Marisa Merz
Marisa Merz ( born 1931 in Turin) is an Italian sculptor and installation artist.
Life and work
Marisa Merz was born in 1931 in Turin, Italy. In the 1950s she married Mario Merz ( 1925-2003 ), one of the main exponents of Arte Povera. She has a daughter with him and lives in Milan.
As a self-taught artist and member of the art movement Arte Povera (Italian for poor art ) to carry objects from fragments of bodies or objects and often uses soft materials such as wax, clay, aluminum, tin foil, copper and industrial hemp. In addition, it is characterized by mixed video technology on hard fibreboard, canvas, wood and paper.
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions (selection )
- 2013 Gladstone Gallery, New York, 24th Street, New York City, New York
- 2012 Marisa Merz - Monica De Cardenas - Zuoz, Zuoz
- 2011 Marisa Merz: Non corrisponde eppur fiorisce - Fondazione Querini Stampalia ONLUS, Venice
- 2010 Marisa Merz - Centre international d'art et du paysage de l' île de Vassivière, Ile de Vassivière
- 2007 Marisa Merz Museo d' Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina MADRE
- 2002 Marisa Merz - Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris
- 1995 Marisa Merz - Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
- 1994 Marisa Merz - Centre Pompidou Musée National d' Art Moderne, Paris
- 1975 Marisa Merz - Galleria L' Attico, Rome
Group exhibitions ( selection)
- 2013 55th Venice Biennale, Venice
- 2012 Arte Povera Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar
- 2012 Spirits Of Internationalism MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Art Antwerp, Antwerp
- 2010 Ergo, materia. Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo Arte Povera, Mexico City
- 2009 Encounters with Modern Art The Kunstmuseum Winterthur - Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn
- 2009 Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection - MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
- 2008 16th Biennale of Sydney Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
- 2008 Life on Mars, the 55th Carnegie International Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2008 Time & Place Milano - Torino 1958-1968 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm
- 2007 Makers and Modelers: Works in Ceramic. Gladstone Gallery - New York - 24th Street, New York City, NY
- 2006 Internazionale XII Biennale di Scultura di Carrara, Biennale di sculture di Carrara, Carrara
- 2005 To Aside Selected by Tacita Dean Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh ( Scotland)
- 2005 To Aside Selected by Tacita Dean Camden Arts Centre, London ( England)
- 2004 Mario Merz and Marisa Merz Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris
- 2003 Europe Exists - Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
- 2002 Zero To Infinity: Arte Povera 1962-1972 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
- 2002 Zero To Infinity: Arte Povera 1962-1972 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
- 2001 49th Biennale di Venezia, Venice
- 2000 La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire Académie de France à Rome, Rome
- 1998 100 Years of Sculpture: From the Pedestal to the Pixel Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- 1992 Visionary Switzerland Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf
- 1992 Documenta IX, Kassel
- 1992 Visionary Switzerland Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid
- 1991 Visionary Switzerland Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich
- 1989 -evidence Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg
- 1989 Sculpture da Camera. Chamber Skulptures - NBK - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
- 1988 43rd Venice Biennale, Venice
- 1986 SkulpturSein Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf
- 1986 Chambres d' amis SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Arts, Ghent
- 1994 The Italian Metamorphosis 1943-1968 ", exhibition catalog, Guggenheim Museum, 1994, New York
- 1982 documenta 7, Kassel
- 1973 X Quadrennial Nazionale d' Arte. La ricerca estetica dal 1960 al 1970 - Quadrennial di Roma, Rome
Awards (selection)
- 2001: Biennale di Venezia: Special Jury Prize for lifetime achievement by Marisa Merz
- 2013: Leone d' Oro alla Carriera the Biennale di Veneziafür her life's work.