Maurizio Pellegrin Biography
Maurizio Pellegrin was born in Venice in 1965 and is an artist who lives and works between this city and New York. In the 1980s he emerged for his large installations composed of fragments of ancient objects and photographs and was appreciated internationally after the 1988 Venice Biennale, with the work The Secret of the 723. From there he began his adventure American.
Pellegrin has always been interested in the way objects transmit energy and how their memory persists over time. The objects are evidence of human life, as artefacts of memory and as remnants of life after death.
The artist gives his work meaning based on the science of Numerology, or the study of numbers and their influence on life, based on their symbolic and arithmetic values. His installations deal with the concept of space, becoming universes organized by symbols and metaphors.
The arrangement of objects and materials develops a new hierarchy in which their previous functions are drastically modified. Step by step, the communication capacity and the inner power of the different elements (often wrapped by the artist to contain the energy) establish a new world of relationships. The colors, which are always few, are then chosen for specific philosophical implications and psychological effects.
Pellegrin's installations are characterized by subtle beauty, personal and historical references. The inclusion of photography, mostly black and white, and video in his work dates back to the 1990s and continues to play an important role today.
To date, the artist can boast more than 150 solo exhibitions and hundreds of group exhibitions in international galleries and museums. His works are present in major public and private collections around the world. The literature that has his work as its central theme is vast: there are more than 500 essays and reviews published on him. Additionally, Pellegrin is the author and subject of over 30 monographs.
