Alberto Biasi
Bio
Alberto Biasi (Italy, 1937 - Currently lives and works in Padua, Italy). A prominent figure in postwar Italian art, Biasi was born in Padua in 1937. He studied industrial design at the Istituto d’Architettura in Venice. In 1959, he began his career as a sculptor and painter, forming Gruppo N, with which he worked until 1967. In 1961, he joined the "New Tendencies" movement. The following year, he co-founded Arte Programmata alongside Bruno Munari, Enzo Mari, and Gruppo T. Biasi has held over a hundred solo exhibitions and participated in more than four hundred group shows, including the XXXII and XLII Venice Biennales, the XI São Paulo Biennial, and the X, XI, and XIV Rome Quadriennials. In 2006, he presented a retrospective at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. His works are part of collections at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Galleria Nazionale in Rome, and museums in Belgrade, Buenos Aires, Guayaquil, and St. Petersburg, among many others.
Statement
Alberto Biasi characterizes his creative work through various techniques and materials that bring his visual manifestations to life. During his participation in the "New Trends" movement and the “No” Group, he created the weavings, which were his first experiments as an artist. These were composed of superimposed materials like cotton gauze, metal mesh, and perforated paper, stacked and progressively rotated to create variable constellations. Following this series came the Optical-Dynamic Uplifts, linear and luminous configurations. Later, Biasi continued exploring the interaction between the spectator and the artwork, where the presence of the viewer activates the work, constantly interacting with the visual and perceptual stimuli generated by the piece.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
