104GALERIE
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Paintings
Robert Bosisio
2018.3.23-5.20
104GALERIE (Ikejiri-Ohashi, Tokyo) is holding a solo exhibition called “Paintings” of the Italian artist Robert Bosisio opening Friday
23rd March 2018.
Robert Bosisio was born in Trodena, North Italy in 1963. After graduating from The Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, he continued
to study art in Berlin, New York, and London. Currently he works in Trodena, Italy; Cluj-Napoca, Romania; and Berlin, Germany.
He has held solo exhibitions in diﬀerent places like the Museum Art Center Hugo Voeten in Antwerpen (Belgium, 2014),Galleria Doris Ghetta (Italy, 2013) and Museul de Artă - Art Museum Cluj-Napoca (Romania, 2010), as well as in Austria, Germany,Switzerland and the United States. He has won many awards, and is highly acclaimed worldwide.
This exhibition is the ﬁrst solo show for Bosisio in Japan, and will consist of new portrait works from recent years, and also selected
pieces from the series “interiors” which he has carried out for many years. The work will be shown in 104GALERIE and 104GALERIE-R.
Is a painting by Robert Bosisio abstract or ﬁgurative? The reason a viewer might ask such a question is that through diﬀerencesin the distance from which you view the work, and the light and shadow on it, you can witness a change in the representationeﬀected by the environment. A work may seem like a vague abstract painting from close up, but if you step back and gaze at thewhole piece, the outline of an image with a certain presence appears.
This eﬀect, unique to the work of Bosisio, is created by the complex textural layers of oil, tempera, ash, sand, wax and plaster that
he uses to paint. His deep thoughts are reﬂected in the production process as well. Sometimes his techniques of painting landscapesand portraits seem classical, but from them he negotiates with his own abstractness, pursuing his own territory. In that tension abeauty is born and, as the greatest fascination of his art, draws viewers in.
As a close friend and supporter of Bosisio, ﬁlm director Wim Wenders has published several poems and texts dedicated to him.
These texts are ﬁlled with his deep insight and emotion towards Bosisio's art.

Seeing is Believing...
by Wim Wenders…

Like for Vermeer,
seeing is not only Robertʼ s greatest pleasure,and a sacred act;
it is also the very subject of his art.

(And not only when he is painting an eye...)When you stand in front of his canvasses
he makes you see and recognize (again)that painting can still transcend the surface of things
and reach their quintessence,even in the 21st century.
He makes us believe (again)that weʼ re not just surrounded with stuﬀ
but with real objects that have a spirit.
…
(from “Seeing is Believing...” , 2010)

Robert bosisioʼ s studio in Truden (Italy)

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Grants / Awards
1999

Recognition award “La Fenice” , Venice (I)1996

Martin Rainer award of the Johan Wolfgang von Goethe foundation, Basel (CH)1995

Promotion prize from the Walter von der Vogelweide foundation, Munich

1990 - 2005

Several aids from the south tyrolean state government

1987

Purchase prize, Römerquelle competition, Secession, Vienna (AT)

Solo Exhibitions
2016

Robert Bosisio (with Matthias Weischer), Galerie de artă contemp. Fabricii de Pensule, Cluj (RO)ROBERT BOSISIO - Malerei, Galerie Albert Baumgarten, Freiburg
INTERSTELLAR (with Conni Brintzinger), Galerie Clemens Thimme, Karlsruhe

2015

Robert Bosisio (with Radu Belcin), Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin
Pittura Compressa, Art Forum Contemporary, Bologna (IT)Galerie Fravi, Domat/Ems (CH)2014

Museum Art Center Hugo Voeten, Antwerp (BE)Galerie Maier, Innsbruck (AT)2013

Lightning in the dark (withTheodora Axente), Museum Rabalderhaus Schwaz (AT)(curator Denis Isaia)Galerie art station, Zurich (CH)
Galerie Clemens Thimme, Karlsruhe

2012
2011

Alle porte del silenzio (with Willy Verginer) Cavalese Contemporary Art Centre (I) [Cat.]
Intime Welt, Castle Moos-Schulthaus, Eppan (IT)Temet nosce (with Peter Demetz), Galleria Art Forum Bagnacavallo (IT) [Cat.] (curator Adriana M. Soldini)
Intime stanze (with Peter Demetz), Artforum Galerie, Bologna (IT)2010

Museul de Artă (with Donata Wenders), Art Museum Cluj-Napoca (RO) [Cat.]
Gallery Laica Cluj-Napoca (RO)Gallery art station, Zurich (CH)Museum Husum Castle, Husum2009

Galerie Goethe, Bolzano (IT)Galerie Clemens Thimme, Karlsruhe
Wittgenstein House, Vienna (AT)
Atelier Forum - Robert Bosisio und Christian Reisigl, Museion Bolzano (IT)2008

zwischenRAUM (with Rainer Odenwald), City Gallery Brixen (IT)Galerie Circolo Artistico e Culturale, St. Ulrich (IT)2007

Galleria Civica G. Segantini, Arco [Cat.]
Oltre, Galerie Goethe, Bolzano (IT)2006

Galerie Samuelis Baumgarte, Bielefeld
Art exchange with Heinz Mack, Kunstverein Bruckmühl near Munich
Gallery Art of this Century, New York (USA)Robert Bosisio “Paintings”
March 23rd - May 20th, 2018
Opening reception：March 23rd,2018 19:00-21:00
Place：104GALERIE、104GALERIE-R
Address：104GALERIE

Meguro-heights 104, 3-22-1Aobadai Meguro-ku Tokyo

104GALERIE-R 1-6-4 Ohashi Meguro-ku Tokyo
Hours：12:00-20:00
Closed on Wednesday

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Robert Bosisio
2018
Mixed media on canvas

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