Turi Simeti

Turi Simeti (born 5 August 1929) is an Italian painter born in Alcamo, Sicily, Italy.

Turi Simeti
Born (1929-08-05) 5 August 1929
Alcamo, Sicily, Italy
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting
Websitearchivioturisimeti.it

Biography
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Simeti started working as an autodidact when he arrived in Rome from Sicily in the 1950s. Rome at the time was one of the most dynamic artistic and cultural spots in Europe. His first art works consisted of collages of fabric, paper and cardboard, in a serial repetition. In the mid-sixties he moved to Milan where a new artistic scene was emerging: he joined there the members of the Zero group, such as Enrico Castellani, Agostino Bonalumi, amongst others.

In 1965, Simeti was part of the young generation of Italian artists reunited in the Zero Avantgarde show organized at the Lucio Fontana’s atelier in Milan alongside Heinz Mack and Otto Piene and many other art pioneers from Europe, South America and Japan. This was a turning point in Simeti's career, who then started holding solo shows, with a particular audience in Germany and Switzerland, and later in Brazil where he lived from some time.

Shaped canvas

The repetition of a module, which is the essence of Simeti's work, draws upon the lesson of Alberto Burri and Lucio Fontana. The monochrome and the modification of the flat surface of the canvas are his distinctive signature. Driven, as the other contemporary members of the Zero group, by a will of zeroing tradition, Simeti uses the ellipse as the main geometrical form around which his visual research is built. He managed to maintain a deep coherence and his production stands out for the use of canvases which surfaces are shaped, altering their classic tension.

Acknowledgements

In 2014, he was appointed as Artist of the year and so he won a Prize (Premio delle Arti Premio della Cultura) assigned to him by Circolo della Stampa of Milan.[1]

Recent shows (selection)
  • “What Was I?”, curated by Goshka Macuga, PRADA Foundation, Rong Zhai, Shanghai. (group show)
  • Abstraction(s), Song Art Museum di Pechino, Shanghai. (group show)
  • Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, 2015. (solo show)
  • Volker Diehl Gallery, Berlin, 2015. (solo show)
  • Gagosian Gallery, Geneva, 2015. (solo show)
  • Tornabuoni Art Gallery, Paris, 2014. (solo show)
  • Galleria Dep Art, Milan, 2013. (solo show)
  • The Mayor Gallery, London, 2012. (solo show)

Public Collections

ITALY

AUSTRIA

  • Sammlung Lenz Schönberg, Söll

BRAZIL

  • MAM, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro

DENMARK

  • Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg

GERMANY

  • Mittelrhein-Museum, Koblenz
  • Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch
  • The Schaufler Foundation, Sindelfingen

HOLLAND

  • Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Bibliographical References
  1. Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Genova. Collezione Cernuschi Ghiringhelli. Genoa: Edizioni Colombo,1991, p. 229 ISBN 88-435-3195-6
  2. E. Pontiggia, F.W. Heckmanns, Turi Simeti 1961-1991. Trenta anni di lavoro. Gibellina, Sicily: Edizione Associazione Orestiadi di Gibellina, 1991.
  3. B. Corà, S. Troisi, Turi Simeti, 1960-2010. The Republic of San Marino: Christian Maretti Editore, 2010.
  4. S. Troisi, Turi Simeti. L'armonia inquieta. Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2013
  5. A. Zanchetta, Turi Simeti: anni sessanta. Milan: Dep Art Edizioni, 2013
  6. G. di Genova, Storia dell'Arte Italiana del '900. Generazione anni '20. Bologna: Edizioni Bora, 2014, p. 372, ISBN 978-88-85345-43-0
  7. B. Corà, Rilievi. Turi Simeti. Perugia: Fondazione CAMUSAC, 2014
  8. F. Sardella, Turi Simeti. Opere bianche. Milan: Dep Art, 2015 ISBN 978-88-941230-0-5
  9. B. Corà, Grandi opere. Milan: Skira publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-8857235578.
  10. Turi Simeti. Opere 1961-2017. Texts by Andrea Bruciati. Milan: Prearo publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-8873481324.
  11. A. Addamiano and F. Sardella. Turi Simeti. Catalogo ragionato. Bilingual edition Italian/English. Milan: Skira publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-8857234106.
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