#CLAUDIO PARMIGGIAN

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sculptural work consisting of a church bell tied up with ropes on top of a pile of books. The bell and the books, two emblematic elements of Parmiggiani's practice, have a long established place at the center of society as transmissors of information and emotions which has been challenged by recent developments in technology. Through his work, Parmiggiani reflects on the passage of time and notions of absence, memory, silence and spirituality.

Claudio Parmiggiani was born in Luzzara, Italy in 1943. His first major exhibition was held at Libreria Feltrinelli, Bologna in 1965. Parmiggiani’s work has been widely exhibited in international museums and collections. His work has been shown six times at the Biennale di Venezia (1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1995 and 2015). A retrospective of his practice between 1960 and 1995 was held at the Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva (1995). Recent solo exhibitions have been held at Galleria d´Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna (2003), The Grand Palais, Paris (2005), The Musée des Beaux-arts de Nantes, Nantes (2007), Collège des Bernardins, Paris (2008), Palazzo del Governatore, Parma (2010) and Fondazione Bernareggi, Bergamo (2014). His work was recently included in the major group exhibition ‘Post Classics: The revival of antiquity in contemporary Italian Art’, curated by Vincenzo Trione in the Roman Forum– Palatine, Rome (2014) and Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel (2013). In June 2015, a permanent installation of his work was unveiled at Villa Medici, Rome.