PATELLA, Luca Maria (Roma, 1934 - Roma, 2023)Io son dolce sirena

Luca Maria Patella is an Italian artist and pioneer of multimedia art. He started working as an artist in the mid-1960s, with the aim of combining art and science, strongly influenced by astronomy, chemistry and analytical psychology. Over the course of his artistic career, he has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Europe and around the world, including the Venice Art Biennials  (1966, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1993 and 2011); the 5th Paris Biennial, 1967 (he won the special prize for photography and film); San Marino Biennial, 1967; Information, MoMA, New York, 1970; Luca Maria Patella, Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris, 1979; Luca Patella, Museuo de Arte Contemporaneo, São Paulo, 1982; Duchamp und die Avant garde seit 1950, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, 1988; Temps, la quatrième dimension, Palais de Beaux Arts, Brussels; Barbican Centre, London; Roma Anni '70, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1990; End of Earth, Land Art to 1974, MOCA, Los Angeles, 2011; GNAM, Rome, 2010-2011; Roma Pop city, MACRO, Rome 2016; Galleria Laura Bulian and NABA in Milan 2017.