Works by Gian Marco Montesano
Gian Marco Montesano was born in Turin in 1949, he lives and works between Paris, Trento and Bologna.
He is an artist, writer and theater director. From the 70s on the art scene, he was invited to the Venice Biennale in 1993. He has held exhibitions in important international public and private spaces. A large staff was dedicated to him in public in Turin in 2003, curated by Luca Beatrice and Guido Curto, promoted by the Piedmont Region. Intellectuals and critics wrote about him, from Jean Baudrillard to Toni Negri to Achille Bonito Oliva.
MAIN PERSONAL SHOWS:
2012
Pro Memoria, Palazzo Panichi, Pietrasanta
The Contemporary Myth, Politeama Garibaldi Theater, Palermo
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pio Monti, Rome
2010
War and Peace, Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno
2009
Grazie dei Fiori, Claudio Poleschi Contemporary Art, Lucca
2008
Historikerstreit, Galleria Umberto Di Marino, Naples
The Montesano of Montesano, MACI Museum of Contemporary Art, Isernia
MAIN GROUP SHOWS:
2015
MONTESANO | KNAP | EXCEPT works, Aries contemporary art, Bologna
2010
New acquisitions for the City Museum, Cassa di Risparmio Foundation, Bologna
European painting from the 1980s to today, Fondazione Stelline, Milan
2009
53rd VENICE BIENNALE - Italian Pavilion
2007*
Italian art 1968/2007, Palazzo Reale, Milan