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Alighiero Boetti Biography
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1940 |
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Born December 16 in Turin, Italy
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Joined the Arte Povera movement in January
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1971 |
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discovered Afghanistan and in Kabul had started an artistic collaboration with women embroiderers, creating tapestries such as his political Maps which would evolve according to the world’s political mutations
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1972 |
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moved to Rome, where he discovered the pleasure of light and colours, far from the austerity of Turin
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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"Red Sky," Luhring Augustine, New York
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2007
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"Après la pluie," Musée départmental d'art contemporain, Rochechouart, France
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2007
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"Italian Visions: 40 Years of Art," Vivian Horan Fine Art, New York, New York
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2007
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"Volare," Corsoveneziaotto Arte Contemporanea, Milan
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2007
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"Arte Povera," Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
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2007
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"Numerica," Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Italy
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2007
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"Music to my Eyes", esso gallery, New York
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2007
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Edward Tyler Nahem, New York
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2006
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“Alighiero e Boetti: Insicuro Noncurante,” La Case D’Arte, Milan (solo)
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2006
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"Im Anfang war das Wort," Langenscheidt KG, Munich, Germany
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2006
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"Wrestle," CCS Bard/Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
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2006
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"Italian Modernism: Balla to Boetti," Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York
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2006
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"Il Buco," Pio Monti, Rome, Italy
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2006
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“Alighiero Boetti: Un Pozzo Senza Fine, Embroideries,” Ben Brown Fine Arts, London (solo)
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2005
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"Looking at Words," Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
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2005
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“Open Systems: Rethinking Art c.1970,” Tate Modern, June 1- September 18, 2005, London
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2005
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“Ordering the Ordinary,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, July 14- August 31, 2005, London
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2005
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“Arte Povera,” Galerie Di Meo, May 20-July 16, 2005, Paris
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2004
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“Alighiero e Boetti,” Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (solo)
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2003
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“Alighiero e Boetti. Ordere et désordre du monde ouvres 1967-1990,” Frac Bourgogne (solo)
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2002
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“Alighiero Boetti.” Villa Paleotti Isolani, Minerbio, Bologna (solo)
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2002
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“Alighiero Boetti,” Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (solo)
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2002
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“Alighiero Boetti.” Works 1966/1988, Monika Spruth – Philomene Magers, Munich (solo)
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2002
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“Simmetria Asimmetria.” Sperone Westwater, New York (solo)
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2002
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“Alighiero e Boetti.” The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago (solo)
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2002
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20 years Galerie Steinek, Vienna (group)
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2001
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“Alighiero e Boetti.” Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva (solo)
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2001
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“Alighiero Boetti. Niente da vedere niente da nascondere.” XLIX Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, La Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Venezia, Venice (solo)
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2001
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“Multipli 1967-2001: Multiples, Editions and Books by the Arte Povera Artists.” Esso Gallery, New York
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2001
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“Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1962-1972.” Tate Modern, London, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
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2001
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“In Between.” Crestet Centre d’Art, Vaison La Romaine, France
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2001
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“Green on Greene.” Sperone Westwater, New York
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2000
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“Open Ends.” The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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2000
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“Le temps vite!” Centre Georges Pompidou, Musee National d’Art Moderne, Paris
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2000
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“Minimalia: An Italian Vison in 20th Century Art.” PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
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1999
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Walker Art Center Minneapolis, MN
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1998
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Alighiero Boetti: Mettere al mondo il mondo, Museum für Moderne Kunst&Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst Frankfurt am Main
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1998
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Alighiero Boetti, Lindig in Paludetto zeitgenössische Kunst Nürnberg
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1997
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Alighiero Boetti, Galerie Steinek, Vienna (solo)
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1996 - 1997
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Alighiero Boetti, Galleria Civica d'arte Moderna e Contemporanea Turin, Italy (& other cities)
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1995
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Simply red, Galerie Steinek, Vienna
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1994
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Sommercocktail, Galerie Steinek, Vienna
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1993
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Alternating 1 to 100 and Vice Versa, The Museum of Contemp Art (& other locations) Los Angeles, CA
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1991
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Alighiero Boetti, Galerie Steinek, Vienna (solo)
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1990
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Sommerausstellung, Galerie Steinek, Vienna
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1990
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XLIV Biennale di Venezia, Venice
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1989
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Arazzi, Galerie Steinek, Vienna (solo)
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1988
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Works on paper, Galerie Steinek, Vienna (solo)
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1985
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Pinacoteca Comunale Ravenna Ravenna (retrospective exhibition)
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1981
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Galleria Banco/Massimo Minini Brescia, Italy
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1980
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La Natura una Faccenda ottusa, Galleria Massimo Minini
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1978
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Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
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1976
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Galleria Banco/Massimo Minini Brescia, Italy
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| Literature |
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2005
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Niente Tutto, exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein, essay by Kristin Schmidt and Cordula von Keller, 2005
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2005
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“L’art du Xxe Siecle: De l’art Moderne a l’art Contemporian 1939- 2002”, Citadelles and Mazenod, Paris
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2001
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Boetti, Annemarie Sauzeau, Alighiero e Boetti, “Shaman-Showman”, Umberto Allemandi & C., 2001.
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2001
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"Green on Greene," Sperone Westwater, New York (ex.cat.)
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2000
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Le Temps, vite, Exhibition catalogue by Jean-Pierre Criqui, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, (Editions du Centre Pompidou, 2000)
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2000
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da Warhol al 2000, Palazzo Cavour, Regione Piemonte, exhibition catalogue, 2000, p. 64.
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2000
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Gian Enzo Sperone; Torino, Roma, New York; 35 Anni di Mostra tra Europa e America, 2000, pp. 52, 136-137, 145, 166, 200, 255.
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2000
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Pugliese, Marina, Le Tecniche e I Materiali Nell'Arte Contemporanea, Arti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, 2000.
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1999
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Allianz & Kunst, catalogue of the collection of Bayerische Versicherungsbank AG, Allianz Versicherungs-AG, with forewords by Dr. Michael Albert and Harald Szeemann, Anderland Verlag, München, 1999.
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1998
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Change of Scene XIII, exhibition brochure by Jean-Christophe Ammann, Frankfurt: Museum für Moderne Kunst, 1998).
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| Links to further information |
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