Gilberto Zorio
(Andorno Micca, 1944)
Associated with the revolutionary Arte Povera movement, Gilberto Zorio exhibited his works in a number of defining group shows of Arte Povera in 1967 and 1968. His first solo show of three-dimensional works and sculptures took place in 1967 in Galleria Sperone, Turin. In Zorio’s work there is a precise emphasis on alchemy and on the process artwork’s creation, by exploring transformative natural phenomena like evaporation or oxidation and the effects wrought upon materials by chemical interventions. He has always been interested in the idea of energy. This focus led him to examine the properties of electricity, incorporating a lamp or incandescent tubes in some of his pieces. Zorio lives and works in Turin.
Among his most important solo and group exhibitions, we can mention: Contemplazione (Sperone Gallery - Turin, 1967); Prospect '68 (Kunsthalle - Dusseldorf, 1968); Ricognizione Cinque (Centro Studi Colautti - Salerno, 1968); Nine young artists: Theodoron Awards (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - New York, 1969); Arte de sistema ( Museo de Arte Moderna - Buenos Aires, 1971); Documenta V (Museum Fridericianum - Kassel, 1972); Quadriennale di Roma (Palazzo delle Esposizioni - Rome, 1973 - 2005); Trigon (Neue Galerie - Graz, 1977); Rosc '88 (Royal Hospital - Dublin, 1988); Si aprono le nuvole e saranno gli eventi (Stedelijk Museum - Amsterdam, 1979); Biennale di Venezia (Venice, 1978 - 1986 - 1997); Group Show at Sonnabend Gallery (Sonnabend Gallery - New York, 1991); Coll. Peggy Guggenheim (Venice, 1991); Documenta IX (Kassel, 1992); Arte Povera. Nar Holdninger tager kunstnerisk form,(Bornholms Kunstmuseu - Bornholm, 1999); Ouverture (Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou - Parigi ) Reverb (Dia Center for the Arts - New York, 2001); Around Arte Povera (Esso Gallery - New York 2005). Energie sottili della materia (Urban Planning Exhibition Center e Istituto Italiano di cultura di Shangai - Shangai, 2008); Arte Povera (The Great Awakening - Kunstmuseum, Basilea, 2012); Arte Povera: from the Olnick Spanu Collection (Magazzino Italian Art - Cold Spring, New York, 2019).
