MARIO MERZ SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS...

MARIO MERZ

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013

Anni '70. Arte a Roma, Rome, December 17–March 2, .2013. (Catalogue)

When Attitudes Become Form. Bern 1969 / Venice 2013, Fondazione Prada a Ca' Corner della Regina,

Venice, June 1–November 3, 2013. (Catalogue)

2012

Shock of the News, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., September 23, 2012–January 27, 2013.

(Catalogue

Arte Povera. The Great Awakening, Kunstmuseum, Basel, September 9, 2012–February 3, 2013.

(Catalogue)

Arte Povera aus der Sammlung des Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Kunstmuseum, Liechtenstein, in

conjunction with the Pelerinages Kunstfest Weimar at Neues Museum, Weimar, August 28–September 21,

2012. (Catalogue)

Arte Povera in città, GAMeC, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, April 5–July 15, 2012.

(Part of Arte Povera 2011)

Art and Press, Martin-Gropi -Ba , Berlin, Mar – ne , ra eled to M entr m r n t

und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, September 16, 2012-February 10, 2013. (Catalogue)

Mario Merz: Selected One-Artist Exhibitions 2

2011

Arte Povera in Teatro, Teatro Margherita, Bari, December 15, 2011–March 11, 2012. (Catalogue

Arte Povera più Azioni Povere, MADRE - M eo d’Arte Contemporanea DonnaRegina, Naples, November

11, 2011–February 20, 2012. (Catalogue)

Triennale di, Milano: Arte Povera 1967-2011, Milan, October 25, 2011–January 29, 2012. (Catalogue)

Arte Povera International, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, October 9, 2011–February

19, 2012. (Catalogue)

I hate Paul Klee. Works on Paper and Artist's Book from the Speck Collection, Leopold Hoesch Museum &

Papiermuseum, Düren, Germany, October 2–November 20, 2011. (Catalogue)

Arte povera 1968, MAMbo - M e d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, September 24–December 26, 2011.

(Catalogue)

Eroi, GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, May 19–October 9, 2011. (Catalogue)

2010

L'Informale in Piemonte, Galleria Carlo Carrà, Palazzo Guasco, Alessandria, Italy, December 10,.2010–

February 28, 2011. (Catalogue)

Basico - moto perpetuo Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea Tucci Russo, Torre Pellice (Turin), October 10,

2010–February 27, 2010.

Ergo, materia. Arte povera, MUAC - Uni er idad a ional A t noma de M i o, Mexico City, June 26–

October 1, 2010. (Catalogue)

With a Probability of Being Seen. Dorothee and Konrad Fischer: Archives of an Attitude, MACBA Museu

d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, May 15–October 12, 2010. Traveled to: Kleve, Museum

Kurhaus, November 14, 2010–March 20, 2011. (Catalogue)


Entre glace et neige, Centre Saint-Bénin, Aosta, Italy, May 14, 2010. (Catalogue)

CHE FARE? Arte povera - The historic years, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, May 7–September 5,

2010. Traveled to: LENTOS Kunstmuseum, Linz, February 18–May 29, 2011. (Catalogue)

Pagine da un bestiario fantastico: Disegno Italiano nel XX e XXI secolo, Galleria Civica, Modena, March 20–

July 18, 2010. (Catalogue

'Quali cose siamo'. III Triennale Design Museum, Milan, February 27, 2010–March 27, 2011. (Catalogue)

2009

Arte/Natura, Natura/Arte, Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia, September 27–November 29, 2009. (Catalogue)

Nothing is permanent. Albert Baronian, profession: galeriste, La Centrale électrique Centre d'Art

Contemporain, Bruxelles, June 19–September 27, 2009. (Catalogue)

In-finitum, Museo Mariano Fortuny, Venice, June 6–November 15, 2009. (Catalogue)

I paesaggi e la natura dell’arte, ARCOS Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Sannio, Benevento, Italy, April 7–

September 30, 2009. (Catalogue D. Eccher; Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo (Milan) 2009)

If we could imagine, Glenstone Foundation, Potomac, Maryland, March 2009. (Catalogue)

2008

Italics: Arte italiana tra tradizione e rivoluzione, / Italian Art Between Tradition and Revolution, 1968-2008,

Palazzo Grassi, Venice, September 27, 2008–March 22, 2009. Traveled to: Museum of Contemporary Art,

Chicago, July 18–October 25, 2009. (Catalogue)

Nient’altro che scultura / Nothing But Sculpture. XIII Biennale Internazionale di Scultura, Chiesa del

Suffragio, Carrara, July 26–September 28, 2008. (Catalogue)


Revolutions: Forms That Turn. 2008 Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, June 18–September 7, 2008. (Catalogue)

Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, , May 3, 2008–January 11,

2009. (Catalogue)

TIME & PLACE: Milan-Turin 1956-1968. Birth and Identity, Moderna Musset, Stockholm, May 1 .2008.

(Catalogue L. M. Barbero, C. Widenheim; Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2008)

Hot Spots: Rio de Janeiro, Milan-Turin, Los Angeles 1956 bis 1969, Kunsthaus, Zurich, February 13–May 3,

2009. (Catalogue)

2007

Vertigo. Il secolo di arte off-media dal Futurismo al web, MAMbo – M eo d’arte moderna di Bologna,

Bologna, May 6–November 4, 2007. (Catalogue)

Pinot Gallizio e il suo tempo 1953-1964, Palazzo Mostre e Congressi, Alba, January 21–May 1, 2007.

(Catalogue)

2006

Where Are We Going? Selections from the François Pinault Collection, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, April 29–


Sol LeWitt / Mario Merz, Fondazione Merz, Turin, April 1–September 24, 2006. (Catalogue)

Metropolitanscape. Paesaggi urbani nell’arte contemporanea, Palazzo Cavour, Turin, March 2006.

(Catalogue)

2005

War Is Over: 1945–2005, la libertà dell’arte, GAMeC, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, October

15, 2005–February 26, 2006. (Catalogue)


La scultura italiana del XX secolo, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, September 24, 2005–January 22,

2006. (Catalogue)

Chronos: Il tempo nell’arte dall’epoca barocca all’età contemporanea, Il Filatoio, Caraglio (Cuneo), Italy, May

28–October 9, 2005. (Catalogue)

Arte Povera, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Japan, March 19–June 12, 2005. (Catalogue)

Accumulazioni: Domenico Bianchi, Günther Förg, Mario Merz, Palazzo Lantieri, Gorizia, January 29–August


2004

L’élémentaire, le vital, l’énergie. Arte Povera in Castello, Chateau de Villeneuve/Fondation Emile Hugues,

Vence, France, July 3–October 3, 2004. (Catalogue)

Mario Merz, Domenico Bianchi, Castello Svevo, Bari, May 1–June 30, 2004. (Catalogue)

La Linea Del Tempo. Opere Scelte 1966–2004, Tucci Russo Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea, Torre Pellice

(Turin), March 2004.

Arte Povera ++, Museet for Samtidkunst, Oslo, January 10–March 28, 2004. (Brochure)

2003

Mario Merz, Andre, Burkhard, Fulton, Innes, Klein, Long, Rückriem, Vital, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz (Engadin),

December 21, 2003–March 20, 2004.

Da Modigliani al Contemporaneo. Scultura dalle collezioni Guggenheim, Foro Boario, Modena, November

30, 2003–March 7, 2004. (Catalogue.)

Luci d'artista, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, New Delhi, October 21, 2003.


Incontri… dalla collezione di Graziella Lonardi Buontempo, A ad mie de ran e, Villa Medici, Rome,

September 26–November 2, 2003. (Catalogue)

La Poetica dell'Arte Povera, Kunstmuseum, Magdeburg, September 14–December 7, 2003. (Catalogue)

G3. Mostra Internazionale d’Arte all’aperto, Vira (Gambarogno), Switzerland, July 2003

Belvedere dell'Arte: Orizzonti, Forte Belvedere, Florence, July 7–October 26, 2003. (Catalogue)

Migration, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, June 29–November 2, 2003. (Catalogue)

Prove d’ascolto, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea e vari sedi, Trento, June 8–October 19, 2003.

La Grande Svolta: Anni '60, Palazzo della Ragione, Padua, June 7–October 19, 2003. (Catalogue)

2002

Zero to infinity: Arte Povera, 1962–1972, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.,

October 24.2002. Cfr. London, Tate Modern, May 31.2001 (Catalogue)

Les années 70 l'art en cause, CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, October 18, 2002–January 19,

2003.(Catalogue)

G. Anselmo, P. P. Calzolari, M. Pistoletto, M. Merz, G. Zorio, Galleria Persano, Turin, October 14, 2002–

June 18, 2003.

Ipotesi di collezione, MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome, opened October 11, 2002.

Arte Povera: Art from Italy 1967-2002, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, August 23–November 11,

2002. (Catalogue)

XI Biennale Internazionale di Scultura, Parco della Padula, Carrara, opened July 27, 2002

Grande opera italiana, Castel Sant'Elmo, Naples, June 5–September 22, 2002. (Catalogue)


Exempla 2, Pinacoteca Civica, Teramo, opened May 18 .2002. (Catalogue)

Parole Parole Parole, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, April 7–June 16, 2002.

2001

Artisti Italiani del XX secolo alla Farnesina, Ministero degli Affari Esteri alla Farnesina, Rome, 2001.

(Catalogue)

La natura della natura morta, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, opened November 30, 2001. (Catalogue)

Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1962–1972, Tate Modern, London, May 31–August 19, 2001. Traveled to:

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, October 13, 2001–January 13, 2002; The Museum of Contemporary Art,

Los Angeles, March 10–August 11, 2002; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.,

October 17, 2002–January 12, 2003. (Catalogue)

Oggi per domani. Cinque artisti nella collezione BSI, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, May 19–September


2000

Arte povera in collezione, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea,Turin, December 6,2000–March


Sembianti della scultura, Palazzo Stella, Crespellano, Bologna, opened July 6, 2000. (Catalogue)

L’ombra della ragione. L’idea del sacro nell’identità europea del XX secolo, Galleria d’Arte Moderna,

Bologna, May 14–October 29, 2000. (Catalogue)

1999

Tuscia electa. Verso l’immateriale, Chianti and Florence, October 16, 1999–April 25, 1999. (Catalogue)


Circa 1968, Museuserralves, Porto, June 6–August 29, 1999. (Catalogue)

1998

Artecittà. 11 Artisti per il Passante Ferroviario di Turin, Turin, March 19–April 25, 1998. (Catalogue)

1997

Tuscia Electa ‘97, Greve in Chianti and Florence, October 11, 1997–January 6, 1998. (Catalogue)

Trash. Quando i rifiuti diventano arte, M eo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rovereto and Archivio del

‘9 , rento, September , 997–January 11, 1998. (Catalogue)

La Biennale di Venezia, 47th Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, Venice, June 15–November 9, 1997.

(Catalogue)

Tuning up # 4, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, opened May 24, 1997. (Catalogue)

Città Natura, Palazzo delle Esposizioni e sedi varie, Rome, April 21–June 23, 1997. (Catalogue)

Epicenter, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, April 8–May 31, 1997. (Catalogue)

Arte Italiana Ultimi Quarant’anni. Materiali Anomali, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, ebr ary 8–March 4,

1997. (Catalogue)

1996

Aquattromani, Palazzo Reale, Milan, opened December 2, 1995. (Catalogue)

Biennale di Firenze. Il tempo e la moda, Florence, September 21–December 15, 1996. (Catalogue)

Chimeriques Polymeres. Le plastique dans l'art du XXème siècle, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art

Contemporain, Nice, June 29–September 15, 1996. (Catalogue)


1995

Metàfores del Real, Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, November 30, 1995–February 18, 1996.

(Catalogue)

1994

Itinere, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, December 1994–January

1995. (Catalogue)

Arca de Noé, Fundação de Serralves, Porto, November 29, 1994–February 19, 1995. (Catalogue)

Tram 11235. Quatre Commandes Publiques et l’Oulipo sur la Première Ligne du Tramway à Strasbourg,

Strasbourg, opened November 26, 1994. (Catalogue)

Triennale di Milan, Palazzo dell’Arte, Milan, opened o ember , 99 (Catalog e)

The Italian Metamorphosis, 1943–1968, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 7, 1994–

January 22, 1995. Traveled to: Triennale di Milan, February–May 1995; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, May–

September, 1995. (Catalogue)

L’incanto e la trascendenza, Castel Ivano, Ivano Fracena Trento, July 10–August 28, 1994. (Catalogue)

L’ordre des choses, Centre d art ontemporain d domaine de erg enne , France, opened May 29,

1994. (Catalogue)

Tuning Up: Use for a Collection in Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, May 29–September 25, 1994.

(Catalogue)

Preferirei di no. Cinque stanze tra arte e depressione, Museo Correr, Venice, April 23–July 3, 1994.

(Catalogue)

Italiana: From Arte Povera to Transavanguardia, ICA , Yoko ama ’9 , March 18–22, 1994. (Catalogue)


1993

La Metafora Trovata: 30 Years, Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, opened December 21, 1993.

(Catalogue)

Utopia: Arte Italiana 1950–1993, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, July 24–August 31,1993. Traveled to:

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, opened Spetember 18, 1993. (Catalogue)

Infinito silenzio, Centre R nan d’Art Contemporain d’Al a e, Altkir , ly 7–August 30, 1993. (Catalogue)

Viaggio verso Citera, Ca inò d’In erno, Veni e, opened June 1993.

Un’Avventura Internazionale: Turin e le Arti 1950–1970, Ca tello di Ri oli M eo d’Arte Contemporanea,

Rivoli, February 5–April 25, 1993. (Catalogue)

Gravity and Grace: The Changing Condition of Sculpture 1965–1975, Hayward Gallery, London, January

21–March 14, 1993. (Catalogue)

1992

Platzverführung, 1992–1993, Geislingen, 1992–1993. (Catalogue)

In Extenso: Aanwinsten 1989–1992, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, December 20, 1992–

February 28, 1993. (Catalogue)

Identität: Differenz, Kunstlerhaus, Neue Galerie, and Stadtmuseum, Graz, October 3–November 8, 1992.

(Catalogue; Peter Weibel. Wien: Böhlau Verlag, 1992)

De Tafel als Bindmiddel, Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Belgium, opened August 14, 1992.

Configuracions Urbanes, Barcelona, opened July 21, 1992. (Catalogue)

La collection Christian Stein, un regard sur l’art italien, Le Nouveau Musée-Institut d’Art Contemporain,

Villeurbanne, June 24–October 31, 1992. (Catalogue)


Schwerpunkt Skulptur, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, opened June 21, 1992. (Catalogue)

Documenta IX, Kassel, June 14–September 20, 1992. (Catalogue)

Los 80 en la Colección Fundación la Caixa, Estación Plaza de Armas, Seville, April–June 1992. Traveled to:

Centre Cultural Tecla Sala, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, as Tropismes. Col.lecció d’Art

Contemporani Fundació la Caixa, July 11–August 15, 1992; Sala de Exposiciones Rekalde, Bilbao, as

Colección de arte contempor neo undación la Cai a , March 16–April 28, 1993; Museo do Pobo

Galego/Igrexa de San Domingos de Bonaval, Santiago de Compostela, opened May 15, 1993. (Catalogue)

Arte Povera: Early Works, Steingladstone Gallery, New York, opened March 28, 1992.

1991

Visionäre Schweiz, Kunsthaus Zürich, November 1, 1991–January 26,1992. Traveled to: Städtische

Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, June 26–August 30, 1992. (Catalogue)

Arte Povera 1971 und 20 Jahre danach, Kunstverein München, April 26–June 23, 1991. (Catalogue)

Metszéspontok: A hetvenes és nyolcvanas évek Olasz Müvészete/Intersezioni: Arte italiana negli anni ’70-

’80, Budapest Mücsarnok, March 28–April 28, 1991. (Catalogue)

1990

Quotations: Annemarie Verna Gallery 1969–1989. Part III, Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich, opened

November 24, 1990.

La Collezione 1988–1990, M eo d’Arte Contemporanea L igi Pe i, Prato, O tober 6, 99 –January 14,

1991. (Catalogue)

Neon Stücke, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, September 16–November 4, 1990. (Catalogue)


Fourth Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, September 13–October 28,

1990. (Catalogue)

Die Endlichkeit der Freiheit, S-bahn, Berlin, opened September 1, 1990. (Catalogue)

Ponton Temse, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, opened June 23, 1990. (Catalogue)

Hicsunt leones 2, Parco Michelotti, Turin, opened June 1, 1990. (Catalogue)

1989

Erbari di Mario Merz e Giuseppe Penone, Galleria Marco Noire, Turin, opened December 14, 1989. Traveled

to: Galleria Cavellini Cilena, Milan, opened February 11, 1990.

Einleuchten: Will, Vostel und Simul in H.H., Deichtorhallen Hamburg, November 11, 1989–February 18,

1990. (Catalogue)

Hortus Artis, Arboreto dell’Orto Botani o, rin, September 5–November 15, 1989. (Catalogue)

Hic sunt leones, Parco Michelotti, Turin, opened June 30, 1989. (Catalogue)

Magiciens de la Terre, M e ational d’Art Moderne, Centre George Pompido and Grande Halle de la

Villette, Paris, May 18–August 14, 1989. (Catalogue)

Bilderstreit, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, April 8–June 28, 1989. (Catalogue)

I monti pallidi, Palazzo dell’I tr zione, Ro ereto, ebr ary –June 3, 1989. (Catalogue)

Verso l’arte povera. Momenti e aspetti degli anni sessanta in Italia, Padiglione d’arte ontemporanea, Milan,

January 20–Mar 7, 989 ra eled to E pa e Lyonnai d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, opened ne ,

1989. (Catalogue)

1988


Balkon mit Fächer, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, December 18, 1988–February 5, 1989. Traveled to: Du

Mont Kunsthalle, Cologne, May 1989; Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, September 1989. (Catalogue)

Italiana Aspects of Avant-garde Art in Italy, 1960–1986, Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Frankfurt on Main,

October 2–November 13, 1988. Traveled to: Neue Galerie, Kassel, January 15–February 28, 1989.

(Catalogue)

Di Segno Italiano: Italienische Zeichnungen 1908–1988, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut,

rank rt, September – o ember 6, 988 ra eled to p er ti kabinett, Staatli e M een

Pre i er lt rbe itz, Berlin, De ember , 988– ebr ary 9, 989 lt r a ri , Mar –May


Europe Now: Contemporary Art in Western Europe, M eo d’Arte Contemporanea L igi Pe i, Prato,

opened June 25, 1988. (Catalogue)

Positionen heutiger Kunst, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, June 23–September 18, 1988. (Catalogue)

Zeitlos: Kunst von Heute im Hamburger Bahnhof; Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, June 22–September

25,1988. (Catalogue)

Liasons, Galleria Eva Menzio, Turin, opened May 19,1988.

1987

Mario Merz, Jannis Kounellis, Giuseppe Penone, Enzo Cucchi. Prêts de la Collection FCM, Musée Cantonal

des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, opened October 1987. (Catalogue)

Colección Sonnabend: 25 Años de Selección y de Actividad, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, October

30, 1987–February 15, 1988. ra eled to CAPC M e d’art ontemporain, Bordea , opened May 6, 988

Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, opened De ember 7 988 Galleria azionale d’Arte Moderna e

Contemporanea, Rome, April 14–October 2, 1989. (Catalogue.)

Sol LeWitt/ Mario Merz, Musée Saint-Pierre, Lyon, October 9–November 23, 1987. (Catalogue)


Disegno italiano del dopoguerra, Galleria Civica, Modena, September 26–December 20, 1987. (Catalogue)

Italie Hors D’Italie, M e d’Art Contemporain, îme , ly–September 1987. (Catalogue)

Skulptur Projekte in Münster 1987, Westfälischen Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte e altre

sedi, Münster, June 14–October 4,1987. (Catalogue)

Turin 1965–1987. De l’Arte Povera dans les collections publiques françaises, Musée Savoisien, Chambéry,

March 7–May , 987 ra eled to M e de l’Ho pi e Comte e, Lille, opened ne –August 30, 1987;

M e d’Art la Ro e-sur-Yon, September 21–November 26, 1987. (Catalogue)

Effetto Arcimboldo, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, opened February 15, 1987. (Catalogue)

Arte Povera: 1965–1971, Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris, opened January 10, 1987.

1986

Il Cangiante, PAC/Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, De ember 986–January 25, 1987.

(Catalogue)

Inauguration. Daniel Buren, Toni Grand, Jannis Kounellis, Sol LeWitt, Mario Merz, Bruce Nauman, Galerie

Roger Pailhas, Marseilles, opened October 15, 1986.

Beuys zu Ehren, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, July 16–November 2, 1986. (Catalogue])

Qu’est-ce que la sculpture moderne?, M e ational d’Art Moderne Centre George Pompido , Pari , ly

3–October 13, 1986. (Catalogue)

Arte e Scienza: XLII International Art Exibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, June 29–September 28,

1986. (Catalogue)

Chambres d’Amis, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, June 21–September 21, 1986. (Catalogue)


Sonsbeek 86: Internationale Beelden Tentoonstellung, Park Sonsbeek, Arnhem, The Netherlands, June 18–

September 14, 1986. (Catalogue)

De Sculptura, Wiener Festwochen im Messepalast, Vienna, May 16–July 20, 1986. (Catalogue)

Fra Usikkerhet til Samlet Kraft: Giovanni Anselmo, Marco Gastini, Jannis Kounellis, Mario Merz, Giulio

Paolini, Gilberto Zorio, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, April 26–June 8, 1986. (Catalogue)

Triennale di Milan. Il progetto domestico, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, January 18–March 30, 1986.

(Catalogue)

Mater Dulcissima, Chiesa dei Cavalieri di Malta, Siracusa, Italy, January 18–February 19, 1986. (Catalogue)

1960-1985. Aspekte der italienischen Kunst, Frankfurt Kunstverein, opened January 17, 1986. Traveled to:

Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, 1986; Hannover Kunstverein, 1986; Bregenz Kunstverein, 1986 and Künstlerhaus

e Palais Thurn und Taxis; Vienna, 1986; Hochschule für angewandte Kunst, Viena, 1986. (Catalogue)

1985

Il Museo Sperimentale di Turin: Arte Italiana degli Anni Sessanta nelle collezioni della Galleria civica d’arte

moderna, Ca tello di Ri oli M eo d’Arte Contemporanea, rin, De ember 985–February 1986.

(Catalogue)

Mario Merz—Sol Lewitt, Galleria Mario Pieroni, Rome, December 1985. (Catalogue)

Ouverture: Arte Contemporanea, Ca tello di Ri oli M eo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, opened December


Sculptures, ondation Cartier po r l’art ontemporain, o y-en-Josas, France, opened October 1985.

(Catalogue)

The Knot: Arte Povera at P.S.1, P.S.1/Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York, opened October 6,

1985. (Catalogue)


esta dell’arte, Castello di Volpaia, Siena, Italy, June 22–30, 1985. (Catalogue)

L’Italie d’Aujourd’hui/Italia Oggi, Villa Ar on and Centre ational d’Art Contemporain, i e, ne –October


Promenades, Parc Lullin, Ghenthod, Switzerland, June 9–September 8, 1985. (Catalogue)

Nouvelle Biennale de Paris 1985, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, opened March 28, 1985. (Catalogue)

Exhibition-Dialogue. Exposiçao-diálogo, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisbon,

March 28–June 16, 1985. (Catalogue)

The European Iceberg: Creativity in Germany and Italy Today, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, February

8–April 7, 1985. (Catalogue)

Del Arte Povera a 1985, Palacio de Velázquez e Palacio de Cristal, Madrid, January 24–April 7, 1985.

(Catalogue)

1984

Il Disegno in dialogo con la terra, Garden House e Bruxelles, Galerie Albert Baronian, Knokke-Heist,

Belgium, November 10–13, 1984. (Catalogue)

Content: a Contemporary Focus, 1974-1984, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian

Institution, Washington D.C., October 4, 1984–January 6, 1985. (Catalogue)

Attraversamenti: Linee della nuova arte contemporanea italiana, Rocca Paolina e altre sedi, Perugia, Italy,

September–November 1984. (Catalogue)

Terrae Motus, Villa Campolieto, Napoli, Italy, July 6–December 31, 1984. (Catalogue)

Torens Van Babel, Kattendijkdok Westkaai, Antwerpen, opened June 16, 1984. (Catalogue)

Coerenza in coerenza. Dall’arte povera al 1984, Mole Antonelliana, Turin, June 12, 1984. (Catalogue)


Sculptures italiennes, Galerie Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris, opened May 9, 1984

Kunst auf drei Etagen, Hallen für Neue Kunst, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, May 5–October 1984. (Catalogue)

Il Modo Italiano, Institute of Contemporary Art e altre sedi, Los Angeles, opened February 19, 1984.

(Catalogue)

1983

La Imagen del Animal. Arte Prehistórico, Arte Contemporaneo, Casa del Monte, Madrid, December 1983–

January 1984. (Catalogue)

Kunst-Geschichte in Turin 1965-1983, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Koln, October 8–November 13, 1983.

(Catalogue)

Arcaico Contemporaneo con Tony Cragg, Mario Merz, Bill Woodrow, nella Terra dei Sanniti, Museo del

Sannio, Benevento, Italy, September 3–October 8, 1983. (Catalogue)

Anselmo, Kounellis, Merz, Galleria Christian Stein, Turin, opened July 1, 1983.

Adamah la terre, ELAC/E pa e Lyonnai d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, ne –September 18, 1983.

(Catalogue)

L’informale in Italia, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, opened June 8, 1983. (Catalogue)

Arte a Turin 1946/1953, Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, Turin, opened May 30, 1983. (Catalogue)

Recent European Painting, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, opened May 20, 1983.

L’Avanguardia Plurale, Italia 1960-10, M eo della ondazione Gabriele D’Ann nzio, Pe ara, Italy, opened

April 16, 1983. (Catalogue)


Concetto-Imago. Generationswechsel in Italien, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany, March 18–May 1,

1983. (Catalogue)

[Works by Carl Andre, Isa Genzken, Richard Long, Mario Merz, Bruce Nauman], Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf,

January 25–February 25, 1983. (Catalogue)

Tema Celeste, M eo Ci i o d’Arte Contemporanea, Gibellina, an ary –March 30, 1983. (Catalogue)

1982

1, 2, 3, etc. Progressions numériques dans l’art contemporain, Musée des Beaux-Art et d’Ar ologie,

Besançon, France, December 17, 1982–January 31, 1983. Traveled to: Musée Rolin, Autun, February 15–

March 31, 1983. (Catalogue)

Zeitgeist, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, opend on October 15, 1982. (Catalogue)

Arte italiana, 1960-1982, Institute of Contemporary Arts e Hayward Gallery, London, October 12–20, 1982.

(Catalogue)

Documenta 7, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, opened June 19, 1982. (Catalogue)

Mario Merz, Martin Disler, Mimmo Paladino, Kunsthaus, Zurich, opend June 12, 1982. (Catalogue)

Avanguardia transavanguardia, Mura Aureliane, Rome, April–July 1982. (Catalogue)

’60-’80: attitudes/concepts/images, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, April 9–July 11, 1982. (Catalogue)

Halle 6. Objekt Skulptur Installation, Kampnagelfabrik, Hamburg, March 19–31, 1982. (Catalogue)

Arte povera, Antiform: Sculptures 1966-1969, Centre d rt pla ti e ontemporain de Bordea , ran e,

March 12–April 30, 1982. (Catalogue)

1981


Identité italienne. L’art en Italie depuis 1959, M e ational d’Art Moderne Centre George Pompido ,

Paris, June 25–September 7, 1981. (Catalogue)

Kounellis, Merz, Naumann, Serra: Arbeiten um 1968, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, March 15–April 26,

1981. (Catalogue)

Linee della ricerca artistica in Italia 1960-1980, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, February 14–April 15,

1981. (Catalogue)

A New Spirit in Painting, Royal Academy of Arts, London, January 15–March 18, 1981. (Catalogue)

1980

Arte e Scienza: XLII International Art Exibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, June 29–September 28,

1986. (Catalogue)

Forum Design: Design ist unsichtbar, Österreichisches Institut für visuelle Gestaltung, Linz, Austria, opened

June 27–October 5, 1980. (Catalogue)

Kunst in Europa na ’68, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst e Centrum voor Kunst en Cuultur, Ghent, June

21–August 31, 1980. (Catalogue)

Europe 80, ELAC/E pa e Lyonnai d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, opened ne 6, 98 (Catalogue)

L’arte negli anni ’70: XXXIX International Art E hibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, opened June 1,

1980. (Catalogue)

Pier+Ocean Construction in the Art of the Seventies, Hayward Gallery, London, May 8–June 22, 1980.

Traveled to: Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, The Netherlands, July 13–September 8, 1980. (Catalogue

1980)

Pittori a Turin negli anni ’50, Museo Civico di Casa Cavassa, Saluzzo, Italy, opened March 1980.

(Catalogue)


Calzolari Chia Cucchi Merz, Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin, opened March 7, 1980.

Fabro, Kounellis, Merz, Paolini. Materialen zu einer Ausstellung, Bern Kunsthalle, February 1980.

(Catalogue)

1979

Fabro, Kounellis, Merz, Paolini, Galleria Salvatore Ala, Milan, December 1979.

Gerry Schum, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, December 21, 1979–February 10, 1980. Traveled to: Museum

Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, opened February 29, 1980; Kunstverein, Köln, opened April 30, 1980;

Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, 1980; Art Gallery, Vancouver, 1980; A Space, Toronto.

(Catalogue)

Le Stanze, Castello Colonna, Genazzano, Italy, November 30, 1979–February 29, 1980. (Catalogue)

Palermo, Merz, Richter, Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, opened October 2, 1979.

Quodlibet: Fabro, Merz, Paolini, Galleria Christian Stein, Turin, opened July 5, 1979

European Dialogue, The Third Biennale of Sydney, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, April 14–

May 27, 1979. (Catalogue)

1978

Poetische Aufklärung in der europäischen Kunst der Gegenwart bei Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers,

Daniel Buren, Jannis Kounellis, Mario Merz, Gerhard Richter - Geschichte von heute und morgen, InK/Halle

für internationale neue Kunst, Zurich, November 26, 1978–January 21, 1979. (Catalogue)

Città irreale, Galleria Lucio Amelio, Napoli, opened November 18, 1978.

Dalla natura all’arte, dall’arte alla natura, XXXVIII International Art Exhibition: La Biennale di Venezia,

Venice, opened July 2, 1978. (Catalogue)


Cara morte, Chiostro di Voltorre, Gavirate, Italy, April 1978.

Per una politica della forma: Calzolari, Mario Merz, Kounellis, Galleria Mario Diacono, Bologna, April 1978.

(Catalogue)

Mario Merz - Balla, Carrà, De Chirico, De Pisis, Morandi, Savinio, Severini, Galleria dell’O a, Rome, opened

March 15, 1978.

1977

Joseph Beuys, Jannis Kounellis, Mario Merz, Marisa Merz, Festival of the Celtic People, Wrexham, Untied

Kingdom, 1977.

Europe in the Seventies: Aspects of Recent Art, Art Institute of Chicago, October 8–November 27, 1977.

Traveled to: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, March 16–May

7, 1978; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 23–August 6, 1978; Fort Worth Art Museum,

September 24–October 29, 1978; Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, December 1, 1978–January 31,

1979. (Catalogue)

Documenta 6, Orangerie, Kassel, June 14–October 2, 1977. (Catalogue)

1976

ProspectRetrospect: Europa 1946-1976, Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, October 20–31, 1976.

(Catalogue)

Arte – Ambiente, Quartiere di Porta Venezia, Brescia, September 20–26, 1976. (Catalogue)

XXXVII Biennale. Environment, Participation, Cultural Structures, Ambient, Art, Venice, July 18–October 10,

1976. (Catalogue)

1975

Mostra per le fabbriche occupate, Galleria Multipli, Turin, opened December 21, 1975.


A Proposito del Mulino Stucky, Magazzini del Sale alle Zattere, Venice, September 15–November 4,

1975.(Catalogue)

1974

Contemporanea, Parcheggio di Villa Borghese, Rome, November 1973–February 1974. (Catalogue)

ADA/Aktionen der Avantgarde Berlin 1973, Akademie der Künste und Stadtgebiet, Berlin, September 9–


Projekt ’74. Kunst bleibt Kunst: Aspekte internationaler Kunst am Anfang der 70er Jahre, Kunsthalle and

other locations, Cologne, July 6–September 8, 1974. (Catalogue)

X Quadriennale: La ricerca estetica dal 1960 al 1970, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, May 22–June 30

1973. (Catalogue)

1973

An exhibition of new Italian Art, The Arts Council of Northern Ireland Gallery, Belfast, November 1973.

Traveled to: The David Hendricks Gallery, Dublin, January 1974. (Catalogue)

Documenta 5: Befragung der Realität, Bildweiten Heute-Prozesse, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, June 30–


XXXVI Esposizione biennale internazionale d’arte, Venice, June 11–October 1, 1972. (Catalogue)

1972

Persona, Bitef/International Theaterfestival, Belgrad, September 10, 1971. (Catalogue)

Arte de sistemas, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, July 1971. (Catalogue)


Sonsbeek 71: Sonsbeek buiten de perken, Park Sonsbeek, Arnhem, The Netherlands, June 19–August 15

1971. (Catalogue)

Projects: Pier 18, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, June 18–August 2, 1971.

Arte Povera, Kunstverein, München, May 26–June 27 1971. (Catalogue)

Guggenheim International Exhibition 1971, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, February 12–April


situation concepts, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, February 9, 1971; Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna,

February 9–March 4, 1971. (Catalogue)

1971

Vitalità del negativo nell’arte italiana 1960/70, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, November 1970–January,

1971. (Catalogue)

Arte e critica ’70, Galleria della Sala di Cultura del Comune, Modena, November 14–December 15, 1970.

(Catalogue)

Identifications, Videogalerie Gerry Schum, Düsseldorf, November 13, 1970; Turin, Galleria Sperone,

February 6, 1971

Amore mio, Palazzo Ricci, Montepulciano, June 30–September 30, 1970. (Catalogue)

Conceptual art, arte povera, land art, Galleria i i a d’arte moderna, Turin, June 12 -July 12, 1970.

(Catalogue)

Processi di pensiero visualizzati: junge italienische Avantgarde, Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, May 31–July 15,

1970. (Catalogue)

X Tokyo Biennale ’70: Between Man and Matter, Metropolitan Art Gallery, Tokyo, May 10–30,1970;


Municipal Art Museum, Kyoto, June 6–28 1970; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, July 15–26, 1969;

Prefectural Culture House, Fukuoka, August 11–16, 1970. (Catalogue)

Gen. 70, III Biennale internazionale della giovane pittura, Museo Civico, Bologna, January 31– February 28,

1970. (Catalogue)

1969

Disegni e progetti, Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin, opened October 29, 1969

VIII Biennale d’arte contemporanea: “Al di là della pittura”, Palazzo scolastico Gabrielli, San Benedetto del

Tronto, July 5–August 2, 1969 (Catalogue)

Disegni progetti,Galleria Sperone, Turin, opened May 22, 1969

Vorstellungen nehmen Form an, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, May 9–June 15,1969. Traveled to: Bern,

Avignon, Copenhagen, London, Stockholm, Helsinki, Paris. (Catalogue)

Verborgene Strukturen, Museum Folkwang, Essen, opened May 9, 1969. (Catalogue])

Live in Your Head. When Attitudes Become Form: Works, concepts, processes, situations, information,

Kunsthalle, Bern, March 22 - April 27; Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, May 9–June 15, 1969; Institute of

Contemporary Arts, London, August 28–September 27, 1969. (Catalogue

Op Losse Schroeven: Situaties en cryptostructuren, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, opened March 5, 1969.

(Catalogue)

1968

Pluralità viva, Galleria della Rotonda, Bergamo, opened December 7, 1968.

III rassegna internazionale d’arti figurative. “Arte povera più azioni povere”, Ar enali dell’Anti a Rep bbli a,

Amalfi, October 4–30, 1968. (Catalogue)


III manifestazione di arte visiva, Martinengo (Bergamo), opened September 1968. (Catalogue)

Prospect 68, Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, September 20–29 1968. (Catalogue)

I materiali, Qui Arte Contemporanea, Rome, April 1968. (Catalogue)

Arte povera,Centro Arte Viva Feltrinelli, Trieste, March 23–April 11, 1968. (Catalogue)

Percorso, Galleria Ar o D’Alibert, Rome, opened March 23, 1968.

Arte povera, Galleria de’ o cherari, Bologna, February 24–March 15, 1968. (Catalogue)

1967

Mario Merz, Depo ito d’Arte Pre ente, Turin, December 1967.

Gilardi, Merz, Piacentino, Pistoletto, Pizzo Greco, Galleria Toselli, Milan, November 1967.

Museo sperimentale d’arte contemporanea, Galleria i i a d’arte moderna, Turin, April 1967. (Catalogue)

1966

124° esposizione sociale, Società Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Turin, opened March 28,1966. (Catalogue)

1965

123° esposizione sociale, Società Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Turin,opened March 22, 1965. (Catalogue)

1964

Quadriennale Nazionale d’Arte, Società Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Turin, 1964. (Catalogue)

1962


L’incontro di Turin, Società Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Turin, opened September 20,1962. (Catalogue)

1961

Expressions actuelles, Galerie Kasper, Lausanne, February 1961.

1957

Tre nuovi pittori aformali, Galleria Notizie Associazione Arti Figurative, Turin, opened January 15, 1957.

(Catalogue)

Quattro giovani pittori torinesi: Merz, Soffiantino, Ruggeri, Saroni, Galleria Il Milione, Milan, Januray 8–22,

1957. (Catalogue)

1955

Niente di nuovo sotto il sole, Galleria La Bussola, Turin, January 4–18 1955

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