Gigi Rigamonti

Gigi Rigamonti

Gigi Rigamonti (born 8 April 1949) is an Italian artist, sculptor and designer. Educated at the Royal College of Art in London and attended the Department of Economics at the University of Pavia and the Department of Philosophy at Università Statale of Milan. His art is influenced by Constantin Brancusi, Hieronymous Bosch, Jean Arp, Henri Matisse, Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian.

Rigamonti was born in Desio (Milan). In 1983 he participated in the show on Patafisica, curated by Enrico Baj, at Palazzo Reale in Milan.[1] In 1989 he exhibited at Gianni Versace show "Un abito per pensare", at Sforza Castle in Milan.[2][3] In 1992, Rigamonti held a show at Golden Gallery in Tokyo.[4] In 2002, he participated, with a solo exhibition, in the first edition of Art Basel in Miami Beach.[5]

In 1969 Rigamonti's mother, Rachele, bought a mannequin factory in Palazzolo Milanese "Rosa Manichini" founded in 1922.[6] Later Gigi changed a name of the factory for "La Rosa". Today Gigi Rigamonti is a President of La Rosa SpA. During the crucial 1980's La Rosa transformed the concept of mannequin around the world.[7][8] In 2002 Rigamonti founded ArtandGallery in Milan.[9]

In 2003 he inaugurated Danza, an installation for the cruise ship Costa Mediterranea which was launched in 2003.[10] Danza is an enormous wall decorated with a Matisse-like dance of mannequin-sculptures, glowing with light and decorative details. The ship's elevators are transparent capsules from which passengers can scan the entire field of vision.[11] In 2005 he exhibited Il Circo at the Xingfucun Art Center,[12] and in 2007 he participated in Pagina d’artista at Spazio Anfossi.[13] In Shanghai, in 2007, he displayed Plastic desire, an enormous installation at Times Square, in collaboration with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in China.[14][15] His collaboration with Shanghai Times Square is proposed once again over the following two years with two different installations, Il Circo and Il Tango.,[16][17] In 2009 he inaugurated his solo show, Cross Stories, in Milan at Artandgallery.,[18][19][20] In 2010 Rigamonti was invited with the exhibition "Cross stories" in a mall, a hi-tech place at Shanghai Times Square in China.[21]

In May 2013, at Blanchaert Gallery in Milan has presented the exhibition "When the semantics becomes art" curated by Arturo Schwarz.[22][23] In September 2013 Gigi Rigamonti was exhibited at Broadway Gallery NYC in New York on the occasion of the exhibition 'Global Projects - Artists at home and abroad'.[24][25] In October 2013, in Panama he took part at the exhibition "La Mola, Art Sin Fronteras" with sculpture entitled 'Bambino che mangia, anche'. The exhibition was curated by Carla Brusa and was sponsored by INAC (the institute of national culture) and Italian Embassy.[26]

References

  1. ↑ La Patafisica, autor Enrico Baj, 2009, page 81, Abscondita.
  2. ↑ , Anche 'l'abito fa pensare' se lo firma il grande stilista, Guido Virgani, Retrieved in 1989.
  3. ↑ a book "Gianni Versace, l'abito per pensare", Autors Nicoletta Bocca, Chiara Buss, Gianni Versace, 1989, pages 18, 49.
  4. ↑ , Intervista a Gigi Rigamonti di Emma Rossi Bernardi, Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  5. ↑ , Miami is for collectors by Walter Robinson, Artnet, retrieved 16 December 2002.
  6. ↑ Vanity Fair, an article "La Fabbrica delle donne La Rosa", February 2006, pages 180-182, Retrieved in February 2006.
  7. ↑ YouTube.com, Video "ManneQUEEN, since 1922 video exhibition at Cristobal Balensiaga Museum", Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  8. ↑ YouTube.com, Video "ManneQUEEN since 1922. Gigi Rigamonti", Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  9. ↑ Video "Gigi Rigamonti artista e imprenditore de La Rosa S.p.A.", ArtandGallery, Milan, Youtube.com , Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  10. ↑ Crociereonline.net, "E arrivata a Genova Costa Mediterranea", Retrieved 17/06/2003.
  11. ↑ Cybercruises.com, The new flagship Costa Mediterranea, , Retrieved in 2003.
  12. ↑ Segno, An article "Gigi Rigamonti. Il Circo in Shanghai", January–February 2006, page 108, Retrieved in January 2006
  13. ↑ Spazio Anfossi web-site, Pagina di artista exhibition, Retrieved 6 April 2007
  14. ↑ China.org web-site, "Christmas tree to light up Times Square", Published by Shanghai Daily, Retrieved 30 November 2007
  15. ↑ , ArteLabOnline, Retrieved in 2009.
  16. ↑ An article "The Tango Collection of Gigi Rigamonti" by Tom Kenner, Inspiration № 267, page 10, Retrieved in February 2009.
  17. ↑ , Enciclopedia d'Arte Italiana, Arturo Schwarz, Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  18. ↑ An Article "Gigi Rigamonti. Cross Stories a Milano" by Ollavio Pinarello, Arte Contemporanea, № 18 May–June 2009, pages 78-80, Retrieved in 2009.
  19. ↑ , Arskey, Magazine d'arte moderna e contemporanea. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
  20. ↑ Segno №225, July–August 2009, an article by Alessandro Trabucco "Gigi Rigamonti "Cross Stories", page 82, Published in Italy, Retrieved in July 2009.
  21. ↑ CityWeekend, "Cross Stories, Gigi Rigamonti" , retrieved in 2010.
  22. ↑ Video "Arturo Schwarz presenta la personale "Gigi Rigamonti. Quando la semantica diventa arte", Galleria Blanchaert, Milan, YouTube.com , Retrieved in June 2013.
  23. ↑ Art resources, 123soho.com, an Exhibition of Gigi Rigamonti "When the semantic becomes art" , Retrieved in May 2013.
  24. ↑ , ArtSlant Worldwide, Broadway Gallery, Retrieved in 2013,
  25. ↑ Broadway Gallery NY, Global projects series,, Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  26. ↑ La Prensa, La mola sera la estrella principal, Daniel Dominguez,, Retrieved 17 October 2013.
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