Gianfranco Baruchello
Born
29 August 1924 (101)
Place of Birth
Livorno, Italy
Biography
(Livorno, 1924) is a unique figure on the Italian art scene, in dialogue with the international avant-gardes, including the philosopher Jean-François Lyotard. In over 50 years of activity he has drawn, painted, written, and produced happenings, films and videos. After training in the Parisian atmosphere of nouveau réalisme, he went to New York, where he came into contact with abstract expressionism and pop art. His first solo show dates back to 1963, at Galleria La Tartaruga, also the year of hi...
(Livorno, 1924) is a unique figure on the Italian art scene, in dialogue with the international avant-gardes, including the philosopher Jean-François Lyotard. In over 50 years of activity he has drawn, painted, written, and produced happenings, films and videos. After training in the Parisian atmosphere of nouveau réalisme, he went to New York, where he came into contact with abstract expressionism and pop art. His first solo show dates back to 1963, at Galleria La Tartaruga, also the year of his decisive meeting with Marcel Duchamp. Since 1963, the year in which he made Il grado zero del paesaggio,he has made over fifty films and videos; the best known on an international level remains La verifica incerta 1964–65, made with Alberto Grifi. In 2014–15 a retrospective of his work has been held at the Deichtorhallen Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, and ZKM, Karlsruhe.
Filmography (30)
Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible
2020
Non c'è
1996
🎬 DirectorCento donne viste dall'interno di un'automobile
1996
🎬 DirectorAi campi Elisi
1996
🎬 DirectorQuaranta immagini
1996
🎬 DirectorSostanza e modo
1996
🎬 DirectorBallade
1996
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Retard
1996
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Inventario di Ottobre 1976
1996
🎬 DirectorFilming Man Ray
1990
🎬 DirectorA partire dal dolce
1979
LAP
1971
🎬 DirectorPeep Sea Show
1971
🎬 DirectorPietro Bessone e Renato Ghittoni, due gemme della lotta di liberazione
1970
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Beaufort
1970
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La degringolade
1970
🎬 DirectorA Little More Paranoid
1969
🎬 DirectorLimbosigne
1969
🎬 DirectorIn quarantasette secondi
1969
🎬 DirectorI giorni di Lun
1969
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Never Happened
1969
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Tutto, tutto nello stesso istante
1969
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Per una giornata di malumore nazionale
1969
In Cold Fact
1968
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Perforce
1968
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Forced to Disappear
1968
Rules for Holocausts
1968
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Complement of Guilt
1968
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Uncertain Verification
1965
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