Giovanni Anselmo

Biography

1934

Born in Borgofranco d'Ivrea, Italy

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2019-20

Entrare nell'opera, Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Roma

2018

Giovanni Anselmo, Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome, Italy

2017

Senza titolo, invisibile, le stelle si avvicinano di una spanna in più, oltremare appare verso Sud-Est, e la luce focalizza..., The Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy
Giovanni Anselmo, Marian Goodman Gallery, London, England

2016

Mentre la mano indica, la luce focalizza, nella gravitazione universale si interferisce, la terra si orienta, le stelle si avvicinano di una spanna in più..., Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy

2015

Giovanni Anselmo, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Etienne Métropole, France

2014

Mentre la terra si orienta e la luce focalizza...Palazzo Riso, Palermo, Italy
Arte Povera A-Z part II, Museumcultuur Strombeek, Ghent, Belgium
Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, France

2013

Giovanni Anselmo, Kunstmuseum Winterthur

2012

Tucci Russo Contemporary Art Studio, Turin

2011

Arte Povera, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow

2010

Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, France

2006

Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris

2005

Giovanni Anselmo, Collection-exploration, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent

2004

Giovanni Anselmo, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany

2002

Giovanni Anselmo, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Giovanni Anselmo, Museum d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
Giovanni Anselmo, Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany

2001

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
Giovanni Anselmo, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy

1997

Giovanni Anselmo: Lungo il Sentiero Verso Oltremare, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, Illinois

1996

Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York

1995

Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

1993

Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

1992

Moments Here and There Along the path to Toward Oltremare, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States

1989

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York

1986

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York

1985

ARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France

1984

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
Anselmo, Long, Kirkeby, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy

1980

Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Forum Kunst, Rottweil, Germany
Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Vereinigung veer het Museum Van Hedendaagse-Kunst, Gent, Belgium

1979

Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland

1976

Nuovi Strumenti, Brescia, Italy

1975

Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany Galleria Sperone, Turin, Italy
Galleria Sperone, Rome, Italy

1973

Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021

Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends, HEART, Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark

2019

Dream, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy

2018

Marcello Rumma: Impersonating Art and Culture, Madre Napoli, Italy
Cosmogonies: According to the Elements, Musée d’art moderne et d’art contemporain, Nice, France
Au diapason du monde, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
Arte povera: a creative revolution, The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Giovanni Anselmo, Nairy Baghramian, Tacita Dean, Dan Graham, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Struth, Marian, Goodman Gallery, Paris, France
n Tune With the World, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France

2017

Etre Pierre, Zadkine Museum, Paris, France
E’ solo un inizio. 1965, Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
Infinite Garden, from Giverny to Amazonia, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Wirtschaftswerte/Museumswerte, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf , Germany

2016

Sublime. Les tremblements du monde. Centre Pompidou Metz, France
Daniel Buren: A Fresco, Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Aichi Triennale 2016, Aichi Art Center, Nagoya City Art Museum, Japan

2015

Poor Art- Rich Legacy. Arte Povera and Parallel Practices 1968-2015, The Museum of Contemporary Art Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Schon, euch zu sehen. 160 Werke aus der Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Glenn Ligon: Encounters and Collisions, Nottingham Contemporary, United Kingdom Where the Day Begins, LaM Lille Métropole musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut, Lille, France

2014

Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New, Museum of Modern Art, New York The St. Petersburg Paradox, Swiss Institute, New York
On the Road/En el camino, curated by Gloria Moure, exhibition installed throughout historic buildings of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Arte Povera A-Z part I, Museumcultuur Strombeek, Ghent, Belgium
Intenzione manifesta. Il disegno in tutte le sue forme ,Castello di Rivoli - Museo d'Arte
Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
Latin Lovers, Frac-Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque, France

2013

Morandi and Casorati in the De Fornaris Collection, From Workshop toWork, Italian Cultural Institute, New York
Kabinettstucke|Cabinet Pieces, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Bremen, Germany
Fragile?, Le Stanze del Vetro, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
Re-making When Attitudes Become Form, Fondazione Prada, Venice, Italy
Saber Desconocer, 43 Salón (Inter)Nacional de Artistas, Medellín, Colombia
Arte Povera, Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels

2012

Det mentale landskab, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Gudhjem
Oltre il muro, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin Sammlungsdialog: Zeit, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Cartografías contemporáneas. Dibujando el pensamiento, CaixaForum Madrid, Madrid Det mentale landskab, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Gudhjem, Denmark
Arte Povera, Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Oltre il muro, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
Arte Povera in città, Galleria d ́Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
Sammlungsdialog: Zeit, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Arte Povera. The Great Awakening, Kunstmuseum Basel, Germany (through 2013)

2011

Ileana Sonnabend, An Italian Portrait, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964–1977, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Arte Povera 1967-2011, La Triennale di Milano, Design Museum, Milan, Italy
Cambio de paradigma - Colección Serralves años 60-70, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon, Spain
Arte povera 1968, Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Che Fare? Arte Povera. Die historischen Jahre, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
Somewhere Else, Espace Louis Vuitton Paris, Paris, France

2010

On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Die Natur der Kunst: Begegnungen mit der Natur vom 19. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Colección Christian Stein: Una historia del arte italiano, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Trailer Park, Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples, Italy
Cosa fa la mia anima mentre sto lavorando? Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Gallarate, Gallarte (VA), Italy
Ergo, materia. Arte povera, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, MUAC, Mexico City
CHE FARE? Arte povera, Die historischen Jahre, KunstmuseumLiechtenstein, Vaduz

2009

Spazio Libro d’Artista, Palazzo Manganelli, Catania, Italy
COSTANTI del classico nell’arte del XX e XXI secolo, Fondazione Puglisi Cosentino, Palazzo Valle, Catania, Italy
Twentysix Gasoline Stations ed altri libri d'Artista - Una collezione, Museo Regionale di Messina, Messina
Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution 1968–2008, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL, USA
The Poetics of Space, Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, France
Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary
Drawings Collection,
MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
Hot Spots - Rio de Janeiro / Milano - Torino / Los Angeles, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
Young classics - chapters from the contemporary art collection, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

2008

Peripheral Vision and Collective Body, Museion Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Italy

2007

52nd International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Italy
30/40: A selection of forty artists from thirty years at Marian Goodman Gallery
L’Immagine Del Vuoto- Una Linea Di Ricerca Nell’Arte in Italia (1958-2005),
Museuo Cantonale D’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
Recaptured Nature, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States

2006

Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris

2005

Chronos, II tempo nell’arte dall’epoca barocca all’eta contemporanea, Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio, Italy

2004

Reflecting the Mirror, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
Intra-Muros, Musee d'Art Moderne et D'Art Contemporain, Nice, France

2003-04

The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland; Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Spain
Skin Deep, MART Museo di Arte Moderna e Contempranea de Trento e Rovereto, Trento, Italy
About Borromini, Grazia Toderi, Falconieri Palace, Rome, Italy

2003

A Sculpture Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York Memoria Ribelle, Padiglione Latino Americano, Naples, Italy
La Poetica dell'Arte Povera, Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany

2002

Arte Povera from the Castello di Rivoli Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

2001

Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1962-1971, Tate Gallery of Modern Art, London, England
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Minnesota
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.

2000-01

Del futurisme al laser: l’aventura italiana de la material, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain
Kunstforum in der GrundkreditBank, Berlin, Germany
Arte Povera in collezione Castello di Rivoli, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy

2000

Le Temps Vite, Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
Centre de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
L’elemento verbale nell’Arte Contemporanea, Galleria Martano, Turin, Italy
La ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
Luci in galleria: da Warhol al 2000, Palazzo Cavour, Turin, Italy Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Artistas franceses e italianos nas coleccións Fundación ARCO e CGAC, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

1997-00

Arte Povera. Arbeiten und Dokumente aus der Sammlung Goetz 1967 bis heute, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Kunsthalle, Nuremberg, Germany
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Konsthallen, Göteborg, Sweden
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany

1999

Strengthening Wind from Changing Directions: International Avant-Garde since 1960 (The Paul Maenz Collection), Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, Something blue, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy

1997-99

Minimalia: An Italian Vision in 20th Century Art, Palazzo Querini Dubois, Venice, Italy
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy; P.S.1/Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York

1998

Breaking Ground, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
Artecittà: 11 artisti per il Passante Ferroviario di Torino, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
1st Kimpo International Sculpture Symposium, Leisure Sports Park Site of Kimpo, Kimpo, Korea
Amalfi ‘68- Napoli ‘98, Castel Sant’Elmo, Naples, Italy
Le cercle, le ring, Maison Levanneur, Chatou, France

1997-98

Arte italiana 1945-1998. Il visible e l’invisibile, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya, Japan
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Yonago City Museum of Art, Tottori, Japan
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima

1997

Arte Italiana Ultimi Quaranti’Anni. Materiali Anomali, Galleria d’Art Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Città Natura, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
Pittura Italiana da Collezioni Italiane, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
Livres d’artistes. L’invention d’un genre 1960-1980, Bibliothèque National de France, Paris, France
The Berardo Collection, Sintra Museum of Modern Art, Sintra, Spain
Artmonie, Castel Ivano, Ivano Fraceno, Trento, Italy
Arte Povera e dintorni, Palazzo Crepadona, Belluno, Italy; Galleria Civica, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy

1995-96

1965-1975: Reconsidering the Object of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California

1995

Centre d'Art Contemporain, Bignan, France

1993

Does the Work Take Place?, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
A Group Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York

1991

A Group Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York This Land..., Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
Un detail immense, Charleroi Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium
Arte Povera, Studio Oggetto, Milan, Italy
TOWARD A NEW MUSEUM, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Antinomia, Facoltä di Architettura/Castello del Valentino, Turin, Italy
Histoires d'Oeil, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Espace Lyonnaise d’Art Contemporain, Embarcadére, Le Nouveau Musée-Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
Arte Povera 1971 und 20 Jahre danach, Kunstverein Munich, Munich, Germany Schwerelos, Grosse Orangerie Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany

1990

Von Der Natur in Den Kunst, Messeplast, Vienna, Austria Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
Affinitiés Sélectives I, Palais des Baux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Conceptual Art, Minimal Art, Arte Povera, Land Art—Sammlung Marzona, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Le Territoire de l'Art, Musée Russe, St. Petersburg, Russia
Hic sunt Leones 2, Parco Michelotti, Turin, Italy
Aktuelle Kunst Europas, Sammlung Centre Pompidou, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Die Endlichkeit der Freiheit, Exhibition Project in East and West Berlin, Germany Vom Verschwinden der Ferne: Telekomunikation und Kunst, Deutsches Postmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
L’Arte Povera dans la Collections du MNAM, Musée Cantini, Marseilles, France Temperamenti, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
Made of Stone, Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium

1989

Art Contemporain Lyon, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyons, France Bilderstreit, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Italian Art, National Gallery, London, England
Larry Bell, Giovanni Anselmo, Toni Grand, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyons, France Verso l'Arte Povera, momenti e aspetti degli anni '60 in Italia, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
MaterialMente, Galleria Communale d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Hic sunt Leones, Parco Michelotti, Turin, Italy
Wittgenstein, Wiener Secession, Vereinigung bildender Künstler, Vienna, Austria
Einleuchten, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
L'art Conceptuel: une perspective, ARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France

1988

Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1987

Century `87, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1985

A Drawing Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
Del Arte Povera a 1985, Palacio de Velazquez, Palacio de Cristal, Madrid, Spain
The European Iceberg, Creativity in Germany and Italy Today, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Les Immateriaux, Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
The Knot: Arte Povera at P.S. 1, P.S.1/Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island, New York

1984

Que restet'il, Over Studio, Turin, Italy
An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Italian (1968) das soziale und das Pathos, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany Skulptures in 20. Jahrhundert, Merian-Park Brugligen, Basel, Switzerland
Histoires de Sculpture, Chateau des Ducs d'Epernon, Cadillac, France
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
Deux regions en France: l'Art International d'aujourd'hui, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium
Coehenza in cohenza dall'arte povera al 1984, La Mole Antonelliana, Turin, Italy Histoires de Sculpture, Musée d'Art Moderne, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France Ouverture, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea,, Turin, Italy

1983

Presence Discrete, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France Concetto-Imago, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Adamah, Espace Lyonnaise d’Art Contemporain-Centre D'echanges de Perrache, Lyons, France
Eine Kunstgeschichte in Turin, 1965-1983, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
ARS 1983, Helsinki, Finland

1982

Arte povera, Antiform, CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Halle 6, Hamburg, Germany Documenta 7, Kassel, Germany

1981

Linee della ricerca artistica in Italia 1969-80, Pallazo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
Identité Italienne, Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
West/Kunst, Cologne, Germany

1980

Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy Libreria OOLP, Turin, Italy

1979

Artistes Italiens, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, St-Etienne, France
Words, Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy Photographie als Kunst, Kunst als Photograpie, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austria
Le Stanze, Castello Colonna, Genazzano, Italy

1977-79

Europe in the Seventies: Aspects of Recent Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cinncinatti, Ohio

1978

6 Biennalle Internazionale della Grafica d'Arte, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
Focus 78, Centre Culturel du Marais, Paris, France

1977

Brunelleschi e noi, Chiostro di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy Arte in Italia '60-'70, Museo d'Art Moderno, Turin, Italy
10 Jahre Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Kunsthalle, Bremerhaven, Germany

1976

Sydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia
Prospect 76, Düsseldorf, Germany
Blow-up, Via Melzo 34, Milan, Italy
A.A.B., Brescia, Italy

1975

Kunst Markt, Cologne, Germany
Modern Art Agency, Naples, Italy

1974

Projekt 74, Cologne, Germany
Italiensiche Kunst der letzen 20 Jahre, Art 5 '74, Basel, Switzerland
Idea and Image in Recent Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

1973

An Exhibition of New Italian Art, The Art Council of Northern Ireland Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Contemporanea, Parcheggio di Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy
Galerija Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb, Croatia
10 Quadriennale, Rome, Italy
Acht Italianens/Huit Italiens, Art & Project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Galerie MTL, Brussels, Belgium

1972

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Con il Conforto del Razionale, 23e Mostra d’Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice, Italy
420 West Broadway, Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Italy
Documenta 5, Kassel, Germany

1971

At the Moment, Zagreb, Croatia
In Another Moment, Galeria SKC, Belgrade, Yugoslavia Arte Povera, Kunstverein, Munich, Germany
Modern Art Agency, Naples, Italy

1970

3e Biennale della Giovane Pittura, Bologna, Italy
Processi di Pensioero Visualizzati, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland Conceptual Art, Arte Povera, Land Art, Museo d'Art Moderno, Turin, Italy
3e Salon International de Galeries-Pilotes, Museo Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Vitalita del Negativo nell'Arte Italiana, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
Videogalerie Gerry Schum, Cologne, Germany

1969

Op Losse Schroeven, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
When Attitude Becomes Form, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland; Museusm Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
Verborgene Strukturen, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany Plane and Porjekte als Kunst, Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland

1968

Arte Povera, Centro Arte Viva, Trieste, Italy
Premio Masaccio, S. Giovanni Valdarno, Italy
Prospect 68, Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany RA 3, Amalfi, Italy

1967

Arte povera, Universita de Genova, Genoa, Italy