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MARINO DI TEANA - RÉTROSPECTIVE

Francesco Marino Di Teana

21/01/2016 - 30/04/2016

Press release

In preparation for the Catalogue Raisonné of Francesco Marino Di Teana, the artist's only son and founder of the "Atelier Marino Di Teana— Preservation and Promotion of the Work of Francesco Marino Di Teana", invite you to immerse yourself in the heart of this great artist's work through a unique exhibition of historical pieces: sculptures, furniture, paintings, plans.

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Painter, sculptor, and architect, Francesco Marino Di Teana possessed immense talent and held himself to the highest standards in his work. He devoted his life and artistic practice to observing, designing, and constructing projects aimed at shaping urban space. Also a philosopher and a poet, he reflected on theories intended to rethink the urban environment and the way we live within it. The housing and architecture of "futur cities" should now incorporate aesthetics and harmony, adapting to our evolving ways of life while becoming more equitable. This was the goal set by this tireless worker; never to settle for a point of satisfaction, but always to push further, to surpass himself.

In preparation for the Catalogue Raisonné of Francesco Marino Di Teana, the artist's only son and founder of the "Atelier Marino Di Teana— Preservation and Promotion of the Work of Francesco Marino Di Teana", invite you to immerse yourself in the heart of this great artist's work through a unique exhibition of historical pieces: sculptures, furniture, paintings, plans.

On this occasion, Nicolas Marino Di Teana will also present the Catalogue Raisonné project, along with a subscription catalogue published especially for the event, highlighting the artist's key works and life journey.

“What I love about Di Teana is his astonishing sensitivity to metal. He succeeded in giving humanity to the coldest of materials: steel. His main concern is to connect sculpture to architecture. Deeply Catholic, even mystical, he dreams of combining his monumental style with the fervor of a church.”

Denise René, interview with Jean Clay, 1961

 

 

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Francesco Marino Di Teana

Francesco Marino Di Teana

Born amongst a family of peasants, Francesco Marino di Teana was successively a shepherd, a mason in Italy (Teana), site foreman, architect and student at the Art University of Argentina before moving to Paris in 1953. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, poet and philosopher and becomes one of the major sculptors of the 20th with his theories on “triunitarian” logic and architectural sculpture. Represented for more than 20 years by the mythical Denise René gallery and winner of prestigious artistic prizes, he was acclaimed by some of the greatest creators and art critics of his time. Precursor of the Monumenta’s at the Grand Palais with the exhibition of his monumental fountains (9 m high for 16 long), that he made with Saint-Gobain (Glass and industrial materials company), he has raised more than 40 monumental sculptures throughout France, one being the highest iron sculpture in Europe, “Liberté“ (Liberty), that is 20 meters high (at Fontenay-sous-bois). His lifetime work was the object of a retrospective in 1975 at the Paris Museum of Modern Arts, he represented Argentina at the Venice biennial of 1982, and won the academy of fine arts prize in 2009.