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Francesco Clemente

Italian artist Francesco Clemente's representational and figurative works reflect his longtime study of non-Western cultures, religious and spiritual themes, and sexuality. Working in mediums and formats that range from watercolor to oil to books to murals, Clemente's pictorial language draws upon William Blake and Allen Ginsberg in addition to his nomadic travels throughout India, New Mexico, and Jamaica. He has worked collaboratively with Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat as well as on films, at nightclubs, and with the Metropolitan Opera. While associated with various art movements, Clemente dodges labels, intent on posing questions about the timeless themes of truth, reality, and being.

Clemente was brought to international attention at the 1980 Venice Biennale. Retrospectives of his work have been exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY in 1999; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland in 2004; and Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany in 2011; among others.

Born 1952
Hometown Naples, Italy
Lives and Works New York, NY; Rome, Italy
Education
Architecture, Universití  degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza, Italy, 1970
Permanent Collection

New York Public Library, New York, NY

The National Gallery, Victoria, Australia

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland

Tate Gallery, London, England

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Centro Cultural d'Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico

SHOWS

Crown Point Press

San Francisco
Jan 09 2020 - Mar 07 2020

Crown Point in the '80s

Crown Point Press

San Francisco
May 03 2018 - Jun 30 2018

Black & White - Group Exhibition

Galerie Daniel Templon

Paris
Nov 05 2016 - Dec 23 2016

Francesco Clemente

Jablonka Maruani Mercier Gallery

Brussels
Sep 08 2016 - Nov 12 2016

Francesco Clemente
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