Dadamaino Italian, 1930-2014
"Dada Maino has overcome the ‘problem of painting’: different parameters inform her work: her paintings are the flags of a new world, they are a new meaning: they are not content with ‘saying something different’: they also say something new”.
(Piero Manzoni, 1961)
Dadamaino about her work series 'Volumes':"Behind the large holes I could see a wall full of lights and shadows that vibrated and moved. That is what one must look for and follow. Art had until that moment been static, with the exception of a few pioneers. One has to make it dynamic and do so with means that are in keeping with the most recent technical and scientific experiences, given that art can be created with any means."
Dadamaino
Eduarda Emilia Maino
(October 2, 1930, Milan - April 13, 2004, Milan)
Selected shows
2022
'The Milk of Dreams', Main Exhibition, Venice Biennale
'Women in abstraction', Gugenheim, Bilbao
2021
'Women in abstraction', Centre Pompidou, Paris
Carla Accardi and Dadamaino: 'Between sign and transparency
Two Italian artists at the frontiers of abstraction', Tornabouni Art, Paris
2019
Tuttu Prospettive sull'arte italiana, Sammlung Goetz, Munich
Before After Rome, Milan and Fabio Mauri, Hauser & Wirth, London
2018
Dadamaino, Mendes Gallery New York
2016
L'Inarchiviabile/The Unarchivable - FM Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Eye Attack - Op Art And Kinetic Art 1950-1970 - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
Abstract Loop Austria. Art and Visual Research since 1950 - 21er Haus, Vienna
Olhar em Movimento - Linguagens da arte cinética italiana dos anos 1950-70 - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo
L'Occhio cinematico. Arti visive e cinema oltre la soglia del visibile - A arte Invernizzi, Milan
Pokrenuto Oko - talijanska Kineticka umjetnost 1950 - ih do 1970 - ih - Museum of Arts and Crafts / MUO, Zagreb
2015
Zero: Let Us Explore The Stars - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Longing Objects - Sammlung Kunsthalle Göppingen und Gäste - Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen
Rendezvous der Länder - Neuhängung der Sammlung Peter C. Ruppert - Konkrete Kunst in Europa nach 1945 - Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg
Proportio - Axel & May Vervoordt Foundation, Venice
10 Jahre Hubertus Schoeller Stiftung - Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren
Black & White - Multifarious, Galerie Leu
Zero Die Internationale Kunstbewegung Der 1950er Und 60er Jahre - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Chromophobia - Gagosian Gallery, Geneva
Impulse, Reason, Sense, Conflict. - CIFO - Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL
Group Show 2014 - Bocconi Art Gallery - BAG, Milan
2014
Gallery Artists - Galerie Leu, Munich
Funzione Continua_Thomas Brambilla, Bergamo
Zero: Countdown To Tomorrow, 1950S-60S - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY
Artverona 2014 - Cortesi Contemporary, Lugano
Cinetica Monocroma Spaziale Astratta - Jerome Zodo Contemporary, Milan
Great Expectations #1 - Cortesi Contemporary, Lugano
AZIMUT/H. Continuità e nuovo - Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
La couleur seule dans tous ses états - Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris
Arte Italiana - Cortesi Contemporary, Lugano
Pittura Oggetto - Almine Rech Gallery - London, London
Arte Cinetica - Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia
L'´Occhio Musicale / The Musical Eye - A arte Invernizzi, Milan
Turn Me On: European and Latin American Kinetic Art 1948-1979 - Christie's Mayfair, London
Belvedere Landscapes and visions in the MA*GA´s collection - Museo MAGA, Gallarte, VA
Italian Show - Simon C Dickinson Ltd, London
Arte Fiera Bologna - Studio Guastalla, Milan
Le Nuove Tendenze - 10 A.M. ART Contemporary Art Home Gallery, Milan
2013
Dadamaino - Le Consortium, Dijon (solo)
Percezione E Illusione: Arte Programado Y Cinético Italiano - MACLA Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Latinoamericano, La Plata
Snow Variation - Massimo De Carlo London, London
Percezione e Illusione: Arte Programmata e cinetica italiana - MACBA - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
storie monocrome - Galleria Six, Milan
Confronti - Enrico Castellani, Dan Colen, Dadamaino, Piotr Uklanski - GAMeC - Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo
Arte Italiana '60-'90 - Cortesi Contemporary, Lugano
Bass! How low can you go? - Leila Heller Gallery, New York City, NY
A Brief History Of Spots, Stripes And Holes - Massimo De Carlo London, London
Arte Programmata e Cinetica. da Munari a Biasi a Colombo e... - Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (GNAM) , Rome
Novecento Mai Visto - Highlights from the Daimler Art Collection - From Albers to Warhol to (now)- Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia
2012
Genesi del fare / Genesis of Doing - A arte Invernizzi, Milan
Elementi Spaziali - Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York City, NY
In Astratto - Arte astratta in Italia 1930 - 1980 - CAMeC - Centro de Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, La Spezia
Time, After Time - Ronchini Gallery, London
Novecento Ettore e Claudia Gian Ferrari - Museo del Novecento - Civici Musei di Milano, Milan
"Orizzonto Diversi" - Galleria d'Arte 2000 & Novecento, Reggio Emilia
arte concreta arte povera - Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst - Reutlingen, Reutlingen
Addio Anni 70 - Palazzo Reale, Milan
L'art concret, né en Europe - Espace de l'art concret, Mouans Sartoux
l - Espace de l'art concret, Mouans Sartoux
Arte Programmata e Cinetica. da Munari a Biasi a Colombo e... - Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (GNAM) , Rome
In The World Of Zero - SEM-ART Gallery, Monaco
2011
Frammenti Di Contemporaneita' - Galleria d'Arte 2000 & Novecento, Reggio Emilia
Donne Donne Donne - Fondazione Pierluigi e Natalina Remotti, Camogli, GE
Manzoni: Azimut - Gagosian Gallery, London
Alfabeti Della Mente - P420, Bologna
THEMES&VARIATIONS. SCRIPT AND SPACE - GASTONE NOVELLI AND VENICE - Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
Rimescolare Le Carte - Galleria Cart, Monza (MB)
herman de vries 80 - nul=zero and contemporaries - Art Affairs Gallery, Amsterdam
Percorsi Riscoperti Dell´arte Italiana Vaf-Stiftung 1947 - 2010 - MART - Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto
TRA. The edge of becoming - Palazzo Fortuny, Venice
undsoweiter 7,8,9 Dadamaino Böhm Wulffen - Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst - Reutlingen,Reutlingen
Im Fokus: Die 1950er bis 1970er Jahre - Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch
IN PARALLELO. UNA MOSTRA. TRE LUOGHI - A arte Invernizzi, Milan
Kinetik - Kunst in Bewegung - Kunsthalle Messmer, Riegel
The monochromatic power - Galerie Tornabuoni Art, Paris
2010
something tells me it's all happening at the zoo - Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin
Display 2 - Dabbeni Studio d´arte contemporanea, Lugano
Avanguardia anni '60-'70 - P420, Bologna
Bilder über Bilder - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna
Dall'informale al geometrico - Fioretto Arte, Padova
Dadamaino - Piero Manzoni - P420, Bologna
2009
Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution 1968-2008 - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL
Astratta - MAR Museo d'Arte della città di Ravenna, Ravenna
Das Quadrat in der Sammlung - Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst - Reutlingen, Reutlingen
Meister der Kinetik und geometrischen Abstraktion - Galerie Emilia Suciu - konstruktiv-konkrete Kunst, Ettlingen
The young people visiting our ruins see nothing but a style - FormContent project space, London
I giovani che visitano le nostre rovine non vi vedono che uno stile - Galleria Civica d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea - GAM, Turin
10 Artiste per l'8 Marzo - Ca´la Ghironda - Museo d´Arte Classica, Moderna e Contemporanea,Zola Predosa, BO
COSTANTI del classico nell'arte del XX e XXI secolo - Fondazione Puglisi Cosentino - Palazzo Valle,Catania, CT
Hot Spots - Rio de Janeiro / Milano - Torino / Los Angeles - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
2008
is it tomorrow yet? - Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Attraversamenti - Galleria d'Arte 2000 & Novecento, Reggio Emilia
Italics. Arte Italiana fra Tradizione e Rivoluzione, 1968-2008 - Palazzo Grassi - Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice
Viaggio in Italia - Italienische Kunst 1960-1990 - Neue Galerie Graz - Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
Time & Place - Milano - Torino 1958-1968 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Immagine Somiglianza - Matteo Lampertico, Milan
Rom - offene Malerei. Das Materialbild im Italien der 1950er und 1960er Jahre - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
bit international. [Nove] tendencije | Computer und visuelle Forschung | Zagreb 1961-1973 - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
MAXImin - Fundación Juan March, Madrid
There is Desire Left (Knock, Knock). 40 Jahre Bildende Kunst aus der Sammlung Mondstudio -Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern
2007
hand & fuß und andere geheimnisse … - Edition + Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg
Chartae - Galleria Tega, Milan
il velo - Cesac - Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio
Da Bauhaus (Agora!) - Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - MASP, São Paulo
Klio - Eine kurze Geschichte der Kunst in Euramerika nach 1945 - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Op Art - Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main
2006
Bewegung im Quadrat - Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch
L'Immagine del Vuoto - Museo Cantonale d´Arte Lugano, Lugano
Faster! Bigger! Better! - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Zéro - Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne
Astrattismo italiano 1910-1970 - Associazione Culturale Trifoglio , Chieti
ZERO - Internationale Künstler-Avantgarde der 50er/60er Jahre - Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf
Conversation with Art, on Art. bauhaus to Contemporary Art - Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
2005
CONFRONTATIONS in BLACK - WHITE - TRANSPARENT - Art Affairs Gallery, Amsterdam
Collezione 2005 - Grossetti Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Von Paul Gauguin bis Imi Knoebel. Werke aus der Hilti art foundation - Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Le monde est rond - Espace de l'art concret, Mouans Sartoux
2004
The DaimlerChrysler Collection - South African National Art Gallery, Cape Town
The Daimler Art Collection - Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2003
Obsession! - Galleria Galica, Milan
On the Edge: Contemporary Art from the DaimlerChrysler Collection - The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
The DaimlerChrysler Collection - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe,Karlsruhe
Collezione Italiana - Grossetti Arte Contemporanea, Milan
2002
Nouvelle Simplicité - Espace de l'art concret, Mouans Sartoux
Segni e contesti - Studio B2, Genoa
2001
Astratta - Palazzo Cavour, Turin
New Zero - Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
1999
La nature imite l'art - Espace de l'art concret, Mouans Sartoux
Minimalia: An Italian Vision in 20th Century Art - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY
Der Künstler als Kurator: Günter Umberg - Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
1998
pour nous irriter - Espace de l'art concret, Mouans Sartoux
1997
Comparez pour voir - Espace de l'art concret, Mouans Sartoux
1995
Art et vêtement - Espace de l'art concret, Mouans Sartoux
1994
Le feu de la couleur - Espace de l'art concret, Mouans Sartoux
1993
C'est beau - Espace de l'art concret, Mouans Sartoux
1992
Le regard libéré - Espace de l'art concret, Mouans Sartoux
1991
Voir et s'asseoir - Espace de l'art concret, Mouans Sartoux
1990
XLIV. Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia,Venice
1986
XIa Quadriennale di Roma - Quadriennale di Roma, Rome
1977
Serielle Konzepte - Galerie Mueller-Roth, Stuttgart
1960
Mostra collettiva - Azimut, Milan
1959
Mostra collettiva - Azimut, Milan
Collections
Argentina
MACBA - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Croatia
MSU - Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Zagreb
Germany
Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
Italy
MUSEION - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst , Bolzano
Museo MAGA, Gallarte, VA
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genoa
MAR Museo d'Arte della città di Ravenna, Ravenna
MART - Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto
Poland
ms - Muzeum Sztuki Lodz, Lodz
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Art & Design Tegernsee
Art Fair 3 - 6 Oct 2024We are presenting works by Bernard Aubertin, Markus Åkesson, Georg Baselitz, Agostino Bonalumi, Ylva Carlgren, Gotthard Graubner, Roni Horn, Åsa Jungnelius, Imi Knoebel, Tomas Lundgren, Otto Piene, Sigmar Polke, Turi...Read more -
Summer Show
9 Jun - 30 Jul 2022Imi KnoebelRead more
Tom Wesselmann
Arman
Günther Förg
Dieter Roth
Horst Antes
Anselm Reyle
Magnus Thorén
Olivia Reuterswärd
Hubertus Hamm
Karin Alfredsson
Otto Piene
Günther Uecker
Dadamaino
Agostino Bonalumi
Turi Simeti -
MULTIFACETED
works from 1960 - 2021 17 Nov 2021 - 27 Feb 2022In our inauguration Exhibition of our new space, we are showing a wide range of works and artists working in multifarious styles and diverse media. The period extends from 1960...Read more -
Milano-Mix
13 Apr - 30 Aug 2021Alberto BiasiRead more
Dadamaino
Paolo Scheggi
Turi Simeti
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Group Exhibition
New works by gallery artists 10 Sep - 31 Dec 2016Yves Klein Agostino Bonalumi Alberto Biasi Dadamaino Paolo Scheggi Turi Simeti Adolf LutherRead more -
Black & White
Multifarious 21 May - 27 Jul 2015Georg Baselitz Agostino Bonalumi Rafał Bujnowski Walter Dahn Dadamaino Enrico Castellani Neal Fox Walter Leblanc Heinz Mack Pino Manos Henri Matisse Armando Marrocco Jean-Luc Moerman Peter Peri Pablo Picasso Anselm...Read more -
Avantgarde - Between Azimut/h and Zero
7 Nov 2014 - 31 Jan 2015Dadamaino Günther Uecker Walter Leblanc Paolo ScheggiRead more -
Light & Shadow
20 Jan - 23 Feb 2012works by Otto Piene Dadamaino Günther Uecker Adolf Luther How old is light? / Where does light come from? / Who first saw light? / Who last saw light? /...Read more