Piero Manzoni
Lines,
Materials of His Time

April 25 - July 26, 2019

New York, 22nd Street

Hauser & Wirth New York is pleased to present two concurrent exhibitions devoted to Piero Manzoni, a seminal figure of postwar Italian Art and progenitor of Conceptualism. During a brief but influential career that ended upon his untimely death in 1963, Manzoni evolved from a self-taught abstract painter into an artistic disruptor. Curated by Rosalia Pasqualino di Marineo, director of the Piero Manzoni Foundation in Milan, the exhibitions ‘Piero Manzoni. Materials of His Time’ and ‘Piero Manzoni. Lines’ unfold over two floors and focus on Manzoni’s most significant bodies of work: his Achromes (paintings without color) and Linee (Lines) series.

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In Conversation: Piero Manzoni ‘Materials of His Time’ and ‘Lines’

Please join us in the Hauser & Wirth Publishers Bookshop for a conversation in celebration ‘Materials of His Time’ and ‘Lines,’ two concurrent exhibitions of work by Piero Manzoni, on view at Hauser & Wirth New York 22nd Street 25 April through 26 July.

Opening reception: ‘Piero Manzoni. Lines, Materials of His Time’

Join us in celebrating two concurrent exhibitions devoted to Piero Manzoni, a seminal figure of postwar Italian Art and progenitor of Conceptualism. During a brief but influential career that ended upon his untimely death in 1963, Manzoni evolved from a self-taught abstract painter into an artistic disruptor. Curated by Rosalia Pasqualino di Marineo, director of the Piero Manzoni Foundation in Milan, the exhibitions ‘Piero Manzoni. Materials of His Time’ and ‘Piero Manzoni. Lines’ unfold over two floors and focus on Manzoni’s most significant bodies of work: his Achromes (paintings without color) and Linee (Lines) series.

In Conversation: Piero Manzoni ‘Materials’ & ‘Lines’

On the occasion of the ongoing exhibition ‘Materials of His Time’ ‘Lines,’ two concurrent exhibitions of work by Piero Manzoni, please join us in the Hauser & Wirth Publisher Bookshop for a conversation moderated by Choghakate Kazarian, with Brett Littman, Jack McGrath, and Richard Tuttle.

Piero Manzoni ‘Materials of His Time’ and ‘Lines’ Exhibition Walkthrough

Please join us and Massimiliano Gioni for a tour of ‘Materials of His Time’ ‘Lines,’ two concurrent exhibitions of work by Piero Manzoni, on view at Hauser & Wirth New York 22nd Street through 26 July.

About the Artist

The renowned Italian artist Piero Manzoni emerged as a powerful voice for the avant-garde in the 1950s, debuting as an artist at the ‘4a Fiera mercato: Mostra d’arte contemporanea’ in 1956. A self-taught painter, his work heavily featured anthropomorphic silhouettes and the impressions of objects. He began making his ‘white paintings’—later named ‘Achromes’—in 1957, at first with rough gesso and then with kaolin, as well as with creased canvases or surfaces divided into squares.

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