedonian Posters
Paper
Antique 19th Century English Inkwells
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Kinetic Animal Sculptures
Acrylic, Paint
Early 20th Century Unknown Islamic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Paper
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Decorative Boxes
Paper
Vintage 1970s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Stools
Pine
Early 20th Century Japanese Decorative Boxes
Paper
Recent Sales
Stainless Steel
Mirror, Wood
Iron
Mirror, Wood
1980s Interior Prints
Mirror, Screen
1960s Still-life Prints
Mirror, Screen
20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Mixed Media
Early 2000s Mixed Media
Mirror, Plexiglass, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Conceptual Portrait Prints
Stainless Steel
2010s Post-Modern More Prints
Offset
Michelangelo Pistoletto for sale on 1stDibs
Michelangelo Pistoletto is an Italian painter, action and object artist, and art theorist born in Biella, in 1933. He is now one of the great exponents of Italian and indeed international contemporary art with over sixty years of experience. From a young age Pistoletto worked in his father’s restoration workshop but in the 50s, he began painting figurative works and self-portraits. In 1959, he participated in the Biennale di San Marino and one year later he hosted his first solo-exhibition at the Galleria Galatea in Turin. In the 60s, Pistoletto combined painting with photography using collage techniques on reflective backgrounds and eventually moved to printing photorealistic scenes on steel plates polished to a high finish which he achieved using the screen-printing method which allowed the observer to almost completely melt into what was depicted. In the mid-60s, Pistoletto gained international audience thanks to gallery owner Ileana Sonnabend, and began exhibiting his work in the USA, where he had his first solo-exhibit at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. In 1967, he was awarded first prize at the São Paulo Art Biennial but later that year he began focusing on performance, video-art and theatre which led him to found the action art group called Zoo Group. Pistoletto also began painting on mirrors early in his career, attempting to connect painting with the constantly changing realities in which the work finds itself. As he explored this form, he began bringing together rags with casts of the omnipresent classical statuary of Italy to break down the hierarchies of art and common objects. The use of impoverished materials as a form of art is a clear indication of Pistoletto’s approach to the Arte Povera. Although being influenced by the American post-pop art and photorealism, Pistoletto was soon listed by gallery owners and critics as a significant representative of the mostly Italian trend of the Arte Povera. The aim of his work was always to display the unity of art and everyday life.