Luciano Fabro 3 Nudes Descending a Staircase; 1988

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Luciano Fabro 3 Nudes Descending a Staircase; 1988

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Luciano Fabro 3 Nudes Descending a Staircase; 1988

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Luciano Fabro 3 Nudes Descending a Staircase; 1988

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1936

born in Turin, Italy

2007

died in Milan, Italy

solo exhibitions (selected)

2013

100 Disegni, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur

2007

Luciano Fabro – Didactica Magna Minima Moralia, Museo D’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina – MADRE, Neapel

2005

Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp

2001

Luciano Fabro – Christine Burgin, New York

2000

Luciano Fabro, Immagine Naturale, Galerie Lelong Zürich, Zürich

1998

Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium

1997

Galleria Helia Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luciano Fabro: 3 Akte die Treppe hinabsteigend, Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Berlin

1996

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

1995

Il Giorno mi pesa Sulla Notte, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York

Luciano Fabro, Portikus, Frankfurt

1994

Sisifo, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp

Giardino all’Italiana, Basel

Fabro Ni Opera-Luciano Fabro, Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia

Luciano Fabro: Sisyphus, Kunstmuseum Basel

Bagnanti, Permanent Installation in The Open-Air Museum of Sculpture, Middelheim, Antwerp

1992

La naissance de Venus, Galerie Durand-Desert, Paris

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco

1991

Ogni ordine e contemporaneo di ogni altro ordine, Museo Casa Bianca, Venice

Kunstmuseum, Luzern, Switzerland

1990

Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona

Computers di Luciano Fabro, Caramelle di Nadezda Mandel Stam, Christian Stein Gallery, Milan

1989

Troubadours, Elisabeth Kaufmann Gallery, Basel

L’infinito, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp

Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli

Nord, sud, est, ouest, giocano a Shangai, Capodimonte Museum, Naples

Two nudes descending a staircase dancing the Boogie-Woogie, Stein – Gladstone Gallery, New York

1988

Effimero / Ovaie, Christian Stein Gallery, Turin

Luciano Fabro con tre nudi che scendono le scale, Mario Pieroni Gallery, Rome

C’est la vie, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

Basta la Vista, Eirstocke, Kunstverein, Monaco

1987

Landscapes, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh

Etat, ARC, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris

Le Nouveau Musée, Villeurbanne

Obelisques, Sparta – Petit Gallery, Chagny

1986

Prometeo Efeso, Christian Stein Gallery, Milan

1985

Il Belgio, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp

1984

Die Deutschland, Paul Maenz Gallery, Cologne

1983

Premio Neue, Sammlung Ludwig Galerie, Oberhausen

Italia Vota, Minini Gallery, Brescia

Pinacoteca Comunale, Loggetta Lombardesca, Ravenna

1982

La Foglia, Saman Gallery, Geneva

Italia a Pennello, Banco Gallery, Brescia

1981

1962, Mario Pieroni Gallery, Rome

Sehnsucht, Folkwang Museum, Essen

Duister Kristal: Luciano Fabro-Pier Paolo Pasolini, Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent

Museum Boymans-van Bauningen, Rotterdam

1980

1-100, Galleria Toselli, Milan

Letture parallele IV, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan

Habitat delle erbe, Christian Stein Gallery, Turin

Iconografie, Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York

1979

Il giudizio di Paride, Mario Pieroni Gallery, Rome

1978

Io, Il Collezionista Gallery, Rome

Allestimento teatrale, Liceo Artistico, Pescara

Tu, Paul Maenz Gallery, Cologne

1977

Attaccapanni, Framart Gallery, Naples

1976

Double Face, Galleria del Cortile, Rome

Galleria del Cortile, Rome

A e na roba mas granda par podei pensala (P.P. Pasolini), Incontri Internazionali d’Arte, Rome

1975

Allestimento teatrale (Cubo di specchi), Bagno Borbonico, Pescara, Iconografie, Arena Gallery, Florence

Letture parallele III. Coreografie, Christian Stein Gallery, Turin

1974

Ogni ordine e contemporaneo di ogni altro ordine, sinottica degli insiemi e delle Proporzioni, Sperone – Fischer Gallery, Rome

Modern Art Agency, Naples

Ogni ordine e contemporaneo di ogni altro ordine, Notizie Gallery, Turin, Galleria del Cortile, Rome

Letture parallele II, Salle Patino, Geneva

1973

Letture parallele I, Borgogna Gallery, Milan

1971

Borgogna Gallery, Milan

Notizie Gallery, Turin

Galleria del Leone, Venice

Informazione sulla presenza italiana, Incontri internazionali d’arte, Rome

1970

Fabro Bekleidung, Aktionsraum I, Monaco

1969

Quid nihil nisi minus, Lenzuola, La Salita Gallery, Rome

Galleria di Nieubourg, Milan

1968

Davanti, dietro, destra, sinistra (Tautologie), Notizie Gallery, Turin

0 mm (Tautologie), Solothurn, Restaurant Chutz, Turin

1967

Notizie Gallery, Turin, Italy

1965

Vismara Gallery, Milan

group exhibitions (selected)

2013

Che Fare? – Galerie Lelong – New York, New York

2012

The riches of Arte Povera, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Luciano Fabro / Fernando Melani, Scultura s due voci, Palazzo Fabroni Arti Visive Contemporanee, Pistoia

Another Castle, Etablissement d´en face projects, Brüssel

Arte Povera, Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar

Arte povera. Der große Aufbruch, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel

When Does Something Become Something Else?, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Novecento Ettore e Claudia Gian Ferrari, Museo del Novecento – Civici Musei di Milano, Mailand

Oltre il muro, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin

Addio Anni 70, Palazzo Reale, Mailand

Arte torna Arte, Galleria dell’Accademia, Florenz

Arte Povera in città, GAMeC – Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo

Dormitorio Pubblico: Sutton Lane Brussels, Brüssel

Gold, Belvedere, Wien

Forme et informe, Musée des Beaux Arts de Dôle, Dôle

Spirits Of Internationalism, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerpen

2011

Arte Povera Alla Gnam, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna (GNAM), Rom

Arte Povera 1967-2011 – La Triennale di Milano. Design Museum, Mailand

IL BELPAESE DELL’ARTE. Etiche ed Estetiche della Nazione, GAMeC – Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo

Werke aus der Sammlung MARTa, Kunst- und Kulturzentrum Monschau, Monschau

Arte povera 1968, MAMbo – Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna

TRA. The edge of becoming, Museo Fortuny, Venedig

Che Fare? Arte Povera. Die historischen Jahre, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz

2010

Cosa fa la mia anima mentre sto lavorando?, Museo MAGA, Gallarte (VA)

Group Exhibition, Galleria Christian Stein (Via Lazzaretto), Mailand

Arte Povera 2, Galerie Di Meo, Paris

Colección Christian Stein.Una historia del arte italiano, IVAM – Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia

The Last Newspaper, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

Libro/Oggetto: Italian Artists` Books, 1960s-Now, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA

Voyage Sentimental 1, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Amiens

Le sourire du chat (opus 2), FRAC, Pays de la Loire, Carquefou

Ergo, materia. Arte povera, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo – MUAC, Mexico City

CHE FARE? Arte povera, Die historischen Jahre – Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz

In-Book/Out-Book/If-Book, Museo della Città, Perugia

The Impossible Library, Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato

Gipfeltreffen der Moderne. Das Kunstmuseum Winterthur – Museum der Moderne – MdM Rupertinum, Salzburg

2009

Orientamento, Galleria Cardi, Mailand Play Van Abbe, Part 1 – The Game and the Players, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

Spazio Tempo Immagine, CIAC – Centro Italiano Arte Contemporanea, Foligno

Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution 1968–2008, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago

Viva l´Italia, Galleria Enrico Astuni, Bologna

Sammellust – Werke aus der Sammlung Finstral, kunst Meran, Meran

Capolavori della modernità. La collezione del Kunstmuseum Winterthur, MART- Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto

Orientation, Galleria Cardi, Mailand

Orientamento, Galleria Cardi, Pietrasanta

Ciao Milano!, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin

Young classics – chapters from the contemporary art collection, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Mappe, Galerie Di Meo, Paris

Palais des Mirages, Mönchehaus Museum Goslar, Goslar

Gipfeltreffen der Moderne – Das Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn

COSTANTI del classico nell’arte del XX e XXI secolo, Fondazione Puglisi Cosentino – Palazzo Valle, Catania

Hot Spots – Rio de Janeiro / Milano – Torino / Los Angeles, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich

2008

Italics. Arte Italiana fra Tradizione e Rivoluzione, 1968-2008, Palazzo Grassi, Francois Pinault Foundation, Venedig

Peripheral vision and collective body, MUSEION – Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst, Bozen

Ambition d’art, IAC – Institut d’art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne

Time & Place – Milano – Torino 1958-1968, Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Zerbrechliche Schönheit, Glas im Blick der Kunst, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf

Permutations, Musée de Valence, Valence

Exit11Limited edition Part 2, Exit11, Grand-Leez

Red Sky – Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York

2007

20 ans du Musée d’Art Moderne – L’art après 1960 dans les collections, Musée d’Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne

Klio – Eine kurze Geschichte der Kunst in Euramerika nach 1945, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe

Luciano Fabro e amici, Galerie Lelong, Zürich

Counterpoint III, Musée du Louvre, Paris

In pubblico – Azioni e idee degli anni ’70 in Italia, Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genova

2006

Sisyphe. Le jour se lève, MAC’s Grand Hornu, Musée des Arts Contemporains, Hornu

Internazionale XII Biennale di Scultura di Carrara, Biennale di Sculture di Carrara, Carrara

Inventur, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria

Where are we going – Selections from the Francois Pinault Collection, Palazzo Grassi, Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice

2005

Des Deux Cotes Du Rhin – Movement, Museum Ludwig, Cologne

(my private) Heroes, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany

Arte povera, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz

2004

The Italians, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands

Basico, Tucci Russo, Studio per l’Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice, Turin, Italy

1998

Arte Italiana 1945-95, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan; Yonoga City Museum of Art, Tottori, Japan; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan

1997

Face A L’Histoire 1933-1996, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Traveling Exhibition of Mrs. Goetz, Arte Povera Collection to Germany and Austria, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Future, Present, Past, 47th Biennale of Venice, Venice

1996

Dessins (nouvelles acquisitions, 1992-96), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Contemporanea, Capo di Monte, Napels

1995

ARS 95 Helsinki, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

1993

La collection Christian Stein, un regard sur l’art italien, Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain Midi-Pyrenées, Labege-Innopole, France

Gravity and Grace. The changing condition of sculpture 1965-1975, Hayward Gallery, London

De Aanloop I. The Running Start, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht

Tutte le strade portano a Roma?, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome

La Collection, Musée Departmental d’Art Contemporain, Rochechouart, France

L’Ordre du Temps, Domaine de Kerguehennec, Kerguehennec, France

Moving, Fondation de Appel, Amsterdam

Complessa, XLV Biennale di Venezia, Venice

Koerper II, Elisabeth Kaufmann Gallery, Basel

Des coins remplis de ce qui a été raflé dans des coins, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium

Un’avventura internazionale. Torino e le arti 1950-70, Castello di Rivoli, Turin

Utopia. Arte Italiana 1950-1993, Das Direktorium der Salzburger Festspiele & Die Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg

Het sublieme gemis / The Sublime Void, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

Devant, le futur / The Future Lies Ahead, Taejon Expo ’93, Taejon, South Korea

De verzameling / The Collection, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Enrico Castellani, Dadamaino, Luciano Fabro, Mauruzio Mochetti, Giulio Paolini, Ettore Spalletti, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv

Una collezione, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

The Italian Metamorphosis 1943-1968, Guggenheim Museum, New York

1992

Il pensiero tangibile – La pensée tangible (Buren, Boetti, Poirier, Fabro, Raynaud, Paolini, Raysse, Pistoletto), Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna

Bari / Molfetta Sala dei Templari, Condé de L’Escaut, Chateau de l’Hermitage, Lille

La mémoire des formes, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Domaine de Kerguehennec, Bignan-Locmine, France

Galerie Durand-Desert, Paris

Documenta IX, Kassel

TransForm – Bild Objekt Skulptur im 20 Jahrhundert, Kunstmuseum and Kunsthalle, Basel

Het dei van de eeuw, van Rodin tot Jeff Koons / A Century in Sculpture, from Rodin to Jeff Koons, Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam

Territorium Artis, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn

La collection Christian Stein, un regard sur l’art italien, Le Nouveau Musée, Villeurbanne, France

Natural Order. Recent European Sculpture from the Tate’s Collection, Tate Gallery, Liverpool

Paolo Uccello, Battaglie nell’arte del XX Secolo, La Salerniana, Erice

Troppo Grande, Udine

L’arte povera Jalons, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Des Dessins, Le Landeron, France

Les Collections du Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain des Pays de la Loire, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes

Terrae Motus alla Reggia di Caserta, Fondazione Lucio Amelio, Caserta

Arte Povera: Early Works, Stein – Gladstone Gallery, New York

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2013

Schwarz, Dieter, Luciano Fabro: 100 Disegni, Richter | Fey Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2013.

Fabro, Luciano, Therese Legierse and Therese Reulens, Luciano Fabro: from Contratto Sociale to Colonna Di Genk, MER Paper Kunsthalle, Ghent 2013.

2007

Fabro, Silvia and Rudi Fuches, Luciano Fabro, Electa, Milan 2007.

2001

Trini, Tommaso, Giovanni Anselmo, Harald Szeemann, Jean-Christophe Ammann et. al., Arte Povera, Charta Art Books, Milan 2001.

1997

Morris, Frances, Luciano Fabro, Tate Publishing, London 1997.

1992

Fabro, Luciano, Luciano Fabro, San Francisco Museum, San Francisco 1992.

1991

Caldwell, J., M. Rowell and R. Fuchs, Luciano Fabro, Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, San Francisco, 1991.

Schwander, Martin, Luciano Fabro, Kunstmuseum Luzern/Wiese Verlag AG, Luzern/Basel 1991.

1990

Rowell, M., Luciano Fabro, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona 1990.

1989

Gachnang, J., R. Fuchs and C. Mundici, Luciano Fabro, Castello, Rivoli 1989.

1983

Sanna, J. de, Luciano Fabro, Ravenna 1983.

1981

Felix, Zdenek, Luciano Fabro: Sehnsucht, Musem Folkwand/Boymans-van-Beuningen, Essen/Rotterdam 1981.