Enrico Pedrini

Enrico Pedrini (15 January 1940 in Montesano di Filighera – 19 April 2012 in Genova) was an academic, theorist and collector of Conceptual Art. He also taught epistemology in Italy.

Enrico Pedrini
Born(1940-01-15)15 January 1940
Filighera
Died19 April 2012(2012-04-19) (aged 72)[1]
Genova
Resting placePavia
OccupationWriter, Art Critic, Collector
NationalityItalian
Website
enricopedrini.org

Research and curation

Pedrini placed particular emphasis on the work of Bernar Venet, Art & Language, and Victor Burgin. His books and essays examined issues in Anthropological Art, Conceptual Art, and Possibilism, and include John Cage, Happenings and Fluxus (1986) and The Quantic Machine and the Second Avant-Garde (1991), in which he discusses the relation between quantum theory and the visual arts movements from the 1960s.

Pedrini studied the interaction of dissipating systems, chaos theory, and new potentials of art. He curated a number of international exhibitions, in venues such as Studio Oggetto in Milan, the Persano Gallery in Turin, the MAMAC in Nice, and the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in New York City.[2] In 1995 he curated, with Wolfgang Becker, the Taiwanese Pavilion at the 46th Venice Biennale.[3]

Pedrini was also a keen collector of contemporary art. His collection focused on Dada, Fluxus, Minimal Art, Arte Povera, Vienna Aktionism, and Graffiti Art.

Selected bibliography
  • Irreversibility and the Avant-Garde: an Essay on Physics and Modern Culture, 2004, (ISBN 1-893207-02-1)

References
  1. "PEDRINI ENRICO : Annuncio della famiglia - Il Secolo XIX - Avvisi - Il Secolo XIX". Avvisi.ilsecoloxix.it. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  2. "Maurizio Bolognini - CIM PIAZZA RE ENZO" (in Italian). ExibArt.com. 27 January 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  3. "Taiwan Panorama". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
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