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SUMMARY: Francesco Vezzoli — Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION: All are welcome to attend this free\, public talk. Question an
 d answer period to follow. Francesco Vezzoli is an Italian artist known for
  his lavish video works\, in particular “Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal
 ’s Caligula\,” and for his embroideries. His work explores melodrama\, humo
 ur\, and glamour\, gravitating toward famous film directors\, authors\, fas
 hion […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <h4>All are welcome to attend this free\, pub
 lic talk. Question and answer period to follow.</h4><p><strong>Francesco Ve
 zzoli</strong> is an Italian artist known for his lavish video works\, in p
 articular "Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula\," and for his emb
 roideries. His work explores melodrama\, humour\, and glamour\, gravitating
  toward famous film directors\, authors\, fashion designers and pop icons\,
  who star\, contribute\, or are referenced in his work. He studied at the C
 entral St. Martin's School of Art in London from 1992 to 1995.</p><p>His wo
 rk has been exhibited at many institutions including The New Museum of Cont
 emporary Art\, New York (2002)\; Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contempora
 nea\, Turin (2002)\; Fondazione Prada\, Milan (2004 and 2005)\; Museu Serra
 lves\, Porto (2005)\; Le Consortium\, Dijon (2006)\; Tate Modern\, London (
 2006)\; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (2007)\; Museum of Contemporary Art\, 
 Los Angeles (2009)\; Moderna Museet\, Stockholm (2009-2010)\; Kunsthalle Wi
 en (2009)\; the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture\, Moscow (2010)\; an
 d Gagosian Gallery\, NYC (2011). His works have also been included in sever
 al biennials such as the 2006 Whitney Biennial\, the 49th and 51st Venice B
 iennials\, the 26th São Paulo Biennial\; and the 6th International Istanbul
  Biennial.</p><p><em>The Distinguished Visiting Artist Program is made poss
 ible by the generous support of the Rennie Collection. </em><a href="http:/
 /www.renniecollection.org/index.php"><em>http://www.renniecollection.org/in
 dex.php</em></a></p><p>Video of Q/A after this talk:<br /><a href="http://v
 imeo.com/35580993" target="blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://vimeo.co
 m/35580993</a></p>
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