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Valerio Adami Biography
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1935 |
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Born on March 17th in Bologne, Italy
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1951 |
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Assists at the 'première de Rake’s Progress de Igor Stravinsky' in Venice
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1955 |
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After 5 years of studies at the Academy of Brera at Milan, he leaves for Paris where he meets Wilfredo Lam and Matta. The work of these two inheritors of surrealism will be profondly influential.
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1964 |
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The Documenta III of Cassel consecrates a room to him. Carlos Fuentes writes about his painting.
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1971 |
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Realized a full-length film with his brother Giancarlo, 'Vacances dans le désert'; Erro and Dino Buzzati appear in it.
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1980 |
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Italo Calvino publishes Quatre fables d'Esope for Valério Adami.
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1981 |
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Leaves for a long trip in India. After Anne Maeght’s death he settles in Montecarlo. Travels in Greece.
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1983 |
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Travels to Tokyo in the occasion of his personal exhibition at the Fujy Television Gallery.
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1984 |
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Paints Ascensione and creates eight monumental glass windows for the new town hall in Vitry.
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1985 |
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He is invited to join the board of the College International de Philosophie de Paris.
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1986 |
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The city of Geneva commissions him to do the stage design for the celebrations to mark the 450th anniversary of the Calvinist Reformtion.
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1987 |
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He is initially in New York and then in Oslo for a one-man show. Paints Finlandia, a homage to the symphonic poem by Sibelius. Produces two monumental paintings for the concourse of the Gare d’Austerlitz in Paris.
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1988 |
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The French State commissions a portrait of the composer Pierre Boulez.
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1989 |
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A version of his notebook is published by Plon with the title Les règles du montage. For the celebrations marking the bicentennial of the French Revolution, the Ministry of Defense commissions a picture of the Battle of Valmy. Produces a large scale fresco for theThéâtre du Châtelet in Paris.
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1990 |
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Octavio Paz writes la linéa narrativa. Paints a portrait of Giacomo Leopardi. Begins work on a cycle of political pictures. including Pace in Medio Oriente.
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1991 |
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Upon the death of his father he paints L’angelo.
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1992 |
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He makes four large wall paintings for for the Hyatt Park Hotel Tokyo.
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1994 |
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From Tokyo he travels to Sri Lanka. Also to Argentina in Buenos Aires. Afetr reading W.B. Yeat’s Calvary paints a crucifixion scene entitled named Calvario. Paints a portrati of his friend Luciano Berio.
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1996 |
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Travels to India. Commissioned by Giancarlo Menotti to design the poster for the Spoleto Festival. Leaves for Israel.
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2000 |
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His mother dies and he dedicates to her the painting Par Cœur. An italian edition of his notebook is published by SE with the title Sinopie. Sets up the Fondazione Europea del Designo at Meina , on Lake Maggiore. Paints a portrait of Herman Hesse. Antonio Tabucchi writes about his work in Les Céphalées du Minotaure.
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2001 |
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Leaves for a long trip to India where he returns to visit Gandhi’s ashram. Shares his work and time between Meina, Italy and his studios in Paris and Monte-Carlo.
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2002 |
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A text by Amelia Valtolina is published to accompany the catalogue of the solo exhibition hold at the Galerie Forsblom in Helsinki. Gives lectures of Cezanne in the artist’s home of Aix-en-Provence. A French edition of his notebook is published by Edition Galilée with the title Dessiner : la gomme et les crayons. Curates an exhibition exploring the notion of « closed shape drawing » at IVAM Valencia, Spain.
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2003 |
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Teatro San Carlo, Naples commissions him with the stage design of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman. Completes two large scale paintings for the New Mandarin New York.
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2005 |
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He designs the poster for the Cinema Festival of Locarno and also participates in the jury. During the autumn, the university of Minho in Braga, Portugal, organizes a seminar on his work.
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2006 |
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He publishes the book Adami with Maeght. Jean-Luc Nancy devotes a book to Adami’s portrait of Derrida titled A plus d’un titre (Editions Galilée).
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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Valerio Adami, Jusqu’ici, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
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2006
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Adami d’après Adami, The Museum of Contemporary, Lisbon.
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2005
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Galerie Marlbourough Madrid.
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2005
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Musée Nogueira da Silva, Braga, Portugal.
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2004
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Valerio Adami, Frissiras Museum, Athens
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2004
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Valerio Adami : preludes et apres-ludes, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
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2003
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Collective exhibition at Galerie Serge Laurent, Paris
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2003
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Valerio Adami, Marlborough Gallery, New York
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2002
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Solo exhibitions at:
Galerie Forsblom in Helsinki
Galerie Marlborough in Monaco: Translation of his books at the Editions Galilée in Paris under the title 'Dessiner Exposition personnelle de dessins'
Galerie Marlborough in New York
Galerie Serge Laurent in Paris
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1998
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Retrospective at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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1997
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Retrospective in Tel Aviv, Israel
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1996
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Institute of Design, Foundation Adami : texts by Daniel Arasse, Luciano Berio, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Dupin, Carlos Funentes, etc. (éditions Skira, Milan)
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1996
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Jacques Dupin, Carlos Funentes, etc. (éditions Skira, Milan)
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1994
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Retrospective at Sienne, in the salles du Palazoo Publico and the Magazzini del Sale.
Exhibition at Galerie Lelong in Paris
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1990
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Retrospective at the Centre Julio-Gonzalez de Valence in Spain; preface by Octavo Paz
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1989
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Paints Valmy, a monumental painting ordered for the bicentennial celebration of the French Revolution; as well as a large fresco dedicated to french music, from Debussy to Messiaen, for the Théâtre du Châelet in Paris
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1986
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Paints two monumental pieces for the Gare d'Austerlitz in Paris
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1985
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Retrospective at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris; text by Dore Ashton, G.F. Lyotard and Alfred Pacquement
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1983
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Valerio Adami, Fuji Television, Tokyo
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1975
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Designs a poster for Glas de Jacques Derrida
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1970
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Solo exhibition at L'ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and at the Galerie Adrien-Maeght, where he will exhibit regularly. The catalogue is prefaced by Jacques Dupin.
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1964
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Documenta III , Kassel, Germany
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1957
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First solo exhibition in Milan
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| Literature |
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2004
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Valerio Adami : preludes et apres lude, Edouard Glissant, Editions Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
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2004
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Valerio Adami : Stanze Museo Villa de Cedri, Bellinzona
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2000
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Adami : les couleurs et les mors, Editions du Cherche-Midi, Paris
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