COLOMBO, Gianni (Milano, 1937 - Melzo, 1993)Gianni Colombo. Galleria Schwarz 1968

Gianni Colombo, is considered one of the leading exponents of international kinetic and environmental art. From his very first ceramic works 'Costellazioni Intermutabili' in 1960, his research moved through the suspended and moving metal structures, Spazi Curvi, of the 1990s, passing through the reconstruction of some fundamental environments (Bariestesia 1973 and Topoestesia 1977), conceived for Studio Marconi. His first solo exhibition Miriorama 4 was in 1960 at the Galleria Pater in Milan. Numerous exhibitions followed, including, to mention only those of the 1960s: Galerie Loehr, Frankfurt, 1966; Galleria L'Attico, Rome, 1968; Galerie Tony Geber, Berne, 1968; XXXIV International Biennial Art Exhibition, Central Pavilion, Venice, 1968: Documenta 4, Kassel, 1968; Palais Voor Schone Kunst, Brussels, 1969; Galerie Suzanne Bollag, Zurich, 1970; Studio La Città, Verona, 1970; Studio Marconi, Milan, 1970. The most recent exhibition thirty years after his death was held at the Marconi and Giò Marconi Foundation, Milan, 11 May - 17 July 2023.
Some of his permanent installations are Zoom Squares in Bochum; Borgotondo, a playground in Mirandola, created in 1979 together with Gianfranco Pardi and Emilio Tadini; the Monument to European Resistance in Como, 1983; Cacogoniometric Architecture in Morterone (Lecco); Alpine Cacogoniometric Architectureto Bruno Taut, Furkapass (Switzerland); Cacogoniometric Architecture-entrexit, Carpi.