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Alighiero Boetti, Accanto al Pantheon, 1988, embroidery on fabric, 114 x 106 cm, Courtesy Mazzoleni London
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Alighiero Boetti, De Bouche a Oreille, 1993, embroidery on fabric, each 18 x 18 cm, Courtesy Mazzoleni London
Exhibition
Alighiero Boetti, Curated by Rinaldo Rossi and Corinna Turati
5 Jun 2015 – 31 Jul 2015
Regular hours
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Monday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 15 Old Bond Street
- Mayfair
- London
England - W1S 4AX
- United Kingdom
This exhibition re-creates a wall from Italian conceptual artist Alighiero Boetti’s flat in Rome. Known as Il Muro, Boetti filled the wall with a hang of objects he found inspiring. Displaying art and artefacts selected by Rinaldo Rossi - a friend, collaborator and long-time assistant of Boetti – the exhibition provides an intimate glimpse into his life through cards, unseen photographs, drawings, handwritten letters and found objects.
About
The exhibition presents a rare opportunity to view works from several important stages in the artist’s life, including many which have never before been publically exhibited. Alighiero Boetti, was born in Turin in 1940 and died in Rome in 1994, and was a key member of the Arte Povera movement and is one of the most influential Italian artists of the twentieth century. The first Arte Povera artist to be acknowledged with a solo exhibition at Tate Modern (2012), Boetti continues to have a significant impact on younger artists today.
