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| Roberto Cuoghi |
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Born in 1973 in Modena, Italy, Roberto Cuoghi lives and works in Milan. He creates theatrical works, which intimate that things are not as they seem. Through imperceptible alterations or conversely through highly staged transformations, Cuoghi’s pieces reveal how our perception of others as well as everyday events is fraught with expectations. His video ‘Foolish things’ (2002) seamlessly edits together a sunrise and a sunset to the tune of These Foolish Things, while barely visible events zoom by in the cloudy background, as they were hallucinations. Cuoghi is probably best known for a 7-year performance in which he convincingly transformed his physical appearance into that of his now deceased fifty-year-old father. Cuoghi dyed his hair, wore his father’s clothes and adopted his habits as well as his diet. This affected the young artist’s physical condition to the extent that his vital signs became those of a middle-aged man. Roberto Cuoghi has had solo exhibitions at the Centre International d’Art et du Paysage de l’ële de Vassivière, Beaumont du Lac, France (2007), Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan (2006) and The Wrong Gallery, New York (2005). Recently, his work was included in A Secret Service at the Hayward Gallery, London (2007), Fractured Figure - Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection curated by Jeffrey Deitch at Deste Foundation Centre For Contemporary Art, Athens (2007) and Of Mice and Men, the 4th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art’ (2006). Cuoghi’s work has also notably been shown as part of The IX Baltic Triennal of International Art, Vilneus (2005), the Prague Biennial 1 (2003) and Manifesta 4, Frankfurt (2002). Roberto Cuoghi works with Galleria Massimo de Carlo in Milan and Maccarone Inc. in New York. |
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