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Mario Schifano

Una biografia

Mario Schifano (1934-1998) is the Italian exponent of Pop Art. His works of large format are characterised by monochrome and the use of commercial brands like Coca Cola and Esso. Backed by major Italian and international galleries (Plinio de Martiis and Ileana Sonnabend), along with the “cursed” painters set (including Franco Angeli and Tano Festa), Schifano’s work represented a major turning point in Italian and European contemporary art. A true eclectic, he studied new techniques in painting and was one of the first artists to use a computer to create art, and one of the first to experiment with hybrids involving painting and other forms of art like music, cinema, video and photography. Close to pop culture and the beatnik music scene, like Andy Warhol he collaborated with bands designing covers for various Italian groups. He died of a heart attack aged 64.

In an unusual format, Luca Ronchi’s book reconstructs Mario Schifano’s world, as well as the social and artistic milieu of the period, using the direct accounts of those in the artist’s circle, gathered over time and assembled in the form of almost theatrical dialogues.  He thus creates an elaborate and objective portrait that brings his subject alive, as man and artist closely bound up with his time.

The images from the Schifano Archives open up the artist’s private life, and include previously unpublished material and lesser known works.

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Nota dell’Archivio Mario Schifano Personaggi


Prima parte 1958-1963


1. Alla fine degli anni cinquanta


2. Monocromi


3. La prima mostra


4. Piazza del Popolo


5. Un altro mondo


Seconda parte 1964-1971


6. Segni d’energia


7. Il clima felice degli anni sessanta


8. Sperimentazioni


9. Palme e stelle


10. Festa cinese


11. Grande angolo, sogni, stelle


12. Fuoco nero


13. Cinema off


14. Umano non umano


15. Wild Horses


16. Tele emulsionate


17. Human Lab


18. Sotto il segno dell’ariete


Terza parte 1972-1981


19. “Contemporanea”


20. Nel dolce rumore della vita


21. Il vortice


22. Una strana gioia di vivere


23. Umano, troppo umano


24. Cold turkey


25. L’ombra di un’ombra


26. The Times They Are a Changin’


Quarta parte 1982-1995


27. Vivere è per amare qualcosa


28. Ansedonia


29. Saxa Rubra


30. Una pittura folgorante


31. Il meglio del meglio


32. L’incendio dei ricordi personali


33. Franco


34. Tano


35. Alle Mantellate


36. Un carattere d’artista


37. Dalla vita in su e dalla vita in giù


38. Patologia della pittura


39. Lo studio laboratorio


40. Assenza di gravità


41. Adieu


42. Alighiero


43. La madre di ogni desiderio


44. Assolutamente falsi


45. Arte democratica


Quinta parte 1996-1998


46. Il quadrificio


47. Crocefisso a un ferro di cavallo


48. L’ultima battaglia


49. Forse per un pittore la morte è solo un colore

Mario Schifano

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