Laura Grisi
Laura Grisi, Courtesy Estate e P420, Bologna
Laura Grisi (Rhodes, Greece, 1939 – Rome, Italy, 2017) was an eclectic artist who used various media (painting, photography, sculpture and video). In her work she often addressed the relationship between the reality and its representation, by using the reference to natural elements to create artificial landscapes. The conception of “timeless” is also very present in her practice, and especially in her films which belongs to the experimental spirit of the late Sixties.
Grisi attended the Art School in Rome and then took classes on and off at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. She had her first solo shows at Galleria Il Segno (Rome, 1964) and Galleria dell’Ariete (Milan, 1965). Since 1968 she has had solo shows abroad at Galerie M.E. Thelen (Essen, 1968 and Cologne, 1970), Leo Castelli Gallery (New York, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1992), Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven, 1976) and Galerie Konrad Fischer (Düsserdorf, 1978, 1994). In Italy her solo shows include Marlborough Gallery (Rome, 1969), Galleria del Naviglio (Milan, 1970), François Lambert (Milan, 1976, 1980), Saman (Genova, 1975, 1978), Marilena Bonomo (Bari, 1977) and Ugo Ferranti (Rome, 1979, 1981, 1995). She has taken part in many important group shows and events, including: Rome Quadriennale (1965, 1973, 1986), Venice Biennale (1966, 1986), Young Italians (Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and Jewish Museum, New York, 1968), Prospect 68 (Kunsthalle, Düsserdorf, 1968), Teatro delle Mostre (Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome, 1968), Earth Air Fire Water: Elements of Art (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1971), Contemporanea (Villa Borghese, Rome, 1974) and the recent group shows Anni ’70 Arte a Roma (Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 2013), at Graham Foundation (Chicago, 2014) and Accademia di Brera (Milan, 2015). Her works are included in the collections of important museums, including the Museum of Modern Art of New York, Brooklyn Museum, New York; Muzeum Susch, Susch, CH; Weisman Museum, Los Angeles; Van Abbemuseum of Eindhoven, Holland; Ludwig Forum of Aachen, Germany; Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Turin and Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy.