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2018-11-12
A radical and charismatic figure, Mario Schifano was in the centre of the avant-garde social life of Rome; mixing with aristocrats, actors, crooks, writers and Rock ‘n Roll musicians. Eschewing his earlier ‘Monochrome’ paintings in the early 1960s Schifano started to bring in iconic ‘Pop’ advertising logos and text such as his ‘Coca-Cola’ and ‘Esso’ works and in 1962 exhibited alongside Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Tom Wesselmann at Sidney Janis Gallery in ‘The New Realists’ exhibition.
Opposite – Compagni, compagni, 1968
Exhibition runs through to December 20th, 2018
The Mayor Gallery
21 Cork Street
First Floor
W1S 3LZ
London
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