Gaspare Manos
Gaspare Manos (born 6 July 1968) is an Italian painter and sculptor. His work traces the boundary between abstraction and figurative art.
Education
Gaspare Manos was educated in Greece, Switzerland and Britain. He then studied at the London School of Economics where he gained a PhD in Economics.
Career
The Italian artist Gaspare Manos was born 6 July 1968 in Bangkok / Thailand from a United Nations diplomat father and mother Elena Luxardo.
The work of Manos traces the boundary between abstract art and figurative art and draws on his experiences living in Asia (1969–73), Africa (1973–1982) and Europe (1983–present). Gaspare Manos is well known for his artistic interpretation of the urban world and his aim to define a new theory of art based on phenomenology.
His paintings exhibited during the inauguration of the Museo della Civilta' in Trieste in 2009. His works are included in private, corporate and public collections around the world as shown by the URBIS exhibition in Venice, Italy, (2008) with over 150 works reunited in a single retrospective of this painter. Also see: http://www.connessomagazine.it/trieste-inaugura-il-civico-museo-della-civiltà-istriana-fiumana-e-dalmata
Selected recent solo exhibitions
- 2010 Museo della Civilta' Dalmata, Trieste, Italy
- 2009 Galerie Boulakia, Paris
- 2008 Museo Diocesano, Venice
- 2007 Palazzo della Provincia, Reggio Calabria, Italy
Further reading and references
- Konrad, Hubert (2011). Voyages: 40 paintings by Gaspare Manos. Galerie Hubert Konrad, Paris.
- Tompson, James (2011). The Gaspare Manos Memento Mori Triptych. Venice Art Press.
- Hwong, Abel (2011). Gaspare Manos in China. APEX Manual China.
- Thomson, James (2011). The Box: paper and ceramic faces by Gaspare Manos. The Art Publisher.
- Jones, Alan (2011). Ode to the Box - Speculations on the Cubic Dimension in the Work of Gaspare Manos. Venice Art Press.
- De Grandis, Paolo (2000). Open 13: Esposizione Internazionale di Sculture ed Installazioni 2010. Arte Communications.
- Jones, Alan (1998). Urbis: Gaspare Manos al Museo Diocesano di Venezia. Museo Diocesano. ISBN 978-88-903081-1-6
- Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Pierre (2010). Gaspare Manos: Rhapsodie Urbaine 32 oeuvres 1999-2009. Fabien Boulakia Gallery Paris.
- Boscolo, Cinzia (2009). Ritratto d'artista: Gaspare Manos. The Venice International Foundation No.21.
- Garbin, Daria (2009). Mostra d'arte Inaugurazione Museo Della Civilta' Dalmata a Trieste. Il Dalmata No.62.
- Vukov, Ana. Interview with GASPARE MANOS during the 52 Venice Art Biennale: Ljepotu nalazim gdje ima istine, narocito kada se radi o ljudima.. EPOHA No.52 Croatia 2007.
- De Salvo, Luisa (2007). Painting for oneself, salvation from chaos: New York Interview with the painter GASPARE MANOS. NYCVE the culture and current affairs monthly, New York.
- Mazzella di Bosco Balsa (2007). Itaca: Gaspare Manos 50 works of art in the Gaspare Foundation and Other Conteporary Art Collections. Palazzo della Provincia. ISBN ISBN 978-88-903081-0-9
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Bangkok, Thailand |
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