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Oil on canvas by mco gradi, italy 1980s
biography
he was born in mantua on 13 december 1955.
he enrolled …
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Oil on canvas by mco gradi, italy 1980s
biography
he was born in mantua on 13 december 1955.
he enrolled in the academy of fine arts in bologna to graduate in 1978. The artistic activity begins during the attendance of the academy, with the participation in the collectives organized by the high school, to then prepare, the first personal exhibition entitled "ri/velare "the mantua nail in 1979 at the gallery.
in 1980, he followed "accursia" curated by pozzati concept, at the palazzo d'ambo in bologna; the following year he exhibited at the galleria il nail (mn) and, in 1982, at the tommaseo gallery in trieste with the exhibition "a visual hypothesis"; so at the san fedele gallery in milan in 1984. In the following years gradi is present in various national events: in 1983 in suzzara he was invited to the review "eight young artists in the gallery" wanted from the local galleria civica d'arte contemporary; in the following year, to the mantegna house. Figures at the "imbalance" review, and with chiara dynys he sets up a staff at the einaudi library gallery in mantua. In 1984 he participated in the biennale giovani in faenza and the biennale young itinerant, editions both sponsored by the municipal gallery of modern art in bologna, also appears to the ferrari gallery in verona on two occasions, presenting with zanzibar an important cycle of works. The cycle of small atlases follows, ordered in a personal to the corrani galleria dì mantua in 1986; to the representations of the western archipelago, presented in graz in 1987 and, after participating in the xxxiil edition of the suzzara prize in 1993, in brescia in 1994; to get to the anambrando cycle performed between 1997 and 1999.
the fittings of munich, cologne, vienna, up to those in orlando, florida, and to tsukuba in japan are of the nineties.
in 2000 from 8 april to 30 june, he participated in the "arte in mantua 1950-1999" review in the isabella d'este apartment in palazzo ducale in mantua.
marco gradi, in addition to the activity of painter, deals with research on the works of the past, adopting a principle linked to the morphology of the painting: conformation, structure, structural analysis of pigments, stratigraphy, visual perception and semiology on the body of painting. His are the research and studies on baschenis, the spanish, domenico zeni and other artists of contemporary characteristics.
in 2004 marco gradi founded the magazine "la tenda rossa", in collaboration with sabine frank and marco paladini, with the collaboration of campanotto editore; the magazine is distributed in italy by the feltrinelli bookstores this piece has an attribution mark,
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- Dimensions
- 23.23ʺW × 0.79ʺD × 47.24ʺH
- Styles
- Contemporary
- Art Subjects
- Abstract
- Country of Origin
- Italy
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Condition
- Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
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