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Francesco Clemente
1952 Born in Naples (IT) ♂ Francesco Clemente was exposed early to the classical languages and literature that now influence his work. Briefly enrolled as an architecture student at the University of Rome, in 1970, Clemente spent the 1970s occasionally exhibiting his drawings, altered photographs and conceptual works. After traveling to India in 1973, Clemente trekked through Afghanistan with his friend and fellow artist Alighiero Boetti. After returning briefly to Rome in 1979, he chose to settle permanently in New York City in 1981. Whether works on paper or oil on canvas, Clemente has always employed the use of vibrant color in his work. Slightly expressionistic, frequently figurative, Clemente mixes references to mythology, alchemy, religion, and universal symbolism in his work. Clemente's work has been the subject of numerous travelling retrospective exhibitions, including exhibitions held at The Art Institute of Chicago, 1987, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1990, the Kunstmuseum, Basel, 1991, the Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national de l'art moderne, Paris, 1994, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1999. His illustrations to Alberto Savinio's "Departure of the Argonaut" was the subject of a travelling exhibition organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1986. A number of his portraits of friends and family members were exhibited at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, in 1997, and during the same year his Indian watercolors were featured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In 1999 a major retrospective of his work was organized by Lisa Dennison and shown at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and Bilbao. Also in 1999 an exhibition of the artist's works on paper was organized by the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Bologna and also shown at the Kunstasmalung in Dusseldorf. Clemente has collaborated with numerous poets, including John Wieners, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, and Rene Ricard. He currently divides his time between New York City, Rome and Madras, with his wife and their four children. 2005 Flashback - Revisiting the Art of the Eighties Museum für Gegenwartskunst Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Basel Leporello, Een reis door de collectie Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam Francesco Clemente Jablonka Galerie, Cologne Figuratively Speaking Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL Obras entorno a la ciudad Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación la Caixa, Madrid 2004 Sonderaktion Graphiken und Bücher Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam at Usce Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrad, Belgrade SITE Santa Fes Fifth International Biennial International Biennial Exhibition Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM Transavanguardia. La collezione Grassi MART-Museo dArte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto Francesco Clemente - New Works Reykjavík Art Museum - Kjarvalsstađir, Reykjavik Africa - Beauty and Disaster Galerie Beyeler, Basel Francesco Clemente: New Works Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin Es Baluard any zero Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma de Mallorca Under $2,000 Albers < Zaugg Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, NY Eigen Collectie Groninger Museum, Groningen 2003 Embracing the Present - The UBS Art Collection Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ Transvanguardia italiana Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile FRANCESCO CLEMENTE - PAINTINGS 2000 - 2003 Gagosian Gallery - CA, Beverly Hills, CA La Transavanguardia - Chia - Clemente - Cucchi - Paladino Centre de la Gravure et de lImage imprimée, La Louvičre La Transvarguardia italiana Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires Sommerausstellung 2003 - 20 zeitgenössische Künstler white8 Galerie Dagmar Aichholzer, Villach Francesco Clemente - Paintings 2002 - 2003 Gagosian Gallery - Chelsea, New York, NY Visions and Revisions - Art on Paper since 1960 MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA Transavanguardia (Galerie Klüser, Georgenstr. 15) Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich 2002 Transavanguardia MUSEO D`ARTE CONTEMPORANEA CASTELLO DI RIVOLI, Turin Private/Corporate DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin Rough Cuts - European Figurative Prints from Gauguin to Paladino National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT Andy Warhol - Jean Michel Basquiat - Francesco Clemente Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS, Madrid 2001 Reisen in Ich - Künstler / Selbst / Bild Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg Belvedere Italiano: Tendencies of Italian Art 1945-2001 The Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw Desire Ursula Bickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim Classics Galerie Beyeler, Basel FRANCESCO CLEMENTE - TERRA FRAGILE Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich Mythic Proportions - Painting in the 1980’s Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL 2000 Francesco Clemente Peter Blum - Blumarts Inc., New York, NY Clemente Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao David Salle, Francesco Clemente, Eric Fischl Gagosian Gallery - New York, New York, NY 1999 Clemente Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Francesco Clemente Galleria d´Arte Moderna, Bologna De Durero a Rauschenberg: La quintaesencia del dibujo Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao 1998 Portraits Obscured Gagosian Gallery - New York, New York, NY Francesco Clemente - Indian Watercolors The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX Exhibition of the century Wellington City Gallery, Wellington Francesco Clemente - Three New Paintings Gagosian Gallery - New York, New York, NY Representing galleries 24 Belgium Artiscope, Brussels France Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris Germany Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin Galerie Schoen + Nalepa in den Wallhöfen, Berlin † Nikolaus Sonne Fine Arts, Berlin Jablonka Galerie, Cologne Italy Galleria Gioacchini, Ancona Galleria Daniele Ugolini, Florence Galleria Cardi, Milano Paolo Curti & Co., Milano Galleria Paolo Curti - Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co, Milano Art Gallery Miniaci, Milano Galleria L´Archimede, Rome Galleria Flora Bigai, Venice Portugal Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga Switzerland Galerie Beyeler, Basel Galerie Rigassi, Bern Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich United Kingdom Anthony d´Offay Gallery, London (England) Gagosian Gallery - London, London (England) USA Gagosian Gallery - CA, Beverly Hills, CA Peter Blum - Blumarts Inc., New York, NY Gagosian Gallery - New York, New York, NY Gagosian Gallery - Chelsea, New York, NY Public collections 20 Australia Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW Canada National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Germany Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main Italy MUSEO D`ARTE CONTEMPORANEA CASTELLO DI RIVOLI, Turin Japan Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Chiba 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo Netherlands Groninger Museum, Groningen Spain Fundación La Caixa - CaixaForum, Barcelona Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela Switzerland Museum für Gegenwartskunst Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Basel USA MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH MOCA GRAND AVENUE, Los Angeles, CA Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
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