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Miart Milano 2019 Art Fair

Posted on 08 April in
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Miart Milano is a contemporary art exhibition at Fiera Milano, the original fairgrounds of Milan’s famous furniture fair. In its 24th edition, Miart Milano 2019 took place just before Milan Design Week 2019 and showcased Italian and international galleries as well as artists. Follow along as we highlight some of the most interesting artists.

yellow and blue framed artworks on the wall with a woman in a pink coat walking by

Miart Milano 2019 Overview

There were 185 galleries from 19 different countries showcasing at Miart Milano 2019. While Italian galleries were well represented, from Bologna to Rome, there were also many great global galleries. Aside from European cities, there were galleries from Tel Aviv, Buenos Aires, New York, and beyond.

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Contemporary Art Exhibition

There was a definite mix of established and emerging artists and galleries at Miart 2019. The fair divided both artists and galleries of the contemporary art exhibition into several categories. There was a dedicated space to: contemporary, masters, decades, generations, emergent, and object.

Miart 2019 International Artists

Color is the driving inspiration behind the hand-dyed, woven artworks by American artist Ptolemy Mann. Her architectural and chromatic pieces are both calming and eye catching, neutral, yet striking. Her signature ikat-dyeing technique would be best viewed on a large scale. Taste Contemporary, a gallery based in Geneva, presented her work at Miart 2019.

textile tapestry of black and green ikat weaves
Her Dark Materials – Ptolemy Mann
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Ptolemy Mann

Another artist from Taste Contemporary is Virginia Leonard. She is a New Zealand artist that uses various materials, such as clay, lustre, and resin. from a car accident. Leonard was injured in a car accident and used her art to cope with bodily scarring as well as chronic pain. The pieces are self-portraits of her voiceless, misunderstood pain and trauma.

“I have sought a voice for my own pain. These objects are my body.”

Virginia Leonard, Miart Milano 2019 artist
black vase covered in red, purple, blue, and yellow paint and resin
Virginia Leonard
blue and white flower vase splattered with colorful paint and resin for miart milano 2019 art show
Virginia Leonard

Ray Parker (1922-1990) was an American artist. He was known for his ‘Simple Paintings’ series from the 1950’s to 1960’s. His works have been associated with Abstract expressionist, Post-Painterly Abstraction, Color Field Painting, and Lyrical Abstraction. Milan’s own Studio Gariboldi presented the late artist’s works at Miart Milano 2019.

green, blue, purple, and white abstract shapes and text for ray parker artist
Ray Parker
green abstract shape above two red abstract shapes
Greed and Red – Ray Parker

David Renggli is a Swiss artist. His studio is located outside Zurich. In addition to Miart Milano 2019, his works have also been featured at Art Basel since 2014, including Hong Kong, Basel, and Miami Beach events. This year at Miart 2019 he showcased a series entitled ‘Desire Paintings’. Wentrup Gallery represents David Renggli.

orange, white, black, and pink abstract shapes on a neutral background
Venetian Imagio – David Renggli
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Swim of Sculpture – David Renggli

Miart 2019 Italian Artists

Ugo La Pietra was featured in two galleries at Miart Milano 2019. The Italian artist’s showed his photography series “Sulla panchina” from 1972. His work as an artist, architect, and designer is celebrated internationally. His recent project for Milan Design Week was also mentioned in our 5VIE Design District preview.

old man with black hat sits on a red bench overlooking a black and white cityscape
Ugo La Pietra
photograph of two people sitting on a bench
Sulla Panchina – Ugo La Pietra
contemporary art exhibition with blue white and red sketch of city
Pianificazione Urbana II – Ugo La Pietra
dark blue and black and white paint on canvas
Città – Ugo La Pietra

Grazia Varisco is an Italian visual artist and designer. Her work has been associated with op art and kinetic art movements. Varisco attended the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, where she later worked as a professor of the theory of perception. In Milano, she also worked as a graphic designer for Italian furniture brand Kartell, Abitare magazine, and La Rinascente department store in Milano. Her work has been featured at many galleries and fairs such as Venice Biennale.

contemporary artwork with red, white, and black geometric lines
Grazia Varisco

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