ART BASEL OVR EVENT | Michelangelo Pistoletto - The Epiphany of the Mirror Paintings
The celebrated Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, one of the leading figures of Arte Povera, will speak about his beginnings as a young artist. He will describe the genesis of the mirror works that marked a crucial shift in his successful career. It is a unique opportunity to interact with one of the most important Masters of the 20th century.
In Michelangelo Pistoletto’s work, mirrors constitute an image of the world, both of humans and society, and of cosmic space. "It seems clear to me that the space in which this reflection takes place is neither limited nor exclusively individual, but is the cosmic space of totality and, therefore, of everyone". (Michelangelo Pistoletto)
“When, in 1961, I began to paint my face on a black ground polished to the point of being a mirror, I saw it coming towards me, standing out in the space of an environment in which everything was moving, and I was shocked. I also realized I no longer had to look at myself in another mirror, but that I could copy myself by looking directly into the canvas” .(Michelangelo Pistoletto).
The event will take place in live streaming on Zoom and Facebook on the 18th of June, at 16:00 PM CET.
THE EPIPHANY OF THE MIRROR PAINTINGS WITH MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO
The celebrated Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, one of the leading figures of Arte Povera, will speak about his beginnings as a young artist. He will describe the genesis of the mirror works that marked a crucial shift in his successful career. It is a unique opportunity to interact with one of the most important Masters of the 20th century.
In Michelangelo Pistoletto’s work, mirrors constitute an image of the world, both of humans and society, and of cosmic space. "It seems clear to me that the space in which this reflection takes place is neither limited nor exclusively individual, but is the cosmic space of totality and, therefore, of everyone". (Michelangelo Pistoletto)
“When, in 1961, I began to paint my face on a black ground polished to the point of being a mirror, I saw it coming towards me, standing out in the space of an environment in which everything was moving, and I was shocked. I also realized I no longer had to look at myself in another mirror, but that I could copy myself by looking directly into the canvas” .(Michelangelo Pistoletto).
The event will take place in live streaming on Zoom and Facebook on the 18th of June, at 16:00 PM CET.
Discover HERE Michelangelo Pistoletto’s catalogue published on the occasion of Frieze Masters, 2015.
Take a lookHEREat the Michelangelo Pistoletto’s exhibition ‘Prima dello specchio’ at Galleria Continua, 2015.
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO & PASCALE MARTHINE TAYOU 'Una cosa non esclude l’altra'
GALLERIA CONTINUA / San Gimignano
27/04/2019 - 01/09/2019
Directed by Matteo Frittelli / Alto Piano Studio
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO & PASCALE MARTHINE TAYOU 'Una cosa non esclude l’altra'
GALLERIA CONTINUA / San Gimignano
27/04/2019 - 01/09/2019
Directed by Matteo Frittelli / Alto Piano Studio
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO - Santiago de Chile
25-26-27 October 2018
- Talk 'Love Difference'
- Opening 'Cada Punto Es El Centro Del Universo, Cada Persona Es El Centro De La Sociedad', MAC, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo
- Performance 'Twenty Six Less One'
- Performance 'Do it – Walking Sculpture'
ARTE CONTINUA Habana, December 2017
'LAS CIUDADES INVISIBLES'
UNAICC Unión Nacional de Arquitectos e Ingenieros de la Construcción de Cuba
02/12/2017 - 27/01/2018
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SERSE
'Aquí todo está abierto. Nada es cercano, nada es lejano'
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Cuba
30/11/2017 - 25/03/2018
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CHEN ZHEN solo show
Rayo 108 entre Zanja y Dragones, Barrio Chino, Centro Habana, Cuba
01/12/2017 - 25/03/2018
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO 'Thirteen less one'
Havana, Cuba
May 24th, 2015
video by Juan Pablo Daranas Molina
ANISH KAPOOR, JANNIS KOUNELLIS, MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO and Nido sin Arbol
Michelangelo Pistoletto's masterclass
12th Havana Biennial
Universidad de las Artes
June 21st, 2015
Michelangelo Pistoletto 'El tercer paraíso'
performance at 12th Havana Biennial
May 23rd, 2015
Bandão per Michelangelo Pistoletto - Le CENTQUATRE-PARIS
'Follia Continua ! - Les 25 ans de GALLERIA CONTINUA'
Saturday 26 September 2015
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO 'Prima dello Specchio'
GALLERIA CONTINUA / San Gimignano
02/05/2015 - 05/09/2015
Bandão per Michelangelo Pistoletto
GALLERIA CONTINUA / San Gimignano
21/09/2013 - 09/11/2013
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO 'Année 1, Le Paradis sur Terre'
Musée du Louvre, Paris
24/04/2013 - 02/09/2013
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO solo show
GALLERIA CONTINUA / San Gimignano
21/09/2013 - 07/01/2014
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO: Performance 'Distruzione Metro Cubo d'Infinito'
The performance 'Distruzione del Metro Cubo d'Infinito' by Michelangelo Pistoletto, as part of the exhibition "Année1 - Le Paradis sur Terre", Musée du Louvre, April 2013.
