Fondazione Marconi Honors Mario Schifano at 20 Years Since Death
In 2018, the 53rd anniversary of Giorgio Marconi's career as a gallerist and his partnership with Mario Schifano, Fondazione Marconi presents 'Omaggio a Mario Schifano. Al principio fu Vero amore' in Milan from November 29 to February 16, 2019. The exhibition focuses on Schifano's first work shown at Studio Marconi in 1965, 'Vero amore', alongside pieces by Valerio Adami, Lucio Del Pezzo, and Emilio Tadini. The show marks the inaugural exhibition at Marconi's first space on via Tadino 15, replacing his father Egisto's frame workshop. Elsewhere in 1965, the Jim Crow laws were repealed, referenced in Nick Cave's 'Until' at Carriageworks in Australia, his largest and most complex exhibition to date. Also, Anni Albers' seminal text 'On Weaving' was first published by Wesleyan University Press in 1965, now highlighted by her major retrospective at Tate Modern until January 27, 2019.
Key facts
- Fondazione Marconi presents 'Omaggio a Mario Schifano. Al principio fu Vero amore' in Milan from November 29, 2018 to February 16, 2019.
- The exhibition marks 53 years since Giorgio Marconi began his career as a gallerist and his partnership with Mario Schifano.
- Mario Schifano's 'Vero amore' was his first work exhibited at Studio Marconi in November 1965.
- The show also features works by Valerio Adami, Lucio Del Pezzo, and Emilio Tadini.
- Studio Marconi's first space was located at via Tadino 15, formerly the frame workshop of Giorgio Marconi's father Egisto.
- Nick Cave's exhibition 'Until' at Carriageworks in Australia references the 1965 repeal of Jim Crow laws.
- Anni Albers' book 'On Weaving' was first published in 1965 by Wesleyan University Press.
- Anni Albers' first major UK retrospective is on view at Tate Modern until January 27, 2019.
Entities
Artists
- Mario Schifano
- Valerio Adami
- Lucio Del Pezzo
- Emilio Tadini
- Nick Cave
- Anni Albers
- Josef Albers
- Giorgio Marconi
- Egisto Marconi
Institutions
- Fondazione Marconi
- Studio Marconi
- Carriageworks
- Tate Modern
- Wesleyan University Press
- Bauhaus
- Black Mountain College
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Missouri
- Australia
- Germany
- United States