Alessandra Mammì Remembers Mario Pieroni, the Gallerist Behind Zerynthia
Alessandra Mammì honors the late Mario Pieroni, a Roman gallerist and co-founder of Zerynthia. She highlights "il libro di Zerynthia," a 500-page book he collaborated on with Dora Stiefelmeier in 2020. In the early 1990s, Pieroni decided to close his gallery on Via Panisperna and instead presented a live project at the Arco fair in February 1992. Zerynthia, named after a butterfly, organized exhibitions throughout Lazio and hosted a festival at the Rapolano quarries. Additional projects included RAM (Radio Arte Mobile) and No Man's Land, an art park in Abruzzo. Mammì remarks that "una cosa alla Pieroni" represents significant events, with Stiefelmeier as his collaborator. The book features prominent figures like Hans Ulrich Obrist and Gerhard Richter.
Key facts
- Mario Pieroni, gallerist and co-founder of Zerynthia, died in recent days; Alessandra Mammì wrote the remembrance for Artribune.
- Pieroni and Dora Stiefelmeier published "il libro di Zerynthia," a 500-page volume, in 2020.
- Pieroni closed his Galleria Pieroni on Via Panisperna in Rome at the start of the 1990s.
- At Arco in Madrid in February 1992 he presented "El Cuarto Amarillo" with Vettor Pisani, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Ettore Spalletti and Franz West, without bringing works.
- Zerynthia is named after a small white, black and red butterfly of the Roman countryside.
- The Rapolano travertine quarry festival featured performances by Annie Ratti and Franz West, opened by Jan Fabre's "Questa Pazzia è Fantastica!"
- No Man's Land is a free-entry art park in Abruzzo begun with a Yona Friedman land art installation, with works by Gianfranco Baruchello, Jimmie Durham, Bruna Esposito and Alvin Curran.
- RAM (Radio Arte Mobile) started on a van and became an archive of voices and testimonies.
Entities
Artists
- Mario Pieroni
- Dora Stiefelmeier
- Alessandra Mammì
- Vettor Pisani
- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Ettore Spalletti
- Franz West
- Annie Ratti
- Jan Fabre
- Yona Friedman
- Gianfranco Baruchello
- Jimmie Durham
- Bruna Esposito
- Alvin Curran
- Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
- Carsten Höller
- Rosemarie Trockel
- Gerhard Richter
- Carlos Garaicoa
- Alberto Moravia
- Gilbert & George
- Enrica Scalfari
Institutions
- Zerynthia
- Galleria Pieroni
- Artribune
- Arco
- RAM (Radio Arte Mobile)
- No Man's Land
- Havana Biennial
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Via Panisperna
- Madrid
- Spain
- Lazio
- Carpineto
- Colleferro
- Paliano
- Rapolano
- Abruzzo
- Havana
- Cuba
- Campidoglio
- Parco degli Uccelli