Francesco Clemente, Vito Schnabel Gallery
Talk
Artist Talks: Francesco Clemente in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist
May 8 2024, 7.00pm
Free admission upon registration
Artist Talks is a program organized by the Fondation Beyeler and UBS, in which internationally renowned contemporary artists speak about their work. The talks have an open, dynamic format and range from traditional artist talks to moderated conversations between artists and prominent figures from the art world. The Artist Talks are held at the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, Basel and at other art institutions in Europe, Asia and the USA. The talk in Triennale is a conversation between artist Francesco Clemente and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director Serpentine Galleries, London.
Francesco Clemente was born in 1952 in Naples, Italy. He came to prominence in the late 1970s and cemented an international reputation with his participation in the 39th edition of Venice Biennale in 1980. Clemente’s practice seeks alternative narratives and images of contemporaneity, finding creative refuge in the philosophical, spiritual, and aesthetic ideologies of the East. Before settling and establishing his studio in New York in 1980, Clemente lived on and off for ten years in India, where he studied Sanskirt as well as Hindu and Buddhist literature, educating himself in the library of the Theosophical Society in Chennai (formerly Madras). In New York, Clemente continued to collaborate with poets such as Allan Ginsberg and Robert Creeley, and artists as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. In 2002, Clemente was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Info
The talk is held in Italian. Simultaneous translation to English available.
Access subject to availability.
It is recommended to arrive 15 minutes before the start of the event.
Credits
The program is organized by the Fondation Beyeler and UBS.
