Claudio Guarino
Claudio Guarino (born January 1966, Cesa, Italy died February 2004 London UK) was a multimedia visual artist. He worked in video, performance, film, photography. His characteristic works were operatic performances in gallery spaces focusing on the visual rather than the musical aesthetic.
Claudio studied at Goldsmiths College and the Royal College of Art in London
At Goldsmiths he was awarded the Hamad Butt Award in 1997
He was selected for newcontemporaries98 in 1998
Solo shows include:
Suspicion, performance opera Victoria Miro Gallery London 1997
Mater Dolorosa, performance opera Victoria Miro Gallery London, 1997
House of Injection, performance opera, Institute of Contemporary Arts London, 1997
Viene, performance opera Chiesa di Sant'Angelo, Pisa 1998
Galleria ARTRA Performance opera Aria 1998
Galleria ARTRA Retrospective October 2008
Group shows include:
Soggettivita e narrazione, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Castello di Rivoli, Torino 1999
I giochi e le fiabe, Museo Laboratorio d'Arte Contemporanea, Citta Sant'Angelo (Pescara) 2000
Video Invitational, fa projects London 2003
References
Child, Steve Verzotti, Giorgio Bernadelli, Francesco (2008) Claudio Guarino Charta Books ISBN 978-88-8158-671-4
Knox, Tony (6 March 2008) "Claudio Guarino — Passionate Italian artist with an unfashionable sense of melodrama" The Guardian
Verzotti, Giorgio (November 2000) "The Kiss of Tosca" Artforum International
Sossai, Maria Rosa (2002) "Artevideo: Storie e culture del video d'artista in Italia" Silvana Editoriale Milano ISBN 978-88-8215-387-8
External links
(1) Obituary The Guardian 6 March 2004
(3) Artforum article Giorgio Verzotti
(4) Claudio Guarino, Charta books 2008
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