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07.11.1997 - 20.12.1997
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
Content currently not available
(selected)
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.
Fabro, Silvia and Rudi Fuches, Luciano Fabro, Electa, Milan 2007.
Trini, Tommaso, Giovanni Anselmo, Harald Szeemann, Jean-Christophe Ammann et. al., Arte Povera, Charta Art Books, Milan 2001.
Morris, Frances, Luciano Fabro, Tate Publishing, London 1997.
Fabro, Luciano, Luciano Fabro, San Francisco Museum, San Francisco 1992.
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.
Rowell, M., Luciano Fabro, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona 1990.
Gachnang, J., R. Fuchs and C. Mundici, Luciano Fabro, Castello, Rivoli 1989.
Sanna, J. de, Luciano Fabro, Ravenna 1983.
Felix, Zdenek, Luciano Fabro: Sehnsucht, Musem Folkwand/Boymans-van-Beuningen, Essen/Rotterdam 1981.