Piero Manzoni
- Introduction
- Piero Manzoni di Chiosca e Poggiolo, better known as Piero Manzoni (July 13, 1933 – February 6, 1963) was an Italian artist best known for his ironic approach to avant-garde art. Often compared to the work of Yves Klein, his own work anticipated, and directly influenced, the work of a generation of younger Italian artists brought together by the critic Germano Celant in the first Arte Povera exhibition held in Genoa, 1967. Manzoni is most famous for a series of artworks that call into question the nature of the art object, directly prefiguring Conceptual Art. His work eschews normal artist's materials, instead using everything from rabbit fur to human excrement in order to "tap mythological sources and to realize authentic and universal values".His work is widely seen as a critique of the mass production and consumerism that was changing Italian society (the Italian economic miracle) after World War II. Italian artists such as Manzoni had to negotiate the new economic and material order of post-war Europe through inventive artistic practices which crossed geographic, artistic, and cultural borders. Manzoni died of myocardial infarction in his studio in Milan on February 6, 1963. His contemporary Ben Vautier signed Manzoni's death certificate, declaring it a work of art.
- Wikidata
- Q472756
- Nationality
- Italian
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Conceptual Artist, Painter, Sculptor
- Names
- Piero Manzoni, Meroni Manzoni di Chiosca e Poggiolo
- Ulan
- 500010451
Exhibitions
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416: The Art of the Multiple
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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From the Collection:
1960–1969 Mar 26, 2016–Mar 19, 2017
MoMA
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Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980
Sep 5, 2015–Jan 3, 2016
MoMA
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Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New
Dec 21, 2013–Apr 21, 2014
MoMA
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The Talent Show
Dec 12, 2010–Apr 4, 2011
MoMA PS1
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Piero Manzoni has
24 exhibitionsonline.
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Piero Manzoni 8 Works of Verification (8 Tavole di accertamento) Alphabet from 8 Works of Verification (8 Tavole di accertamento) 1958, published 1962
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Piero Manzoni 8 Works of Verification (8 Tavole di accertamento) Alphabet from 8 Works of Verification (8 Tavole di accertamento) 1958, published 1962
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Piero Manzoni 8 Works of Verification (8 Tavole di accertamento) Ireland (Irelanda) from 8 Works of Verification (8 Tavole di accertamento) 1958, published 1962
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Piero Manzoni Iceland (Islanda) from 8 Works of Verification (8 Tavole di accertamento) 1958, published 1962
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Piero Manzoni Cork Print (Impronto Sughero) from La Lune en Rodage I 1959
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Piero Manzoni Line (Linea) from 8 Works of Verification (8 Tavole di accertamento) 1959, published 1962
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Piero Manzoni Achrome c. 1960
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Piero Manzoni Thumbprint 1960
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Piero Manzoni Achrome 1960
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Piero Manzoni 8 Works of Verification (8 Tavole di accertamento) Fingerprints (Impronte) from 8 Works of Verification (8 Tavole di accertamento) 1960, published 1962
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Piero Manzoni Left thumbprint (Impronta pollice sinistro) from 8 Works of Verification (8 Tavole di accertamento) 1960, published 1962
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Piero Manzoni Right thumbprint (Impronta pollice destro) from 8 Works of Verification (8 Tavole di accertamento) 1960, published 1962
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Piero Manzoni Line 1000 Meters Long July 24, 1961
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Piero Manzoni Artist's Shit No. 014 May 1961
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Piero Manzoni Declaration of Authenticity No. 061 (Carte d'authenticité No. 061) 1961
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Piero Manzoni Declaration of Authenticity No. 028 (Carte d'authenticité No. 028) 1961
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Piero Manzoni Achrome 1962
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Piero Manzoni 8 Works of Verification (8 Tavole di accertamento) 1962
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