Stefano Pasquini
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Stefano W. Pasquini | |
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 Stefano W. Pasquini (2014) | |
| Born | 23 December 1969 (age 55) Bologna, Italy |
| Occupation | Italian artist |
Stefano W. Pasquini is an Italian contemporary artist, writer and curator living in Italy.
He works with paintings, performance, photography and installation. He also publishes a magazine called Obsolete Shit.[1]
He currently works with the Italian galleries L'Arte,[2] Molinella, Quattrocentometriquadri,[3] Ancona, and MelePere[4] Verona. Since 2010 he has been known as Stefano W. Pasquini.
His style has been defined "horizontal",[5] as it's hard to define practicing in so many different styles. To quote Fabio Cavallucci: "Pasquini doesn’t worry about changing styles and contents: he goes from interactive performances – like when, for example, he dressed like Spider-Man, sitting on the floor of the streets of London – to the hard rock videos – like the one he’s in the woods stuck with his hands and feet onto the ground, shouting like a maniac. He’s also not afraid to return to paintings, portraying, with a fast and synthetic stroke, himself or people from the mass media zoo. Or eschews the indifference in order to approach politics, making works that range from portraying the statesman Aldo Moro in sculpture, as he was found (dead) in the trunk of a Renault in via Caetani, to a performance where a series of people raise on pedestals and wave their hands in the fascist salute."[6]
Pasquini was born in Bologna, Italy. He received his MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna in 1991,[7] then immediately left his country for Dublin, briefly, then London for seven years, and New York, where he participated to many exhibitions. He is currently based in Bologna, where he works. He was head curator of Sesto Senso, a small non-profit gallery in Bologna, for the exhibiting seasons of 2001–2002. He was Art Director of "Work – Art in progress", magazine of the Contemporary Art Gallery of Trento, as well as contributing editor of NYArts Magazine.[8]
In 2014 he directed the non-profit art space Studio Cloud 4 [9] curating many exhibitions until 2016. Since 2013 he teaches Tecniche Grafiche Speciali at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts of Turin.[10]
Exhibitions
Since 1988 Pasquini exhibited in group shows in venues such as the Collective Gallery (Edinburgh), The National Portrait Gallery (London),[11] Casco (Utrecht), ICA (London), Art in General (New York), Star67 (Brooklyn), Gallery Korea (New York), MACRO (Rome), Galleria Enrico Astuni (Bologna).
His first solo exhibition was at Carnera (Adria), in 1994, followed by a show titled "Hope and Despair" at the Bond Gallery in (Birmingham) in 1998.
Further solo exhibitions include Sesto Senso, Graffio, Villa Serena (Bologna), Studio Vetusta, Paggeriarte (Modena), MelePere (Verona), Quattrocentometriquadri (Ancona).
In 2004 he made a project about quantity that resulted in a solo exhibition, titled "2004" at Galleria 42 Contemporaneo, in Modena.[12]
In 2012 he had a solo exhibition at Siz, in Rijeka, Croatia, and in 2013 he participated to a three part exhibition curated by Kaz in London at Kingsgate Gallery.
In 2014 he finished a public project started in 2011 in Pfyn, Switzerland, that involved the local population of the small town, a time capsule and a big wooden sculpture.[13][14]
Writings
Since 1994 Pasquini has been writing about contemporary art in many magazines: La Stanza Rossa (Bologna, Italy), New York Arts (New York), Collezioni Sport & Street (Modena, Italy).
He is author with Frank Verpoorten of "Accidental//Coincidental", Newhouse Center for the Arts, New York, 2008.[15]
In 2004 he published a volume on photographer Claudio Serrapica.[16]
In 2015 he co-authored (with Maria Teresa Roberto) "Incorporeo", published by Albertina Press.[17]
