Beke László (szerk.): Instruktiv + Inter + Konkret. Művészet Malom Szentendre, 21. November - 26. Januar 2015 (Sankt Augustin, 2014)
2. Beppe Bonetti
2.4 Vita Beppe Bonetti Born in Rovato- Italy, in 1951. Beppe Bonetti discovers painting throughout the work of Gerolamo Calca, a very important Italian artist, from the school of Milan at the end of 1900. He discovers also the library of Gerolamo Calca, rich in important books of literature, history and critics, that brings Beppe Bonetti into the art world with a certain cultural basis. In the second half of the Sixties he starts, autonomously, much research that will lead him, after some initial surrealistic experiences, at his first abstract experience. His exhibition activity starts at the end of the Seventies and for a certain time will be identified by a high abstract/geometric rigor and by determined planning. In those years start the first trips to Paris with exhibitions and participation in the Salon. In 1982, at the Vismara Gallery of Milan, he presents a series of works (reviewed by Gillo Dorfles) that mark the passage through a new way of intended rationality named by the author Meta rationality. In 1984 he has the first exhibition in Amsterdam, at the Art Stable. The first exhibition in Japan is in 1985 at the Foritsu Modern Art Center of Osaka, and the first trip in 1987, to be present at the personal exhibition at the Dan Gallery of Osaka. The Eighties are characterized by an intense activity and many exhibitions in Italy, with the galleries La Chiocciola, Melesi, Spriano, Galliata, Vismara, Nike e Vinciana. The Eighties are also the years of the first exhibitions in the U.S.A.: in New York at the Columbia University and in Los Angeles at the Hartman Gallery. After that follows the exhibitions in Rotterdam, Cadaques, Hamburg, Copenhagen and the events at Italian cultural centres and the Italian Embassies of Zagreb, Belgrad and Vienna. Throughout a period of time he worked in Paris, with his colleague Jonquiesres. In the French capital Beppe Bonetti set up personal exhibitions at the Espace du Triangle and with the art dealer Claude Dorval. Anothertrip in the eastern hemisphere for a personal exhibition in Seoul, is the opportunity to study in depth the ratio, never ended, between sign and writing. This research, started in 1985, developed on paper and big canvases as the artworks of the cycle Variations on the number seven. His work is dedicated to many anthological exhibitions; in 1992 at Macerata, in the historical church of Saint Paul, in 1999 at the Civic Gallery of Gallarate, in 2006 at Rovato in the historical church of Saint Vincent. From 2000 the Meta rationality became a group, the L.I.G. (Last International Group), which exhibited from Europe to Asia in many private and public places and in several museums. Personal exhibitions (a selection since 2005): 2014 Chiari, Aspects of Meta rationality, Museo della cittä Verona, Art Antidé 2013 Milano, Thimos Finanziaria Kyoto, Art Kyoto 2012 Venezia, Lissidi Palace Hotel 2011 Bergamo, Bergamofiera, Artantide.com (VR), Stand personale, Milano, Galleria Scoglio di Quarto Osaka, Tsuchia Contemporary Art Gallery, Yamaoka/Bonetti Knin (Croatia), Galleria Zoricic Venezia, 54a Biennale Internazionale. ILLUMInation 2010 Chiari, Variations on number 7 / Presentation by I. Bignotti, Fondazione Morcelli Repossi Desenzano D/G (BS), Palace Hotel/Kanalidarte, 36
