Michelangelo Pistoletto
©image: M HKA
° 1933
Born in Biella (IT), lives in Biella (IT).
Michelangelo Pistoletto is associated with Arte Povera. In the 1960s, he defines a new kind of monumentality by combining rags and 'worthless' materials with forms from classical antiquity. From 1962 on, he starts using mirrors and gold, silver or copper as a reflective background for cut-out photographs of life-size human figures. These superpositions fuse past and present into a single image, putting the very idea of representation to the test, whereas the division and multiplication of reflections express Pistoletto's vision on the continued development of the universe as a reflective process. In recent years, the mirrors are often shown without the extra layer of figuration, and sometimes they are intentionally broken. Pistoletto has created an oeuvre that is well known for its formal complexity, as well as for its social ambition.
Media
>Michelangelo Pistoletto in conversation with Anders Kreuger (M HKA) on the role of the 'Artist' and 'Architecture'
>Michelangelo Pistoletto, 2003
Works
>Michelangelo Pistoletto, Divisione e moltiplicazine dello specchio [Division and Multiplication of the Mirror], 1978.Sculpture, wood, goldpaint, mirror, 2 x (100 x 45 cm).
>Michelangelo Pistoletto, Michelangelo Pistoletto, 1980.Book, ink, paper, 35 x 25 cm, loose-leaf, language : Italian, text by the artist, publisher : Lucrezia De Domizio, Pescara.
>Michelangelo Pistoletto, Intermediterraneo, 2002.Multiple, mirror, 25 x 35 x 0.4 cm.
>Michelangelo Pistoletto, Michelangelo Pistoletto & Cittadellarte &, 2003.Book, ink, paper, 28 x 22 cm, 110 p, language : English, publisher : Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen & Snoeck, Gent, ISBN : 90-5349-447-2.
>Michelangelo Pistoletto, Cittadellarte, 2003.Poster, ink, paper, 8 x (60 x 42 cm).
>Michelangelo Pistoletto, Uffizi Porte, 2003.Installation, wood, metal, dvd, monitor, 250 x 1995 x 1351 cm.
>Michelangelo Pistoletto, Zonder titel [Untitled], 2004.Print, ink, paper, 650 x 500 mm.
>Michelangelo Pistoletto, Mar Rosso - Sedie Love Difference [Red Sea – Love Difference Chairs], 2005.Installation, 4 x (78 x 46 cm).
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: ENCLOSED. 21 May 2021 - 03 October 2021.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Visite Bornem - Gedeelde Ruimte. 03 May 2014 - 25 May 2014.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Visite Genk - Genkenaren kiezen kunst. 02 July 2014 - 31 August 2014.
> Exhibition: LATT: MUHKADEMIE 2013. 27 September 2013 - 05 January 2014.
> Exhibition: M HKA in het Paleis op de Meir. .
> Exhibition: Michelangelo Pistoletto & Cittadellarte & (Europalia 2013). 04 October 2003 - 30 November 2003.
> Exhibition: The Collection. 28 April 2017 - 31 December 2021.
> Exhibition: The collection II – Winter 2002. 23 November 2002 - 09 February 2003.
> Exhibition: The collection XXIX – Spirits of Internationalism: 6 European Collections 1956-1986. 20 January 2012 - 29 April 2012.
> Exhibition: The collection XXXII – Personality Test + The Book Lovers. 07 December 2012 - 21 April 2013.
> Ensemble: Artist Books.
> Ensemble: Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap.
> Ensemble: Het Transcendente [The Transcendental].
> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - ARCHIVE.
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> Ensemble: kunstenaarsboeken uit de jaren '80 [artists' books from the 80s].
> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_PUBLICATIONS.
> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.
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> Ensemble: The City of Art.