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'''Francesco Clemente''' (born March 23, 1952) is an Italian ]ist. He has lived at various times in Italy, in India, and in ]. Some of his work is influenced by the traditional art and culture of India.{{r|grove}} He has worked in various ] including ], ], ], ], ] and ].{{r|trecc}} He was among the principal figures in the Italian ] movement of the 1980s, which was characterised by a rejection of ] and ] and a return to ] and ].{{r|gugg}}
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'''Francesco Clemente''' (born 23 March 1952) is an Italian ]ist and book publisher. He has lived and worked at various times in Italy, India and ]. Some of his work is influenced by the traditional art and culture of India.{{r|grove}} He has worked in various ] including ], ], ], ], ] and ].{{r|trecc}} He was among the principal figures in the Italian ] movement of the 1980s, which was characterized by a rejection of ] and ] and a return to ] and ].{{r|gugg}} He was the co-publisher of ] from 1986 to 1993.


==Career== ==Life==
Clemente was born in 1952 in ], in ] in southern Italy. In 1970 he enrolled in the faculty of architecture of the ], the university of Rome, but did not complete a degree there.{{r|gugg}} In Rome he came into contact with contemporary artists such as ] and ], who had come to the city at about the same time,{{r|alex}} and also with the American ], who lived there.{{r|grove}} Boetti, who was ten years older, became both a friend and a mentor; in 1974 they visited ] together.{{r|tate}} With Ontani, Clemente gave performances at the Galleria L'Attico.{{r|grove2}} Despite his close involvement with these artists associated with the ] movement, and his interest in others such as ] and ], Clemente preferred to work on paper. He made ink drawings of dreams and recollections of his childhood, and in 1971, in his first solo show, exhibited ]s at the Galleria Giulia in ].{{r|grove}}
] on paper, 1981,<br> ])]]
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Clemente's work spans four decades. His work is stylistically varied, inclusive, erotic, and nomadic. It embraces diverse mediums and diverse cultures as well, aiming at finding wholeness through fragmentation and witnessing the survival of contemplation and pleasure in our mechanical age.


In 1973 Clemente made the first of many visits to India.{{r|grove}} He established a studio in ] (now Chennai),{{r|trecc}} and became interested in both the religious and folk traditions of India and in the traditional art and crafts of the country. In 1976 and 1977 he visited the library of the Theosophical Society of Madras to study the religious texts there.{{r|gugg}} In 1980 and 1981 he worked on ''Francesco Clemente Pinxit'', a series of twenty-four ]s on antique hand-made ], in collaboration with miniature painters from ] and ].{{r|grove|gugg|stella|page3=88}} In 1982 he moved to New York City.{{r|kay}}. He lives in ].<ref name=NYT20160929>Kurutz, Steven. , ''The New York Times'', 28 September 2016. Accessed 3 November 2016. "The house is part of the Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District, a landmarked community of 21 row homes, with 11 lining Macdougal Street and 10 running parallel on Sullivan Street."</ref>
Clemente's work is rooted in political utopia and expresses an anti-materialistic stance.
In the 1970s he moved from photography to drawing and anticipated the return to painting of the 1980s.


] in ], in ], India, 2014 ]]
His work is also nomadic. In the 1980s he divided his time between India and New York. While briefly associated with ] he took an interest in collaborative works both with Indian craftsmen and with painters like ] and Warhol, and poets like ] and Ginsberg in New York. In an interview with ], Clemente commented "these poets had been looking at the East for inspiration and I was also anxious to evade the materialism of the West."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brooklynrail.org/2013/05/art/francesco-clemente-in-conversation-with-alex-bacon|title=Francesco Clemente in Conversation with Alex Bacon|date=May 2013|publisher=Brooklyn Rail}}</ref>


==Work==
In the 1990s Clemente explored intensely erotic imagery, inspired by the ] traditions both of India and Tibet, and turning contemporary preoccupations with identity and sexuality into an occasion to ask questions about the nature of the self. In the 2000s Clemente underwent a darker and grotesque phase, returning in recent years to luminous images of repose and transformation.
], ] and ] in 1984]]
Clemente's work has been widely shown. His early large canvases, painted in 1981–1982, were exhibited in 1983 at the ] in London and then in Germany and Sweden.{{r|grove}} In 1986 the ] in ], mounted a travelling exhibition of his work.{{r|gugg}} Clemente participated in the ] in 1988, 1993, 1995 and 1997; in ] in ], Germany, in 1992 and 1997; and in the ], also in 1997.{{r|trecc}} Solo shows were held at the ] in 1990; at the ] in London in 1991; {{r|phila}} at the ] in Tokyo in 1994; at the ] of ] in 1999; at the ] in New York in 2000; at the ] in ] in 2002–2003; at the ] in Dublin in 2004; at Palazzo Sant'Elia in ] ] in 2013; at both the Coro della Maddalena in ] and ] in ] Italy in 2016; and at the ] in ] in 2017.{{r|trecc|gugg}}


In 1998 his work was used in the film '']'', directed by ].{{r|gugg}}
Since the 1980s until today, Clemente has also chronicled New York intellectual and social life through a great number of portraits, contributing to the revival of a genre until then somehow discredited.


In 2024, Clemente collaborated with Swiss chef ] to design and open Clemente Bar, a plant-based cocktail and tasting lounge that features original large-scale works by the artist. The bar is located within Humm’s other property, ] in New York City. <ref></ref>
Clemente's art has been presented in solo and group shows internationally. Major retrospectives have been held in the 1990s at the ], at The Royal Academy in London, at the Centre Pompidou, Paris and at the Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo. Clemente's art was also featured in 1999-2000 at the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, and at the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao. In the 2000s retrospectives were held at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, at the Museo MADRE, Naples and at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt. An exhibition of self-portraits and of Clemente's own version of the ] Cards was held at the ], Florence in 2011.


==Art market==
The artist is currently represented by Bruno Bischofberger in Switzerland, ] in London, and Mary Boone Gallery in New York.
The highest selling painting by the artist was ''The Fourteen Stations, No. XI'' (1981-1982), who sold by $1,860,000 at ] ], at 9 May 2022.<ref></ref>


==See also==
Clemente's work is featured in the 1998 movie, ].
* ] (])
* ]


==References==
Francesco Clemente is a member of the ].
{{Reflist|refs=


<ref name=alex>Alex Bacon (3 May 2013). . ''Brooklyn Rail''.</ref>
==Timeline==


<ref name=grove> (2012). . ''Grove Art Online''. ''Oxford Art Online''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed April 2017. {{subscription required}}</ref>
===1980s===
], ], 1983; the ], ], 1984 ; the Nationale Galerie, ], 1984; the ], New York, 1985 ; the ], 1987; the Fundacion Caja, 1987; and the ], New York, 1988.


<ref name=grove2>Matthew Gale (). . ''Grove Art Online''. ''Oxford Art Online''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed April 2017. {{subscription required}}</ref>
===1990s===
],<ref name="Francesco Clemente in Philadelphia Museum of Art">{{cite web|title=Francesco Clemente in Philadelphia Museum of Art|url=http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/76773.html|accessdate=March 24, 2012}}</ref> the ], London, the ], ] and the Sezon Museum, ].


<ref name=gugg>. Guggenheim. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Accessed March 2017.</ref>
===2000 and after===
Major retrospective 1999/2000, the ] in New York and in Bilbao; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2004); the Rose Art Museum, Massachusetts (2004); Museo Maxxi, Rome (2006), Museo Madre, Naples (2009), Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2011), Uffizi Gallery, Florence (2011) and Yale University (2013).


<ref name=kay>] (19 November 1990). . ]. ISSN 0028-7369.</ref>
==== Recent exhibitions ====
* ''The Tarot'', Francesco Clemente at the Uffizi, unofficial guide and blog, September 8 – November 6, 2011
* ''Palimpsest'', Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt June 8 – September 4, 2011
* ''JK's Walk'', Galeria Javier Lopez - Mario Sequeira, Madrid,October 27 - February 3, 2012
* ''Winter Women, Summer Self'', Galeria Lorcan Oneill, Rome May 27 – July 30, 2011
* ''Ménage à Trois - Warhol, Basquiat, Clemente'', Federal Art and Exhibition Hall, Bonn, Germany, February 10 – May 20, 2012
* ''Francesco Clemente: Inspired by India'', Rubin Museum of Art, New York City, September 5, 2014 – February 2, 2015


<ref name=phila>. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Archived 30 March 2011.</ref>
==Works==
* ''A History of the Heart in Three Rainbows''<ref name="A History of the Heart in Three Rainbows">{{cite web|title=A History of the Heart in Three Rainbows|url=http://www.deitch.com/projects/sub.php?projId=274|accessdate=March 25, 2012}}</ref>
* '' Bestiary''
* ''Map Of What Is Effortless''- 1978 Gouache on paper 60 x 57 in 152.4 x 144.8&nbsp;cm
* ''Inside Outside''
* ''Sun''
* ''Atlas''
* ''Fire''
* ''Abbraccio''
* ''From Story of my life''
* ''Scissors and Butterflies''


<ref name=stella>Stella Kramrisch (1990). ; in: Ann Percy, Raymond Foye (1990). ''Francesco Clemente: Three Worlds'' (exhibition catalogue). Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Pages 88–109. {{ISBN|9780847812974}}.</ref>
<gallery caption="''Undae Clemente flamina pulsae'', Francesco Clemente, 1978, Groninger Museum" mode=packed>
Undae Clemente flamina pulsae 1.jpg
Undae Clemente flamina pulsae 2.jpg
Undae Clemente flamina pulsae 3.jpg
Undae Clemente flamina pulsae 4.jpg
</gallery>


<ref name=tate>Francesco Clemente (2012). . London: Tate. Accessed April 2017.</ref>
==See also==

* ]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name=grove>. ''Grove Art Online''. ''Oxford Art Online''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2017. {{subscription required}}</ref>

<ref name=gugg>. Guggenheim. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Accessed March 2017.</ref>


<ref name=trecc> (in Italian). ''Enciclopedie on line''. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed March 2017.</ref> <ref name=trecc> (in Italian). ''Enciclopedie on line''. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed March 2017.</ref>
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==Further reading== ==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* Seidel, Max. ''Francesco Clemente: The Tarots''. Hirmer Publishers. 2012. {{ISBN|9783777445212}}
* Clemente, Francesco; Hollein, Max and Walcott, Derek. ''Francesco Clemente: Palimpsest''. Moderne Kunst Nürnberg. 2012. {{ISBN|9783869842257}}
* Danto, C. Artur. ''Francesco Clemente: The Sopranos''. Charta. 2008. {{ISBN|9788881586981}}
* Clemente, Francesco; Walcott, Derek. ''Francesco Clemente: Three Rainbows''. Charta. 2009. {{ISBN|9788881587452}}
* Clemente, Francesco; Danto, Arthur. ''Francesco Clemente: A Private Geography''. Charta. 2011. {{ISBN|9788881587957}}
* Jain, Jyotindra. ''Clemente: Made in India''. Charta. 2011. {{ISBN|9788881588091}}
* Ammann, Jean- Christophe; Clemente, Francesco. ''Francesco Clemente: Works 1971–1979''. Charta. 2007. {{ISBN|9788881586509}}
* Matthews, Harry. ''Singular Pleasures''. Dalkey Archive Press. 1999. {{ISBN|9781564782335}}
* Clemente, Francesco. ''Francesco Clemente''. Charta. 2000. {{ISBN|9788881582822}}
* Babini, Luca. ''Francesco Clemente: Art and Life''. Aperture Foundation. 1999. {{ISBN|9780893818722}}
* Rushdie, Salman. ''Francesco Clemente: Self Portraits''. Gagosian Gallery. 2005. {{ISBN|9781932598247}}
* Clemente, Francesco. ''Polaroids, Celebrities and Self-Portraits''. Jablonka Galerie. 2001. {{ISBN|9788391307526}}
* Fahey, David; Clemente, Francesco. ''Sante D'Orazio: A Private View''. Prestel Publishing. 2006. {{ISBN|9783829602471}}
* Clemente, Francesco. ''India''. Twelvetrees Press. 1989. {{ISBN|9780942642308}}
* Rimanelli, David. ''Francesco Clemente Paintings 2000–2003''. Gagosian Gallery. 2003. {{ISBN|9781880154946}}
* Clemente, Francesco. ''Francesco Clemte: Fifty One Days at Mount Abu''. D'Offay, Anthony Gallery. 1999. {{ISBN|9780947564773}}
* Fischl, Eric; Ammann, Jean-Christophe; Young, Geoffrey; Clemente, Francesco. ''Eric Fischl: It's Where I look...It's How I See... Their World, My World, The World''. Mary Boone Gallery/ Jablonka Gallery. 2009. {{ISBN|9783931354329}}
* Auping, Michael. ''Francesco Clemente''. Abrams, Harry N., Inc. 1985. {{ISBN|9780810907720}}
* Colombo, Paulo. ''Francesco Clemente''. Electa. 2006. {{ISBN|9788837043469}}
* Avedon, Elizabeth. ''Francesco Clemente''. Knopf Publishing Group. 1987. {{ISBN|9780394747873}}
* Katz, Vincent. ''Life Is Paradise: The Portraits of Francesco Clemente''. Powerhouse Books. 1999. {{ISBN|9781576870532}}
* McLure, Michael. ''Francesco Clemente Testa Coda''. Rizzoli. 1992. {{ISBN|9780847814695}}
* Percy, Ann. ''Francesco Clemente: Three Worlds''. Rizzoli. 1990. {{ISBN|9780847812974}}
* Percy, Ann. ''Francesco Clemente: Three Worlosi''. Philadelphia Museum of Art. 1998. {{ISBN|9780876330845}}
* Warner, Marina. ''Francesco Clemente: The Book of the Sea''. Gagosian Gallery. 2002. {{ISBN|9781880154779}}
* Shapiro, David. ''Francesco Clemente''. Parkett Verlag AG. 1986. {{ISBN|9783907509593}}
* Valli, Giambattista. ''Giambattista Valli''. Rizzoli. 16 October 2012. {{ISBN|9780847835713}}
* Denninson, Lisa. ''Clemente: A Retrospective''. Abrams, Harry N., Inc. 1999. {{ISBN|9780810969179}}
* Crone, Rainer. ''Francesco Clemente: Pastelle 1972–1983'' Prestel Verlag GmbH & Co KG. 1984.{{ISBN|9783791306421}}
* Eccher, Danilo. ''Francesco Clemente''. Allemandi, Umberto & Company. 1999. {{ISBN|9788842209171}}
* Walcott, Derek. ''A Conversion'', exhibition catalogue. Deitch Projects, New York, Edizioni Charta, Milano 2009.
* Rushdie, Salman. Being Francesco Clemente, in: ''Francesco Clemente: Self Portraits'', exhibition catalogue. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2006. Pages {{nobreak|5–10}}.
* Kort, Pamela. Francesco Clemente in Conversation with Pamela Kort, New York, 26 March 2011; in: Francesco Clemente, ''Palimpsest'', exhibition catalogue. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2011.
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=== Books ===
* Seidel, Max. ''Francesco Clemente: The Tarots''. Hirmer Publishers. February 15, 2012. ISBN 9783777445212
* Clemente,Francesco; Hollein, Max and Walcott, Derek. ''Francesco Clemente: Palimpsest''. Moderne Kunst Nürnberg. March 31, 2012. ISBN 9783869842257
* Danto, C. Artur. ''Francesco Clemente: The Sopranos''. Charta. January 9, 2008. ISBN 9788881586981
* Clemente,Francesco; Walcott, Derek. ''Francesco Clemente: Three Rainbows''. Charta. October 31, 2009. ISBN 9788881587452
* Clemente,Francesco; Danto, Arthur. ''Francesco Clemente: A Private Geography''. Charta. February 28, 2011. ISBN 9788881587957
* Jain, Jyotindra. ''Clemente: Made in India''. Charta. September 30, 2011. ISBN 9788881588091
* Ammann, Jean- Christophe; Clemente, Francesco. ''Francesco Clemente: Works 1971- 1979''. Charta. August 28, 2007. ISBN 9788881586509
* Matthews, Harry. ''Singular Pleasures''. Dalkey Archive Press. November 29, 1999. ISBN 9781564782335
* Clemente, Francesco. ''Francesco Clemente''. Charta. October 28, 2000. ISBN 9788881582822
* Babini, Luca. ''Francesco Clemente: Art and Life''. Aperture Foundation. October 1, 1999. ISBN 9780893818722
* Rushdie, Salman. ''Francesco Clemente: Self Portraits''. Gagosian Gallery. January 1, 2005. ISBN 9781932598247
* Clemente, Francesco. ''Polaroids, Celebrities and Self-Portraits''. Jablonka Galerie. February 15, 2001. ISBN 9788391307526
* Fahey, David; Clemente, Francesco. ''Sante D'Orazio: A Private View''. Prestel Publishing. April 1, 2006. ISBN 9783829602471
* Clemente, Francesco. ''India''. Twelvetrees Press. November 15, 1989. ISBN 9780942642308
* Rimanelli, David. ''Francesco Clemente Paintings 2000-2003''. Gagosian Gallery. June 23, 2003. ISBN 9781880154946
* Clemente, Francesco. ''Francesco Clemte: Fifty One Days at Mount Abu''. D'Offay, Anthony Gallery. April 2, 1999. ISBN 9780947564773
* Fischl, Eric; Ammann, Jean-Christophe; Young, Goeffrey; Clemente, Francesco. ''Eric Fischl: It's Where I look...It's How I See... Their World, My World, The World''. Mary Boone Gallery/ Jablonka Gallery. February 1, 2009. ISBN 9783931354329
* Auping, Michael. ''Francesco Clemente''. Abrams, Harry N., Inc. September 1, 1985. ISBN 9780810907720
* Colombo, Paulo. ''Francesco Clemente''. Electa. May 28, 2006. ISBN 9788837043469
* Avedon, Elizabeth. ''Francesco Clemente''. Knopf Publishing Group. November 12, 1987. ISBN 9780394747873
* Katz, Vincent. ''Life Is Paradise: The Portraits of Francesco Clemente''. powerHouse Books. October 28, 1999. ISBN 9781576870532
* McLure, Michael. ''Francesco Clemente Testa Coda''. Rizzoli. January 1, 1992. ISBN 9780847814695
* Percy, Ann. ''Francesco Clemente: Three Worlds''. Rizzoli. November 15, 1990. ISBN 9780847812974
* Percy, Ann. ''Francesco Clemente: Three Worlosi''. Philadelphia Museum of Art. January 27, 1998. ISBN 9780876330845
* Warner, Marina. ''Francesco Clemente: The Book of the Sea''. Gagosian Gallery. January 28, 2002. ISBN 9781880154779
* Shapiro, David. ''Francesco Clemente''. Parkett Verlag AG. September 28, 1986. ISBN 9783907509593
* Valli, Giambattista. ''Giambattista Valli''. Rizolli. October 16, 2012. ISBN 9780847835713
* Denninson, Lisa. ''Clemente: A Retrospective''. Abrams, Harry N., Inc. November, 30. 1999. ISBN 9780810969179
* Crone, Rainer. ''Francesco Clemente: Pastelle 1972-1983'' Prestel Verlag GmbH & Co KG. September 9, 1984. ISBN 9783791306421
* Eccher, Danilo. ''Francesco Clemente''. Allemandi, Umberto & Company. January 1, 1999. ISBN 9788842209171
*

=== Online articles ===
* Walcott, Derek. ''A Conversion.<ref name="A Conversion by Derek Walcott">{{cite web|title=A Conversion by Derek Walcott|url=http://francescoclemente.net/images/literature/Derek%20Walcott.pdf|accessdate=March 24, 2012}}</ref> '' Exhibition catalogue Deitch Projects, New York, Edizioni Charta, Milano 2009.
* Rushdie, Salman. ''Being Francesco Clemente.<ref name="Being Francesco Clemente">{{cite web|title=Being Francesco Clemente|url=http://francescoclemente.net/images/literature/Salman%20Rushdie.pdf|accessdate=March 24, 2012}}</ref> '' This essay was originally published as Salman Rushdie, “Being Francesco Clemente,” in Francesco Clemente: Self Portraits, exh. cat. (New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2006), pp.&nbsp;5–10.
* Kramrisch, Stella. ''The Twenty-Four Indian Miniatures.<ref name="The Twenty-Four Indian Miniatures">{{cite web|title=The Twenty-Four Indian Miniatures|url=http://francescoclemente.net/images/literature/Stella%20Kramrisch.pdf|accessdate=March 24, 2012}}</ref> '' This essay was originally published as Stella Kramrisch, “The Twenty-four Indian Miniatures,” in Francesco Clemente: Three Worlds, by Ann Percy and Raymond Foye, exh. cat (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1990), pp.&nbsp;88–109.

=== Interviews ===
* Kort, Pamela. ''Francesco Clemente in Conversation with Pamela Kort.<ref name="Being Francesco Clemente"/> '' New York, March 26, 2011 (Published in Francesco Clemente, Palimpsest, exhibition catalogue Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2011)
* Rose, Charlie. ''A conversation with artist Francesco Clemente.<ref name="A conversation with artist Francesco Clemente" >{{cite web|title=A conversation with artist Francesco Clemente |url=http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/9227|accessdate=March 24, 2012}}</ref> '' New York, August 20, 2008
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Italian artist

Francesco Clemente
Black-and-white photograph of an elderly man with grey-stubbled chinPortrait by Michael Avedon, 2011
Born (1952-03-23) 23 March 1952 (age 72)
Naples, Italy
EducationArchitecture (University of Rome)
Known forpainting, drawing, book publishing
Patron(s)Hanuman Books
Websitefrancescoclemente.net
Cover of Francesco Clemente Pinxit, artist's book, 1981
With self-portrait, San Francisco, 1991

Francesco Clemente (born 23 March 1952) is an Italian contemporary artist and book publisher. He has lived and worked at various times in Italy, India and New York City. Some of his work is influenced by the traditional art and culture of India. He has worked in various artistic media including drawing, fresco, graphics, mosaic, oils and sculpture. He was among the principal figures in the Italian Transavanguardia movement of the 1980s, which was characterized by a rejection of Formalism and conceptual art and a return to figurative art and Symbolism. He was the co-publisher of Hanuman Books from 1986 to 1993.

Life

Clemente was born in 1952 in Naples, in Campania in southern Italy. In 1970 he enrolled in the faculty of architecture of the Sapienza, the university of Rome, but did not complete a degree there. In Rome he came into contact with contemporary artists such as Luigi Ontani and Alighiero Boetti, who had come to the city at about the same time, and also with the American Cy Twombly, who lived there. Boetti, who was ten years older, became both a friend and a mentor; in 1974 they visited Afghanistan together. With Ontani, Clemente gave performances at the Galleria L'Attico. Despite his close involvement with these artists associated with the Arte povera movement, and his interest in others such as Pino Pascali and Michelangelo Pistoletto, Clemente preferred to work on paper. He made ink drawings of dreams and recollections of his childhood, and in 1971, in his first solo show, exhibited collages at the Galleria Giulia in Rome.

In 1973 Clemente made the first of many visits to India. He established a studio in Madras (now Chennai), and became interested in both the religious and folk traditions of India and in the traditional art and crafts of the country. In 1976 and 1977 he visited the library of the Theosophical Society of Madras to study the religious texts there. In 1980 and 1981 he worked on Francesco Clemente Pinxit, a series of twenty-four gouaches on antique hand-made rag paper, in collaboration with miniature painters from Orissa and Jaipur. In 1982 he moved to New York City.. He lives in Greenwich Village.

Paper tent at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in Kochi, in Kerala, India, 2014

Work

Clemente (right) with Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Bruno Bischofberger in 1984

Clemente's work has been widely shown. His early large canvases, painted in 1981–1982, were exhibited in 1983 at the Whitechapel Gallery in London and then in Germany and Sweden. In 1986 the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida, mounted a travelling exhibition of his work. Clemente participated in the Biennale di Venezia in 1988, 1993, 1995 and 1997; in documenta in Kassel, Germany, in 1992 and 1997; and in the Whitney Biennial, also in 1997. Solo shows were held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1990; at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 1991; at the Sezon Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo in 1994; at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna of Bologna in 1999; at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2000; at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli in Naples in 2002–2003; at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin in 2004; at Palazzo Sant'Elia in Palermo Sicily in 2013; at both the Coro della Maddalena in Alba and Santa Maria della Scala in Siena Italy in 2016; and at the NSU Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2017.

In 1998 his work was used in the film Great Expectations, directed by Alfonso Cuarón.

In 2024, Clemente collaborated with Swiss chef Daniel Humm to design and open Clemente Bar, a plant-based cocktail and tasting lounge that features original large-scale works by the artist. The bar is located within Humm’s other property, Eleven Madison Park in New York City.

Art market

The highest selling painting by the artist was The Fourteen Stations, No. XI (1981-1982), who sold by $1,860,000 at Christie's New York, at 9 May 2022.

See also

References

  1. ^ (2012). Clemente, Francesco. Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed April 2017. (subscription required)
  2. ^ Clemènte, Francesco (in Italian). Enciclopedie on line. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed March 2017.
  3. ^ Francesco Clemente. Guggenheim. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Accessed March 2017.
  4. Alex Bacon (3 May 2013). Francesco Clemente in Conversation with Alex Bacon. Brooklyn Rail.
  5. Francesco Clemente (2012). TateShots: Francesco Clemente on Alighiero Boetti. London: Tate. Accessed April 2017.
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  9. Kurutz, Steven. "What Do Anna Wintour and Bob Dylan Have in Common? This Secret Garden", The New York Times, 28 September 2016. Accessed 3 November 2016. "The house is part of the Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District, a landmarked community of 21 row homes, with 11 lining Macdougal Street and 10 running parallel on Sullivan Street."
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Further reading

  • Seidel, Max. Francesco Clemente: The Tarots. Hirmer Publishers. 2012. ISBN 9783777445212
  • Clemente, Francesco; Hollein, Max and Walcott, Derek. Francesco Clemente: Palimpsest. Moderne Kunst Nürnberg. 2012. ISBN 9783869842257
  • Danto, C. Artur. Francesco Clemente: The Sopranos. Charta. 2008. ISBN 9788881586981
  • Clemente, Francesco; Walcott, Derek. Francesco Clemente: Three Rainbows. Charta. 2009. ISBN 9788881587452
  • Clemente, Francesco; Danto, Arthur. Francesco Clemente: A Private Geography. Charta. 2011. ISBN 9788881587957
  • Jain, Jyotindra. Clemente: Made in India. Charta. 2011. ISBN 9788881588091
  • Ammann, Jean- Christophe; Clemente, Francesco. Francesco Clemente: Works 1971–1979. Charta. 2007. ISBN 9788881586509
  • Matthews, Harry. Singular Pleasures. Dalkey Archive Press. 1999. ISBN 9781564782335
  • Clemente, Francesco. Francesco Clemente. Charta. 2000. ISBN 9788881582822
  • Babini, Luca. Francesco Clemente: Art and Life. Aperture Foundation. 1999. ISBN 9780893818722
  • Rushdie, Salman. Francesco Clemente: Self Portraits. Gagosian Gallery. 2005. ISBN 9781932598247
  • Clemente, Francesco. Polaroids, Celebrities and Self-Portraits. Jablonka Galerie. 2001. ISBN 9788391307526
  • Fahey, David; Clemente, Francesco. Sante D'Orazio: A Private View. Prestel Publishing. 2006. ISBN 9783829602471
  • Clemente, Francesco. India. Twelvetrees Press. 1989. ISBN 9780942642308
  • Rimanelli, David. Francesco Clemente Paintings 2000–2003. Gagosian Gallery. 2003. ISBN 9781880154946
  • Clemente, Francesco. Francesco Clemte: Fifty One Days at Mount Abu. D'Offay, Anthony Gallery. 1999. ISBN 9780947564773
  • Fischl, Eric; Ammann, Jean-Christophe; Young, Geoffrey; Clemente, Francesco. Eric Fischl: It's Where I look...It's How I See... Their World, My World, The World. Mary Boone Gallery/ Jablonka Gallery. 2009. ISBN 9783931354329
  • Auping, Michael. Francesco Clemente. Abrams, Harry N., Inc. 1985. ISBN 9780810907720
  • Colombo, Paulo. Francesco Clemente. Electa. 2006. ISBN 9788837043469
  • Avedon, Elizabeth. Francesco Clemente. Knopf Publishing Group. 1987. ISBN 9780394747873
  • Katz, Vincent. Life Is Paradise: The Portraits of Francesco Clemente. Powerhouse Books. 1999. ISBN 9781576870532
  • McLure, Michael. Francesco Clemente Testa Coda. Rizzoli. 1992. ISBN 9780847814695
  • Percy, Ann. Francesco Clemente: Three Worlds. Rizzoli. 1990. ISBN 9780847812974
  • Percy, Ann. Francesco Clemente: Three Worlosi. Philadelphia Museum of Art. 1998. ISBN 9780876330845
  • Warner, Marina. Francesco Clemente: The Book of the Sea. Gagosian Gallery. 2002. ISBN 9781880154779
  • Shapiro, David. Francesco Clemente. Parkett Verlag AG. 1986. ISBN 9783907509593
  • Valli, Giambattista. Giambattista Valli. Rizzoli. 16 October 2012. ISBN 9780847835713
  • Denninson, Lisa. Clemente: A Retrospective. Abrams, Harry N., Inc. 1999. ISBN 9780810969179
  • Crone, Rainer. Francesco Clemente: Pastelle 1972–1983 Prestel Verlag GmbH & Co KG. 1984.ISBN 9783791306421
  • Eccher, Danilo. Francesco Clemente. Allemandi, Umberto & Company. 1999. ISBN 9788842209171
  • Walcott, Derek. A Conversion, exhibition catalogue. Deitch Projects, New York, Edizioni Charta, Milano 2009.
  • Rushdie, Salman. Being Francesco Clemente, in: Francesco Clemente: Self Portraits, exhibition catalogue. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2006. Pages 5–10.
  • Kort, Pamela. Francesco Clemente in Conversation with Pamela Kort, New York, 26 March 2011; in: Francesco Clemente, Palimpsest, exhibition catalogue. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2011.
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