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Michelangelo Pistoletto Figurative Prints

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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Artist: Michelangelo Pistoletto
Olympic Balloons – Screen Print on Aluminium by M. Pistoletto - 1984
By Michelangelo Pistoletto
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print on aluminium Sheet. Hand signed. One of the 20 Artist’s Proof, numbered and hand signed. The Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, one of the most important exponent...
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1980s Arte Povera Michelangelo Pistoletto Figurative Prints

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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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1990s Arte Povera Michelangelo Pistoletto Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Mixed Media

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 ...
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1980s Contemporary Michelangelo Pistoletto Figurative Prints

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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...
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1980s Contemporary Michelangelo Pistoletto Figurative Prints

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I am Third Series #5, Contemporary Screenprint 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: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Paper Size: 42 x...
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1980s Contemporary Michelangelo Pistoletto Figurative Prints

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Number 2 from I am the Third, Conceptual Screenprint 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: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Paper Size: 42 ...
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1980s Contemporary Michelangelo Pistoletto Figurative Prints

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Screen

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 Figurative Prints

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