Berlin Biennale | Talking with Piero Gilardi

Born in Turin in 1942 / Swiss family / Liceo Artistico, Turin. Encounter with artist Michelangelo Pistoletto and others helped him in the development of his own artwork / Catalytic figure in the Arte Povera movement / 1960s /influential artistic figure of the period, albeit not the most famous / Uncompromising commitment in favor of closer ties between art and life/psychiatry/anthropology. (wikipedia)

MILTOS MANETAS Already 13 months have passed from the ufficial closing of the 9th Berlin Biennial, Why did you wait all this time to show your work?

PIERO GILARDI Did I? I was working hard all this time.. Preparing the MAXXI exhibition-that finally became my main piece for the Berlin Biennial- doing other stuff.. Today there's little time to do the shows in the timeframe these shows are programmed. That isn't necesserily a problem though, the "show-can-go-on" and we"ll catch with it later.

the "show-can-go-on" and we"ll catch with it later

MILTOS MANETAS Do you think people -the visitors of the Berlin Biennial- can catch up with your work now that the exhibition isn't news any more? There was already Adam's DOCUMENTA 14, people still have to digest that.. And many other shows too.. We know of course that it was BB9's curatorial statement to continue the show forever but do you agree?

PIERO GILARDI (the answer by Piero Gilardi coming soon..)