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Biography |
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1933 |
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Born in Soncino, Italy |
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1951 |
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Enrolls at the Accademia di Brera in Milan to study law |
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1953 |
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Begins private lessons in painting |
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1950 - 1954 |
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Focuses on conventional landscapes and portraits |
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1954 |
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Changes studies at Acadamia di Brera from law to art and philosophy at first in Rome and later in Milan, but drops out |
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1954 |
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Begins experimenting with oils, plaster of Paris and enamel |
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1951 - 1955 |
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Turns to making works with impressions left by keys, scissors, etc., which had been dipped in tar |
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1957 |
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Manzoni and Fontana join the group 'Gruppo Nucleare' |
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1957 |
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With the influence of Yves Klein Manzoni begins to make white paintings which he called 'Achromes' |
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1957 |
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First one-man exhibition in the foyer of the Teatro delle Maschere, Milan |
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1961 |
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Manzoni begins signing living bodies, which he proceeds to certify as works of art |
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1961 - 1962 |
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Travels to Germany, Yugoslavia, Belgium and the Netherlands |
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1963 |
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Dies in his studio in the Via Fiori Chiari (Milan, Italy) |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Jan. 24 - March 21, "Manzoni: A Retrospective", Gagosian Gallery, NY |
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1972 |
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Nov. 10 - Dec. 10, "Piero Manzoni; De Europa; Operazione Vesuvio", Henry Art Gallery, North Galleries |
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1963 |
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Piero Manzoni, Galerie Smith Brussels, Belgium |
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1963 |
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Zero, der neue Idealismus, Galerie Diogenes Berlin, Germany |
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1962 |
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Gruppo Zero, , Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Holland |
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1961 |
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Manzoni, Castellani, Castellani, Galleria La Tartaruga Rome, Italy |
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1960 |
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A new artistic conception, New Vision Centre London, England |
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1959 |
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Bonalumi, Castellani, Manzoni, Bonalumi, Castel, Galerie Kasper Lausanne, Switzerland |
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1959 |
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Piero Manzoni: Rilievi, Galerie De Posthoorn The Hague |
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1959 |
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Piero Manzoni, Galleria La Parete Milan, Italy |
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1958 |
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Piero Manzoni, Galleria Pater Milan, Italy |
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1958 |
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Piero Manzoni, Rotterdamsche Kunstkring Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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1958 |
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Fontana, Baj, Manzoni, Fontana, Baj, Galleria Bergamo, Bergamo & Circulo di Cultura Bologna, Italy |
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1957 |
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Manzoni, Verga, Sordini, Verga, Sordini, Galleria Pater Milan, Italy |
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1957 |
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Piero Manzoni, Foyer del Teatro delle Maschere Milan, Italy |
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