Pino Boresta's Adhesive Art: From DisordinAzioni to Street Art
Since the early 1990s, Pino Boresta has contemplated his artistic path, beginning with a collective alongside Giuseppe Polegri, Marco Evangelista, and Paolo Tognon at the Associazione dei 100 Pittori di Via Margutta. His collaboration with curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev led him to Cesare Lombardo's Centro Studi Jartrakor, where he worked with numerous artists. Between 1994 and 1998, Boresta was a contributor to the Bollettino delle DisordinAzioni, initiating projects such as C.U.S., which showcased his grimacing face stickers. Later, he became part of the Giochi del senso e/o nonsenso group, participating in the 1996 Quadriennale di Roma. Additionally, he was involved in the Oreste Project, exhibiting at the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999. Influenced by the film It Should Happen To You and Orwell's 1984, he critiques the backing of Italian art history.
Key facts
- Pino Boresta formed a group with Giuseppe Polegri, Marco Evangelista, and Paolo Tognon in the early 1990s.
- They met at the Associazione dei 100 Pittori di Via Margutta and initially gathered at a dairy shop near Campo de' Fiori.
- Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev advised Boresta to contact Cesare Tacchi, Renato Mambor, and Sergio Lombardo.
- Boresta joined Centro Studi Jartrakor, founded by Sergio Lombardo.
- The Bollettino delle DisordinAzioni was launched by Giuliano Lombardo, with four issues from 1994 to 1998.
- Boresta's project C.U.S. involves stickers of his grimacing face placed in cities.
- The group Giochi del senso e/o nonsenso formed after DisordinAzioni.
- Edoardo De Falchi wrote the book Non è vero. Un’avanguardia subliminale di massa (1998, Odradek).
- The group participated in the 1996 Quadriennale di Roma.
- Boresta and Cesare Pietroiusti joined the Oreste Project, creating Album di Oreste Zero (1998) and Album di Oreste Uno (1999).
- Album di Oreste Uno was presented at the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999, invited by Harald Szeemann.
- Boresta organized a three-day event on self-produced urban stickers at the Biennale, inviting Vittore Baroni and Piermario Ciani.
- Piermario Ciani was part of the Luther Blissett collective.
- Boresta cites the 1954 film It Should Happen To You and George Orwell's 1984 as influences.
- His story was included in the Street Art Europe seminar in Nice, curated by Edwige Comoy Fusaro and Hélène Gallard, via Egidio Emiliano Bianco.
Entities
Artists
- Pino Boresta
- Giuseppe Polegri
- Marco Evangelista
- Paolo Tognon
- Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
- Cesare Tacchi
- Renato Mambor
- Sergio Lombardo
- Miriam Mirolla
- Paola Ferraris
- Roberto Galeotti
- Giovanni Di Stefano
- Piero Mottola
- Giuliano Lombardo
- Cesare Pietroiusti
- Sandro Zaccardini
- Sergio Caruso
- Patrizio Pica
- Antonio Colantoni
- Alessio Fransoni
- Lorenzo Busetti
- Lucia Pietroiusti
- Claudia Colasanti
- Bruna Esposito
- Edoardo De Falchi
- Harald Szeemann
- Vittore Baroni
- Piermario Ciani
- Egidio Emiliano Bianco
- Edwige Comoy Fusaro
- Hélène Gallard
- Oskar Kokoschka
- Egon Schiele
- Gustav Klimt
- Chaïm Soutine
- Georges Rouault
- James Ensor
- Keith Haring
Institutions
- Associazione dei 100 Pittori di Via Margutta
- Palazzo delle Esposizioni
- Centro Studi Jartrakor
- Quadriennale di Roma
- Odradek
- Oreste Project
- 48th Venice Biennale
- Luther Blissett
- RAI
- Street Art Europe
- Artribune
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Campo de' Fiori
- Via Margutta
- Traforo Umberto I
- Via dei Pianellari
- Vicolo Savelli
- Paliano
- Palianello
- Venice
- Giardini della Biennale
- Bologna
- Montescaglioso
- Matera
- Nice
- France
- Segni