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1. "Guillaume Bottazzi - Art in situ" - Solo show
We all know our environment undergoes deep changes and the need to take action is mandatory. The artist ‘s in situ art works modify our environment, they open our mind and make us feel good. His artworks, often monumental, in the public spaces, define the territories, give dynamism to activities areas, promote cities and make bridges between different societies and cultures.
Art is a powerful way which participates to develop our cognitive skills, Guillaume Bottazzi’s art work contributes to our self fulfillment and induces us to reinvent ourselves. This atypical solo show invites to travel. It’s immersing us in different circles which intersect: culture, economy, aesthetic, social cohesion, urban structure, art education, politics, and territorial definition. Recent art works are exhibited at Artiscope Gallery, consisting in oil paintings, fine plaster or ink on canvas and fabric. In situ art works and methodology are also presented as successful examples and reference projects.
2. Artiscope Art Gallery
Established in 1977, Artisocope quickly became a mayor gallery in Belgium, it specializes in American and European contemporary art.
Artiscope gallery introduced protagonists of the most important movements in the Italian art of the last decades: from Arte Povera Boetti, Paolini, Penone, Pistoletto and from Transavanguardia Chia, Clemente, Cucchi, Paladino.
Artiscope has frequently collaborated with public institutions in organizing important exhibitions of contemporary art in Belgian and foreign museums (Royal Museums for Fine Arts of Belgium, Ixelles Museum and Horta Museum in Brussels, PMMK in Oostende, Museum voor Sierkunst in Gent, Belvedere in Prague, Noordbrabants Museum in s'Hertogenbosch…).
3. Guillaume Bottazzi Biography
Born in France in 1971, originally from Italy, Guillaume Bottazzi now lives in Belgium.
After interior architecture classes, he began his artistic activity in Italy. He was less than 20 when he moved to Firenze to learn from the technique of the old masters. Then, back in France, winner of a competition, he moved in an artist studio given by the French Ministry of Culture, in Lyon. Soon he imposed himself on the art scene and began an international career : he exhibits regularly in galleries and museums in several countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, USA, including New York, where he settled in the 2000s. Since 1992, he combines with great success studio work, exhibitions in galleries, museums and art centers and realization of art work on specific sites.
So far, Guillaume Bottazzi has signed 37 monumental works. One of his recent project can be seen in Sapporo, Japan, on the facades of the Miyanomori International Museum of Art, a work of 900 m², a jewel of Contemporary Art in Hokkaido. In Japan again, where he is represented by the gallery Itsutsuji in Tokyo, he imposes his style with public commissioning form Mori Art Museum.In the United States, his work can be seen at the William Whipple Collection of Southwest State and at the Queen Shorough Collection. His works is also part of the Collections of the "Musee de la Poste" in Paris, and Collections of the Miyanomori International Museum of Art in Sapporo, Japan.
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