biografia di Mario MERZ (1925-2003)
Personal data
Birth : 01/01/1925 - Milan MI Lombardy, Italy
Death : 2003
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Italy
Address
Milan MI Lombardy, ItalyProfessional data
Work and Life
Husband of Marisa MERZ
Lives and works in Milan, Italy
Lives and works in Turin, Italy
Prizes
2003
2003 : Praemium Imperiale , Sculpture – Tokyo, Japan
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Print-Multiple : 
Sculpture-Volume : Installation 
Photography : 
Drawing-Watercolor : Movements and styles
Arte PoveraWorks
| La spirale appare | |
| Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Installation | |
| Unreal City, Nineteen Hundred Eighty-Nine | |
| Date of creation : 1989 Medium : Installation | |
| Onda d'urto | |
| Date of creation : 1987 Medium : Installation | |
| Cono | |
| Date of creation : 1986 Medium : Sculpture Size : 400 x 200 cm | |
| Architettura fondata dal tempo - Architettura sfondata dal tempo | |
| Date of creation : 1981 Medium : Installation | |
| Crocodile in the Night | |
| Date of creation : 1979 Medium : Installation | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2008
The Magnola Table
Sperone Westwater Gallery – New York NY, United States
11/02/2008 – 12/22/2008
2005
GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea – Turin TO, Italy
2005 – 03/27/2005
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – Rivoli TO, Italy
2005 – 03/27/2005
2003
A Mark in Forum of Caesar
Imperial Forum – Rome, Italy
04/16/2003 – 06/30/2003
1999
Fundação de Serralves – Porto, Portugal
1999
Galleria Christian Stein – Milan MI, Italy
1999
1998
Konrad Fischer Galerie – Düsseldorf, Germany
1998
1996
Anthony d’Offay Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1996
Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum – Duisburg, Germany
1996
Galleria Christian Stein – Milan MI, Italy
1996
1995
Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea – Trento, Italy
1995
Konrad Fischer Galerie – Düsseldorf, Germany
1995
Vera Van Laer Gallery – Antwerp, Belgium
1995
1994
Galleria Christian Stein – Milan MI, Italy
1994
Barbara Gladstone Gallery – New York NY, United States
1994
1993
Fundacio Antoní Tàpies – Barcelona, Spain
1993
1991
Konrad Fischer Galerie – Düsseldorf, Germany
1991
1989
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art at California Plaza – Los Angeles CA, United States
1989
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Buchmann – Via Gamée – Lugano TI, Switzerland
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Konrad Fischer Galerie – Platanenstrasse 7 – Düsseldorf, Germany
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert – 28, Rue de Lappe – Paris, France
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Konrad Fischer Galerie – Platanenstrasse 7 – Düsseldorf, Germany
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galleria Christian Stein – Corso Monforte 23 – Milan MI, Italy
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Pietro Sparta – 6 rue de Beaune – Chagny, France
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
2002
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galleria Giorgio Persano – Piazza Vittorio Veneto 9 – Turin TO, Italy
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert – 28, Rue de Lappe – Paris, France
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Studio Cavalieri – Via Guerrazzi 18 – Bologna BO, Italy
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Marco Noire Contemporary Art – Via Brichetto 23 – San Sebastiano PO, Italy
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert – 28, Rue de Lappe – Paris, France
2000
FIAC, n°27
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/25/2000 – 10/30/2000
Represented by : Galerie Pietro Sparta – 6 rue de Beaune – Chagny, France
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Tornabuoni Arte – Tornabuoni Arte Via Fatebenefratelli 36 – Milan MI, Italy
1999
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Galleria Christian Stein – Corso Monforte 23 – Milan MI, Italy
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galleria Christian Stein – Corso Monforte 23 – Milan MI, Italy
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Konrad Fischer Galerie – Platanenstrasse 7 – Düsseldorf, Germany
Group exhibitions
2004
De leur temps, collections privées Françaises
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
10/06/2004 – 12/06/2004
L’élémentaire, le vital, l’énergie – Arte Povera in Castello
Fondation Emile Hughes – Vence, France
07/03/2004 – 10/03/2004
2003
Fin des Histoires ?
Chambéry, France
11/07/2003 – 02/09/2004
Collection, nouvelle présentation
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
04/25/2003 – 08/03/2003
2002
Del Arte Povera a nuestro días
Centro Cultural Sa Nostra – Palma de Mallorca, Spain
04/2002
L’Art Mol et Raide…
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
10/18/2002 – 08/01/2003
XI Biennale della Scultura “Città di Carrara”
Carrare MS, Italy
07/27/2002 – 08/27/2002
From Pop to Now: selections from the Sonnabend Collection
The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery – Skidmore College – Saratoga Springs NY, United States
06/22/2002 – 09/29/2002
Zwischenzeit
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
03/11/2002 – 09/01/2002
2001
Sculpture Contemporaine
Les Subsistances – Lyon, France
11/23/2001 – 01/20/2002
Portraits photographiques d’artistes
Salle Rossini – Paris, France
10/04/2001 – 10/06/2001
Electrify Me!
Friedrich Petzel Gallery – New York NY, United States
2001
Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1932-1972
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
05/31/2001 – 08/19/2001
Today for Tomorrow – Five contemporary artists from the BSI Collection
Museo Cantonale d’Arte – Lugano TI, Switzerland
05/19/2001 – 09/02/2001
1998
Arte Italiana 1945-95
MOT Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan
1998
100 Years of Sculpture: From the Pedestal to the Pixel
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
02/22/1998 – 05/24/1998
1997
Notfalls leben wir auch ohne Herz
Kunsthalle Wien am Karlsplatz – Vienna, Austria
1997
Futuro, presente, passato – 47° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/15/1997 – 11/09/1997
1996
A Collection: Sculptures
Caldic Collection – Rotterdam, Netherlands
1996
1995
Le Domaine du Diaphane
Domaine de Kerguéhennec – Bignan, France
1995
Ensayo General/Répétition Générale
MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo – Santiago de Chile, Chile
11/1995 – 12/1995
Ensayo General/Répétition Générale
Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango – Bogotá, Colombia
07/11/1995 – 09/24/1995
1994
Tuning Up
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg – Wolfsburg, Germany
1994
The Italian Metamorphosis : 1943-1968
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
10/06/1994 – 01/22/1995
1987
La collezione Sonnabend. Dalla Pop Art in poi
MNCARS Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia – Madrid, Spain
1987
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2001
Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373
Periodicals
2004
Mario Merz (1925-2003)
in: Art on Paper n° 8-3 p. 16
New York NY, United States
01/2004-02/2004
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