Pino Manos (1930 -2020)
Biography
The Italian artist Pino Manos was born in Sassari in 1930. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and the Polytechnic University of Milan before graduating as an architect in Florence. He traveled extensively around the world and settled permanently in Milan in 1968, where he died in 2020.
Pino Manos was one of the central figures in the development of Rigorismo - a movement rooted in the tradition of Spazialismo (Spatialism) and the Zero Group, which initially developed in Italy and Germany, respectively, in the 1940s and 1950s. Rigorism posits that space is an active element in an artistic composition, not simply an empty area to be filled. Known for his large-scale monochromatic pieces, originally embellished with twisted strips of canvas and painted in rich colors, Manos' art explores the relationships of light and shadow that stimulate the becoming of total vision.
Manos has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Italy and other parts of the world; his works are included in several private and public collections in Italy and abroad. Three of his works are in the Nelson Rockefeller Collection in New York, USA.
Selected artworks
Pino Manos (1930-2020)
Sincronico bianco luce
Mixed media on canvas
37.4 x 53.1 in.
2014
Pino Manos (1930-2020)
Syncronicità azzurro blu iridescente
Technique mixte sur toile
100 x 170 cm
2018
Pino Manos (1930 - 2020)
“Architetture geocosmiche”
Candle smoke and India ink on paper signed lower right and dated 1997 lower left
13.78 x 19.69 in
Milan, 1997
Pino Manos (1930 - 2020)
“Sincronicità”
Charcoal with colored pencil on paper signed lower right and dated 17.02.(20)04
16.54 x 23.62 in
Milan, 2004
Pino Manos (1930 - 2020)
“Globalità di forze universali”
Gummed candle smoke enhanced with colored pencil on paper signed lower right and dated 26.08.(20)10
16.69 x 27.56 in
Rezzago, 2010
Pino Manos (1930 - 2020)
“Architetture geocosmiche”
Candle smoke and India ink on paper signed lower right and dated 20.2.(19)98 lower left
13.78 x 19.69 in
Milan, 1997
Pino Manos (1930 - 2020)
“Architetture geocosmiche”
Candle smoke and India ink on paper signed lower right and dated 5.03.(19)97 lower left
13.78 x 19.69 in
Milan, 1997
Pino Manos (1930 - 2020)
“Sincronicità”
Gummed candle smoke and India ink on paper signed lower center
16.69 x 25.59 in
Rezzago, 2011
Exhibitions at the Gallery Sarto
Sincronicità
Pino Manos (1930-2020)
01.10.2022 - 21.10.2022
3 rue de Solférino, 75007 Paris
Main Exhibitions
2022 - Paris – Sarto Gallery – Exposition rétrospective d’oeuvres sur papier
2017 – Paris – Opera Gallery – “Synchronicité”
2015 – New York – Unix Gallery – “Sincronicity”
2008 – Sassari – Palazzo della Frumentaria – mostra Antologica
1997 – Como – Chiostrino di S. Eufemia – “Nodi e Cromoplastiche”
1997 – Como – Villa Olmo – “Pellegrinaggio alla ricerca dell’Essere”
1996 – Como – Villa Olmo
1966 – São Paulo – Museu de Arte Brasilera da Fundacào Alvares Pentaedo
1966 – Sassari – Galleria Uno
1962 – Prato – Galleria Numero
1962 – Florence – Galleria Tornabuoni
1962 – London – New Vision Centre Gallery
1961 – London – Woodstock Gallery