Born in Milan in 1937, Grazia Varisco has been a key representative of programmed and kinetic art throughout her artistic career. Together with Giovanni Anceschi, Gianni Colombo, Davide Boriani and Gabriele De Vecchi, she was a member of the Italian Gruppo T (T Group, where “T” refers to the concept of time as a new content of art).
Founded in 1959 in Milan, Gruppo T was one of the most important collectives of kinetic art in Europe, introducing innovative forms of art through the creation of perceptual experiments and interactive environments designed to encourage and generate different and unexpected reactions in the viewer.
Varisco was one of the first artists who explored concepts such as motion and changes in time, while seeking a direct interaction with her audience. Through the use of simple geometric signs, her artworks inhabit the space around them, creating different spatial dimensions that challenge the viewer’s perception and disorientate the senses.
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The 100th Show
29 May - 28 Jun 2024Espace Meyer Zafra is pleased to present “The 100th Show”, the 100th show at the gallery bringing together the works of Marina Apollonio, Ennio L. Chiggio, Alexis Hayère, Piotr Kowalski,...Read more -
Grazia Varisco
Perceptives Experiences 24 May - 31 Jul 2023Following Grazia Varisco’s participation in the 59th Venice Biennale (the international exhibition The Milk of Dreams curated by Cecilia Alemani) and her prestigious retrospective at the Palazzo Reale in Milan, Espace Meyer Zafra is pleased to announce Varisco’s first personal exhibition in France, Perceptive Experiences. From May 24 to July 31, 2023, the exhibition will present emblematic works by the artist from the 1960s to the 2000s.Read more -
Déplacements
15 Jul - 29 Sep 2021“In an era filled with ever greater speed, ever-surpassed records; in the air, on water or on land, and with limits, such as the sound barrier, ever more briskly crossed,...Read more
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Art Miami
Miami, USA 5 - 9 Dec 2023Espace Meyer Zafra is pleased to present our Booth AM312 for Art Miami Fair 2023. Central to our presentation is Jesus Rafael Soto’s 1994 artwork...Read more -
Mouvement et Lumière #2
Fondation Villa Datris, Isle-sur-la-Sorgue 19 May - 1 Nov 2023'10 years after our first Movement and Light exhibition in 2012 at Villa Datris, the Movement and Light 2023 exhibition is much more than a...Read more -
Grazia Varisco. Contemporary Pathways
Palazzo Reale, Milano, Italy 22 Jun - 16 Sep 2022From 22 June to 16 September 2022, Palazzo Reale in Milan will host the anthological exhibition titled Grazia Varisco - Contemporary Pathways 1957-2022, dedicated to...Read more -
Grazia Varisco - Technologies of Enchantment
La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy 23 Apr - 27 Nov 2022'In the early 1960s, Grazia Varisco embarked on an investigation in tune with international currents of Kinetic and Perceptual art. Alongside her fascination with the...Read more