Giuseppe Minoretti
Variable chrome-plated brass frame
1980/1990

About the Item

Giuseppe Minoretti (Erba, Como - 1938) Variable chrome-plated brass frame 1980/1990 Diameter 33.5 cm - height 43 cm Giuseppe Minoretti was born in Erba (Como) in 1938. From 1950 to 1960 he attended painting and sculpture courses in Como and Milan. His exhibition activity, began in 1957. From 1961 to 1966 while working in the field of figuration, he made contact with the Como group of abstractionists among whom Mario Radice was particularly prominent. In 1967 and 1968 he was invited to the S.Fedele Prize in Milan, in which he participated with concretist works that could already belong to the Madi current,a movement he would join in the 1990s. In 1970 he set up his first solo exhibition at "Il Giorno" gallery in Milan, with a presentation by Mario Radice. This period is marked by intense exhibition activity. The path of his own artistic evolution begins to emerge clearly, this occurs separately on the two-dimensional plane and then comes to intersect in the pictorial works, as early as 1977 the line is chosen as the basic element. He participated in the S. Marino di Lupari Biennial from 1985 to 1990. In 1998 he exhibited at Arte Structura in Milan and at the "Biennale Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea" in Milan. From 1988 to 1944 his work was exhibited at the "Salon Grands et Jeunes d'Aujourd'hui" in Paris and in Paris galleries. He has been a member of MADI Italia" since 1995 and has participated in numerous exhibitions with this group. His works are in public and private collections in Italy, the United States, France, Switzerland, Argentina, Hungary, and also at the "Mondrian House" in Holland.

Creator:

Giuseppe Minoretti (1938, Italian)

Creation Year:

1980/1990

Dimensions:

Height: 16.93 in (43 cm)Diameter: 13.59 in (34.5 cm)

Medium:

Brass

Period:

Late 20th Century

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