Claudio Guarino

Claudio Guarino (born January 1966 in Cesa, Italy, died February 2004 in London, United Kingdom ^[1]) was a multimedia visual artist. He worked in video, performance, film, and 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 ^[2] in 1997. Also, he was selected for newcontemporaries98 ^[3][4] in 1998.

Performances

Solo shows

• 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 ^[5] Galleria ARTRA Retrospective October 2008 ^[6]

Group shows

• 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 ^[7]
• Video Invitational, fa projects London 2003 ^[8]

External links

• Child, Steve Verzotti, Giorgio Bernadelli, Francesco (2008) Claudio Guarino Charta Books ISBN 978-88-8158-671-4 ^[9]
• Obituary The Guardian 6 March 2004 http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2004/mar/06/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries
• Artforum Article http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_/ai_67935474
• Artforum article, Giorgio Verzotti http://www.thefreelibrary.com/CLAUDIO+GUARINO-a067935474
• Claudio Guarino, Charta books (2008), http://www.chartaartbooks.it/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=10&flypage=charta_flypage&product_id=799&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=42&lang=en_US
• Claudio Guarino website , Archived version
• Sossai, Maria Rosa (2002) "Artevideo: Storie e culture del video d'artista in Italia" Silvana Editoriale Milano ISBN 978-88-8215-387-8
• Verzotti, Giorgio (November 2000) "The Kiss of Tosca" Artforum International ^[10]

References

1. "Claudio Guarino - Passionate Italian artist with an unfashionable sense of melodrama". theguardian.com. Guardian News and Media Limited. 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
2. "Awards & Prizes, Hamad Butt Award". goldsmiths.ac.uk. Goldsmiths University of London. September 18, 2008. Archived from the original on September 18, 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
3. "The History of newcontemporaries". www.newcontemporaries.org.uk. New Contemporaries (1988) Limited. 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
4. "newcontemporaries, A Database". newcontemporaries.adatabase.org. New Contemporaries (1988) Limited. February 20, 2012. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
5. "Aria Artra Gallery Milan March". newcontemporaries.adatabase.org. New Contemporaries (1988) Limited. February 20, 2012. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
6. "Claudio Guarino "Giornata del Contemporaneo"". sat8.tv (in Italian). sat8.tv. October 8, 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
7. "Giochi e Fiabe". www.1995-2015.undo.net/. UnDo .Net. July 22, 2000. Archived from the original on August 7, 2001. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
8. "VIDEO INVITATIONAL". www.1995-2015.undo.net/. UnDo .Net. February 16, 2012. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
9. "Claudio Guarino". www.chartaartbooks.it/. Charta Art Books. February 17, 2012. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
10. "The Kiss of Tosca". findarticles.com. CBS Interactive. November 2000.