Lucio Pozzi
dal 14/11/2002 al 19/12/2002
Segnalato da
14/11/2002
Lucio Pozzi
Anderson Gallery, Des Moines
Indoor Games. In his installations, Pozzi investigates human responses to altered and untraditional environments and situations. He continues this line of experimentation with his Anderson Gallery exhibition, collaborating with a group of students to build a site-specific piece that uses four basic colors (red, blue, green, and yellow) and juxtaposes large format photographs of infants with images of war.
INDOOR GAMES
Lucio Pozzi's work is democratic, collaborative, and experimental
in nature, blending Arte Povera* and conceptual art with traditional
painting. He calls himself "a painter who pursues painterly
concerns in other media as well," and his exhibitions often include
video, installation, photowork, and performance. In his installations,
which constitute the backbone of his practice and are rooted in his
architectural training, Pozzi investigates human responses to
altered and untraditional environments and situations. He continues
this line of experimentation with his Anderson Gallery exhibition,
collaborating with a group of students to build a site-specific piece
that uses four basic colors (red, blue, green, and yellow) and
juxtaposes large format photographs of infants with images of war.
Born in 1935 in Milan, Pozzi studied architecture in Rome, where
he practiced for almost a decade. He came to the United States
invited by the Harvard International Summer Seminar in 1962.
Shortly after, his art began to appear in galleries such as Leo
Castelli and John Weber. Pozzi's numerous solo and group
exhibitions include one of the first "Projects" solo exhibitions at the
Museum of Modern Art, New York; installations at P.S.1
Contemporary Art Center, New York, and the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago; a large retrospective at the Museum of
New Art, Detroit; Documenta 6, Kassel; and the Venice Biennale
(US pavilion).
Pozzi's work is represented in the collections of the Museum of
Modern Art, New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art,
Chicago, among other major museums. He has received numerous
grants and awards including a National Endowment for the Arts
Fellowship. A committed educator, Pozzi has held teaching
positions at the Cooper Union, Princeton University, Yale
University, New York University's overseas program, and the
School of Visual Arts, New York, where he currently teaches. He
founded the magazine New Observations in 1981 and was its
publisher until 1988. Pozzi continues to write art criticism for a
variety of periodicals.
Lucio Pozzi INDOOR GAMES is supported in part by a grant from
the Iowa Arts Council. In-kind support is provided by Perry Paint
and Glass, central Iowa's official Benjamin Moore supplier.
Image: Lucio Pozzi, Hertero and Dorbyth 2000-2001
* Literally "poor art," Arte Povera was a 1960s and 1970s Italian
movement parallel in some ways to Anglo-American conceptual
art.
Opening Reception: Friday, November 15, 5 - 7pm
Artist Gallery Talk: Friday, November 15, 6pm
Playrooms
A performance by Lucio Pozzi with Drake's Music and Theater
Departments:
Friday, November 15, 6:30pm
The Next 475 Years of My Life and Work
A lecture by Lucio Pozzi:
Thursday, November 14, 7pm, Harmon Fine Arts Center, Rm. 336
Anderson Gallery
Harmon Fine Arts Center
Drake University
25th Street and Carpenter Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50311