Marco Mazzi
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Marco Mazzi is an Italian contemporary artist and filmmaker. He is also a poet and has edited books of poetry, such as The Other Voice, the first Italian translation of Yoshimasu Gozo's poetry.
at the University of Florence
and visited Japan, where he studied Japanese avant-garde artists and visual poetry
. He exhibitions in which at the 798 Art District in Beijing (China), the Komaba Art Museum of Tokyo (Japan) and the Torino “Artissima” Art Fair (Italy). In January 2008 The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art
of Tokyo held the first solo exhibition of the artist in Japan, and Mazzi’s film Voyager, a Journey Through Time and Water (2005–2008) was premiered. In October 2009 the Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea (MLAC) of Rome held Mazzi's exhibition "Seeing and Knowing, the naturalization of vision"http://www.teknemedia.net/archivi/2009/10/6/mostra/39223.html, curated by the Italian poet and art critic Lorenzo Carlucci.
Biography
Mazzi studied Contemporary LiteratureContemporary literature
Contemporary literature is literature with its setting generally after World War II. Subgenres of contemporary literature include contemporary romance.-History:This table lists literary movements by decade. It should not be assumed to be comprehensive....
at the University of Florence
University of Florence
The University of Florence is a higher study institute in Florence, central Italy. One of the largest and oldest universities in the country, it consists of 12 faculties...
and visited Japan, where he studied Japanese avant-garde artists and visual poetry
Visual poetry
Visual poetry is poetry or art in which the visual arrangement of text, images and symbols is important in conveying the intended effect of the work. It is sometimes referred to as concrete poetry, a term that predates visual poetry, and at one time was synonymous with it.Visual poetry was heavily...
. He exhibitions in which at the 798 Art District in Beijing (China), the Komaba Art Museum of Tokyo (Japan) and the Torino “Artissima” Art Fair (Italy). In January 2008 The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art
The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art
The in Shibuya, Tokyo stands together with the Mori Arts Center and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa as one of the major institutions in Japan and in Asia in the field of contemporary visual arts...
of Tokyo held the first solo exhibition of the artist in Japan, and Mazzi’s film Voyager, a Journey Through Time and Water (2005–2008) was premiered. In October 2009 the Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea (MLAC) of Rome held Mazzi's exhibition "Seeing and Knowing, the naturalization of vision"http://www.teknemedia.net/archivi/2009/10/6/mostra/39223.html, curated by the Italian poet and art critic Lorenzo Carlucci.
External links
- http://www.marcomazzi.net/
- http://www.watarium.co.jp/exhibition/0709kumagusu/yoshimasu.htm
- http://www.marellart.it/it/news/news.asp?id_news=68&id_canale=40&pag=1&anno_filtro=2007
- http://www.tufs.ac.jp/common/fs/ea2/ita/080115mazzi_TUFS_riassunto.html
- http://www.arte.go.it/eventi/2008/e_0131.htm
- http://www.teknemedia.net/archivi/2008/1/18/mostra/27742.html
- http://www.gliori.it/scheda_libro.php?id=337