| ABSTRACT : Michelangelo Pistoletto was born in 1933 in
Biella, Italy, where he continues to live and
work today. In 1962, he initiated his Quadri
specchianti (Mirror Paintings), for which he gained
international recognition. A participant in New York’s Pop art scene and pioneer of the Arte Povera movement, he
created his sculptural series Oggetti in meno (Minus Objects) in 1965–66 and began his evolving body ofVenere degli
stracci (Venus in Rags) in 1967, both of which harness everyday materials. That same year, he began orchestrating
happenings and performances outside of traditional exhibition spaces and founded the interdisciplinary theater
troupe Lo Zoo (The Zoo) in 1968. In the 1990s, he established Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, placing social
change at the heart of his practice. He recently publishedOminiteismo e demopraxia. Manifesto per una rigenerazione
della società (Hominitheism and Demopraxy: Manifesto for the Regeneration of Society, Chiarelettere, 2017) andLa
formula della creazione (The Formula of Creation, Edizioni Cittadellarte, 2022). In 2023, Pistoletto presented a series
of new works that employed QR code and AI technologies, coining the termmetaopera. He has been the recipient
of numerous international awards, including the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale
(2003), Wolf Prize from the Wolf Foundation (2007), and the Praemium Imperiale for Painting from the Japan Art
Association (2013). The artist’s paintings and scul |