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Hand-retouched Photograph by Mario Schifano
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£895.71
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Without title mixed technique on photograph by Mario Schifano made in 1990-97.
Inscription on the back: signature "Schifano"
With certificate of authenticity. Unique piece.
Biography
In the early 1970s, Mario Schifano experienced a crisis in relation to painting, a crisis that coincided with a general reconsideration of pictorial tradition, triggered by the success of conceptual neo-avant-gardes. The artist then developed a completely new imaginary, based on the media images constantly streaming on the always-on television screens at home and in his studio.
With his particular multimedia sensitivity, Schifano photographed images of all kinds transmitted by television, extracting and reformulating the image through an operation that blends photography and painting. He worked, as always, with immediacy and speed. The photo passed through his painterly manual dexterity and was captured in time. That concept of the "flow of images" which constitutes the life and art of Schifano was perfected and clarified: reality constantly mediated by a filter, transforming it into an image.
Mario Schifano was born on September 20, 1934, in Homs, Italian Libya. After the end of the war, he returned to Rome. Considered by many as a leading figure of Italian pop art, he was seen as Andy Warhol's heir, representing a cornerstone of contemporary Italian and European art. A passionate student of new painting techniques, in the early 1970s he began transferring images seen and photographed on TV onto emulsified canvases, isolating these visual fragments from the narrative rhythm of the sequences to which they belonged. In the following years, Schifano, already fascinated by media communication and contemporary icons created by television, was among the first to experiment with hybrids between painting and other art forms such as music, cinema, video, and photography. In fact, he used computers to create artworks and managed to elaborate images from the computer and transfer them back onto emulsified canvases (the "Computerized Canvases").
- Creator:Mario Schifano (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 3.94 in (10 cm)Width: 5.91 in (15 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
- Style:Modern (Of the Period)
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- Place of Origin:
- Period:1990-1999
- Date of Manufacture:1990-97
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Milan, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2140344374302
Mario Schifano
Mario Schifano (1934-1968) is considered one of the most significant artists of Italian postmodernism. He worked in numerous media throughout his career, but is perhaps best known for his collages consisting of advertising, scrap paper and painted components. During the latter half of his career, Schifano’s work became increasingly political as he explored issues such as the Vietnam War and widespread social unrest through both film and photography. Born in 1934 in Libya, Schifano and his family relocated to Rome after World War II. With little interest in formal schooling, Schifano took up painting independently and began producing mixed-media works, primarily utilizing monochromatic canvases with glued wrapping paper and stenciling applied. These works garnered critical acclaim, and were followed by a number of exhibitions both in Italy and the US. In 1962 he was included in New Realists, an important group show at the Sidney Janis Gallery in New York alongside artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Often employing elements of pop culture, such as brand logos and advertisements, his work is largely considered within the context of Pop art. Although Schifano was consistently productive and critically acclaimed, he struggled with drug addiction for most of his life, a habit that resulted in multiple arrests, which led the artist to label his career maldoto – cursed. He died at the age of 63 in Rome in 1998 (Ref: Sotheby's). His artworks have sold for over 1M€ at Sotheby's.
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