Felice Varini

Felice Varini's work aims to explore multiple possibilities of perspective, with the intention of providing new pictorial and spatial dimensions that can be seen and crossed at the same time by the viewer who may be surprised by the appearance of geometric shapes that are both ephemeral and real.


exhibitions

  • Felice Varini, active on the international artistic scene since 1979, has realized numerous installations in public and private spaces: the Church of San Stae in Venice for the 1988 Biennale, the permanente installation at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and at the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Jesuit Church of Lyons, the Hotel des Postes in Geneva, the Toulouse Metro, the Jean-Jaurés Station in Paris, the Villeneuve Castle in Vence and the Australian Center for Contemporary Art in Melbourne.

    He took part in the Niigata Water and Land Festival in Japan. In 2009, he realized an installation entitled Cercle et suite d’éclats on the surface of the houses in the Swiss village of Vercorin and, in June of 2010, Square with Four Circles at Temple Plaza in New Haven, Connecticut.

    His most recent installations include Across the Buildings King’s Cross in London (2013), Dynamo at the Grand Palais in Paris (2013), Entre ciel et Melle, the VI International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Melle, France (2013) and Trois ellipses ouverts en désordre for the De Unie Hasselt/Genk Exhibition in Hasselt, Belgium (2014).

  • Felice Varini attivo sulla scena artistica internazionale dal 1979, ha realizzato numerose installazioni in spazi pubblici e privati: nella Chiesa di San Stae a Venezia per la Biennale del 1988, l’installazione permanente al Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris e alla Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, al Centre Georges Pompidou, nella Chiesa dei Gesuiti di Lione, all’Hotel des Postesdi Ginevra, nella Metropolitana di Tolosa, nella Stazione Jean-Jaurés di Parigi, nel Castello diVilleneuve a Vence, all’Australian Center for Contemporary Art di Melbourne.

    Ha partecipato al Niigata Water and Land Festival in Giappone. Nel 2009 ha realizzato l’installazione Cercle et suite d’éclats su tutte le case del villaggio svizzero di Vercorin e nel giugno 2010 Square with four circles nella Temple Plaza di New Haven nel Connecticut.

    Fra le sue installazioni più recenti Across the buildings King’s cross, Londra (2013), Dynamo, Grand Palais, Parigi (2013), Entre ciel et Melle, VI Biennale internazionale d’arte contemporanea, Melle, Francia (2013), Trois ellipses ouverts en désordre, De Unie Hasselt/Genk, Belgio (2014).

 

Felice Varini