Michelangelo Pistoletto Art
Italian, b. 1933
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.
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Laleggera Alias chair, part of the work "Mezzoterra Mezzomare" by M. PISTOLETTO
By Riccardo Blumer, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Alias
Located in Torino, IT
Laleggera Chair
part of the work
Mezzoterra Mezzomare
Mediterraneans,
by Michelangelo
PISTOLET
and Juan Esteban SANDOVAL
Michelangelo PISTOLETTO painted the sea shore on the Lalegge...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Michelangelo Pistoletto Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Pair of Laleggera chairs, part of the work "Mezzoterra Mezzomare" by PISTOLETTO
By Riccardo Blumer, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Alias
Located in Torino, IT
Pair of Laleggera chairs
part of the work
"Mezzoterra Mezzomare
Mediterraneans."
by Michelangelo PISTOLETTO
and Juan E. SANDOVAL
Michelangelo PISTOLETTO painted the sea shore on...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Michelangelo Pistoletto Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Pair of Laleggera chairs, part of the work "Mezzoterra Mezzomare" by PISTOLETTO
By Riccardo Blumer, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Alias
Located in Torino, IT
Pair of Laleggera chairs
part of the work
"Mezzoterra Mezzomare
Mediterraneans."
by Michelangelo PISTOLETTO
and Juan E. SANDOVAL
Michelangelo PISTOLETTO painted the sea shore on...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Michelangelo Pistoletto Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Set di 4 sedie Laleggera, parte dell'opera "Mezzoterra Mezzomare" di PISTOLETTO
By Riccardo Blumer, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Alias
Located in Torino, IT
Set di quattro sedie
Laleggera
parte dell'opera
"Mezzoterra Mezzomare
I Mediterranei",
di Michelangelo PISTOLETTO
e Juan E. SANDOVAL
Michelangelo PISTOLETTO ha dipinto la battigia d...
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Early 2000s Italian Michelangelo Pistoletto Art
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Cartella A
By Michelangelo Pistoletto
Located in London, GB
Set of 4 color screenprints, 1983, on polished aluminum foil, signed and numbered from the edition of 500, published by Fratelli Alinari Stamperia d'Arte, Florence, 42 x 33 cm. (16 3/4 x 13 in.)
Including La Testa...
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1980s Arte Povera Michelangelo Pistoletto Art
Materials
Screen
Neon Multiple by Michelangelo Pistoletto, 1989
By Michelangelo Pistoletto
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Neon multiple designed by Michelangelo Pistoletto. Italy, meta memphis, 1989.
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Michelangelo Pistoletto Art
Materials
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Self Portrait - Mixed Media by M. Pistoletto - 1995
By Michelangelo Pistoletto
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Michelangelo Pistoletto in 1995.
Edition of 100 prints.
Signed and dated on the lower right corner: Pistoletto 95. Numbered on the lower...
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Olympic Balloons – Screen Print on Aluminium by M. Pistoletto - 1984
By Michelangelo Pistoletto
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. One of the 20 Artist’s Proof, numbered and hand signed.
The Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, one of the most important exponents of “Arte Povera” movement, reali...
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Michelangelo Pistoletto Photolithography L' Aquario
By Michelangelo Pistoletto
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Signed photolithography by Pistoletto, circa 1979.
Stamped rotogravure reproduction of series by Bolaffiarte. Limited edition of 5000.
Exemplary number 4942.
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1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Michelangelo Pistoletto Art
Materials
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Vanity Mirror Specchio da toilette
By Michelangelo Pistoletto
Located in London, GB
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO b. 1933
Biella, Italy 1933 (Italian)
Title: Vanity Mirror Specchio da toilette, 1962-76
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Screenprint on Stain...
Category
Late 20th Century Michelangelo Pistoletto Art
Materials
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I am Third Series #3, Silkscreen by Michelangelo Pistoletto
By Michelangelo Pistoletto
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian (1933 - )
Title: II from the I am Third Series
Year: 1980
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 100
Paper Size: 42 x...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michelangelo Pistoletto Art
Materials
Screen
I am Third Series #6, Silkscreen by Michelangelo Pistoletto
By Michelangelo Pistoletto
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian (1933 - )
Title: VI from the I am Third Series
Year: 1980
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 100
Paper Size: 42 x...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michelangelo Pistoletto Art
Materials
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I am Third Series #5, Silkscreen by Michelangelo Pistoletto
By Michelangelo Pistoletto
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian (1933 - )
Title: V from the I am Third Series
Year: 1980
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 100
Paper Size: 42 x ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michelangelo Pistoletto Art
Materials
Screen
I am Third Series #3, Silkscreen by Michelangelo Pistoletto
By Michelangelo Pistoletto
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian (1933 - )
Title: III from the I am Third Series
Year: 1980
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 100
Paper Size: 42 ...
Category
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Materials
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Corrado Rava Cuartet, 1980, By Michelangelo Pistoletto
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Michelangelo Pistoletto
"Corrado Rava Quartet", 1980
Technique: Mirror paper serigraph
Signed: Pistoletto.
Measurements unframed: 30 x 30 cm.
Framed measurements: W 41 x D 5 x H 42 ...
Category
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Balloon
By Michelangelo Pistoletto
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Balloon. Original color silkscreen on aluminum foil, 1983. Edition of 15 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Art and Sport portfolio: The Yugoslav Olympic Committee of the Winter Olympic Games Sarajevo 1984...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Michelangelo Pistoletto Art
Materials
Foil
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1956 Born in Milan, Italy, on January 1.
1970 Meets the artist Ibrahim Kodra and attends his studio as a student.
1971-’74 Works free-lance for the Young & Rubicam Agency, working with Franco Scheichenbauer, Richard Noble and other photographers.
1989 Begins his photographic research project “L’età del Pensiero” (The Age of Thought) with his friend Pierre Restany .
1992 Participates to the 25° anniversary show of the Diaframma photographic gallery in Milan.
1993 Solo show “Riflessioni” (Reflections), produced by Kodak in ’93 at the D’Ars Gallery in Milan.
Solo show “Riflessioni” (Reflections), Spazio Fra.Ca.Do.
Solo show at the Frankfurt Trade Show Center - portraits of Japanese designers.
Begins working with the Photology Galleries in London and Milan; from this, new ideas and works came to the fore: “la Habana” e “Ho vissuto qui” (I lived here).
1994 Solo show at the Art fair in Milan.
1995 in collaboration with AFIP, G. Calvenzi, R.Valtorta and K. Bolognesi, Elia produces the book and exhibits “Vita da bambino” (Life as a Child), which traveled throughout the major Italian cities to benefit “Telefono Azzurro”, an agency protecting children’s rights.
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