Artist Bio

John Lovett                           Alessandro Codagnone

Born in USA, 1962                     Born in Italy, 1967

EDUCATION: 

Lovett       1988-89  School of Visual Arts, New York

               1986-88  MBA, Drexel University, Philadelphia

               1980-84  BA in Psychology and Fine Arts, Dickinson College, Carlisle

Codagnone      1993-94  Whitney Museum Independent Study  Program, New York

                    1989-92  Goldsmiths’ College, London

                    1988-89  Chelsea School of Art, London

One Person Exhibition 

Selected Group exhibitions 

2003      Chironex Fleckeri or Suspended Moments (Mulholland   Drive), Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK), Berlin, curated by Frank Wagner.

            Video Fuori dalla scena, Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna “Monetevergini”, Siracusa.

            A Song for You, a screening curated by Rafael Sanchez, Anthology Film Archives, New York.

            Decade, Shroeder-Romero, New York.

            Imperfect Marriages, Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan

            Benefit 2003, Momenta Art, New York.

2002      20^th TFF (Torino Film Festival), Palazzo del Lingotto, Turin (catalogue).

            Videolab, Special Section, The International Fair of Contemporary Art Artissima 9, 2002, Turin.

            HANS: Interspecies Love, Gallery Oni, Boston, curated by Tom Cole.

            Fruit Farm Film Festival, McMinnville, Oregon (catalogue).

            A Song for You, a screening curated by Rafael Sanchez, Anthology Film Archives, New York.

            Charley, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York.

            Gallery’s Artists, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris

            <<Identité, mètissage et autres arrangements>> Palais de Tokyo, Paris, curated by Alexandre Pollazzon.

            Group Show, Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan.

            Power Ballads, Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery, New York.

2001     Heads or Tails, Galerie Praz-Delavallade,Paris.

            Video Art Plastique, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie, Hérouville Saint-Clair, France (catalogue).

            My generation. Video art from the 70's to the present day, The Atlantis Gallery, London, curated by Mark Nash and Alexandre Pollazzon.

            Contemporary Utopia - Musdienu Utopjia, Latvian Centre of Contemporary Art, Riga Latvia, curated by Frank Wagner (catalogue).

            Hops! Ambienti,Link project, Bologna, curated by Luca Vitone.

            Blind date, Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York.

2000     Death Race 2000, Thread Waxing Space, New York.

            Kentric Sex, Cargo, London (video screening).

            Collector’s choice, Exit Art, New York.

            Espacio Marica, Institute of Civilian Disobedience, Oslo, Norway, curated by Octavio Zaya.

            Guilty Pleasure, Artnet.com.

            Mining the Store, Allentown art Museum, Allentown.

            TWO by Two, The Rachofsky House, Dallas.

1999      Non Solo fotografia, Centro d’Arte Contemporanea Ticino, Bellinzona.

             Lovevolution, XL/Xavier La Boulbenne, New York.

            999, organized by Centro d’Arte Contemporanea Ticino,Stabile Ex-Troesch, Bellinzona.

             Artissima 99, Castello di Rivoli/Palazzo Nervi, Torino.

             Videotheque  Mobile 90-2000, Palazzo delle Papesse,

             Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Siena.

1998     Remix, Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes (catalogue)

            Group Show, Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan.

            He swam down, away, Audiello Fine Art, New York, curated by Tony Payne.

            Videostore! Bricks and Kicks, Vienna, curated by Bureau de Video.

            Bathroom, Thomas Healy Gallery, New York, curated  by Wayne Koestenbaum.

            #4, XL/Xavier LaBoulbenne, New York.

            Transatlantico, Centro Atlantico De Arte Moderna,

            Las Palmas, curated by Octavio Zaya (catalogue).

            Interferencias, Canal De Isabella II, Madrid, travelling to Centro Andaluz De Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla;

            Universidad De Salamanca, curated by Octavio Zaya (catalogue).

            Edifying Sappho and Socrates, Darlinghurst Station

            Sidney,travelling to Torch Gallery, Amsterdam.

            Il Motore della Moda, Stazione Leopolda, Firenze, curated by Emi Fontana.

1997     More, XL/Xavier LaBoulbenne, New York.

             A Home Show:Sitting up Erected or Reclining, Hinterhof Links, Berlin, curated by Mary Goldman.

             Artforum Berlin 97, XL/Xavier LaBoulbenne

            Domestic Bliss, DNA Gallery, Provincetown.

             #2, Knut Asdam, Ellen Cantor, Lovett/Codagnone and  Rosemarie Trockel, XL/Xavier LaBoulbenne, New York.

             New Museum of Contemporary Art Benefit, New York.

             Health Crisis Emergency, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York.

1996     The Male Gaze from y to z, Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris.

          Mona Hatoum, Lovett/Codagnone, Marilyn Minter, XL  Xavier LaBoulbenne, New York.

         Video Sans Titres, Galerie Froment Putman, Paris.

         Ellen Cantor, Lovett/Codagnone, Mike Sale: Video,  XL/Xavier LaBoulbenne, New York.

         Family Nation Tribe Community Shift, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin, Organized by NGBK, curated by Frank Wagner (catalogue).

         Best of Indipendent Video, La Panderia, Mexico City

         Fotog, SAUCE Gallery, New York.

         White Columns benefit, White Columns, New York.

         Open Your Heart, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.

1995      Soho Biennial, Eight Floor Gallery, New York.

             Crystal Blue Persuasion, Feature Gallery, New York.

             The Moderns, Feature Gallery, New York.

Selected Bibliography 

 “Food for Thought”, Self Service, Spring/Summer 2000, pages 46

 “Blue Jeans e Visioni”, Flash Art, February-March  1998, page 41

 “Charley 01”, May 2002, page 326

 "Hops!", Flash Art, February-March 2001, page 72    

 "Hops!". Metropoliemilia Arte, January 2001, 

 “Ist das der neue Mensch?”, BZ, September 14 1996.

 “I Didn’t Do It”, Honcho, December 1995, page 35-41  

 “Neue Visionen”, Der Tagesspiegel,September 25 1996

 “Tagestipp: Lovett/Codagnone ASK*”. Zitty 23/2003, page 148 (Fig.).

 "Tutti I segni del duemila". Il Resto del Carlino, January 25 2001, (Fig.).

 “Una Performance unica”,L’ORA, June 22^nd 2001,(Fig.)

 “Urwuchsige Gemeinschaft”, Die Welt, Sept.16 1996.

 “Witness: An Exquisite Corpse”, XXX Fruit, Summer 1995, page 46-47 (Fig.).

 “What do you expect from an art institution in the 21^st century?” Palais De Tokyo, published in 2001, page 110. 

Adams, Brooks. “New Humanist Photography”, The Print  Collector’s Newsletter, May-June 1996, page 54-56 (Fig.).

D’Agnolo, Giulia. “Pornography con Humor”, Il Manifesto, September 1st 1996 (Fig.).

D’Agnolo, Giulia. “Interview”, Virus #8, June 1996, pages 32-33 (Fig.).

Aletti, Vince. The Village Voice, October 16 1996.

Aletti, Vince. The Village Voice, March 18 1998.

Arning, Bill. Time Out New York, November 14-21 1996, (Fig.).

Asdam, Knut. “Heterotopia, Pornographi, Kunst og Gravgarder”

Hyperfoto Nr.2, 1996.

Asdam, Knut. “Heterototpia, Art, Phornography and Cemeteries”, We are all normal (and we want our freedom). A collection of contemporary Nordic artists writings. Edited by Katya Sander & Simon Sheikh, 2002, page 398-407 (Fig.).

Asdam, Knut. “Psychesthenia #2, Brev fra New York”, Hyperfoto Nr.3, 1996.

Atkins, Robert. “Lesbian and Gay Wahtzis”, The Village Voice, June 20 1995, page 71-72.

Boker,Carmen. “Vater,Mutter,Kind-ein Auslaufmodell”, Berliner Zeitung, September 13 1996.

Burns, Nora. “Blow-up doolls”, PAPER, June 1998, page 34 (Fig.).

Cattelan, Maurizio & Gonzalez-Forester, Dominique. “Permanent Food” #3 (Fig.).

Ciocca, Sabrina. “Lovett/Codagnone” art in town, ZERO2, June 1997, page 13.

Collings, Matthew. “It Hurts,New York art from Warhol to Now”

21 Publishing London, 1999, page 29 (Fig.).

Codognato, Mario. "Palermo. Il Micromuseum nasce come spazio non profit aperto a tutte le discipline", Il Sole 24 ore, Sunday May 20^th 2001, page XI.

Cotter Holland. “Where witty meets gritty”, The New York Times, Friday November 15^th 2002, page E31.

Dustan, Guillaume. “au-dela du gay”, Les Inrockuptibles, January 20 1999, page 25 (Fig.).

Falces, Manuel. “Nueve formas de usoradical de la camera”,El Pais, April 1 1998.

Fanti, Silvia. "Hops!Ambienti", Ziczero+, Juanuary 19 2001.

Flesh, Henry. “Son of Thread Waxing Space”, New York Press, October 9-15 2002, volume 15, issue 41, page 11.

Gehman, Geoff. “Cultivating the Collection”,Morning Call, April 23 2000, page E1-E2.

Gohlke, Gerrit. “Family Nation Tribe”, Springer, December 1996 (Fig.).

Guardiola, Juan.”Interferencias”, Shangay, April 1998, page 28 (Fig.).

Huitorel, Jean Marc. “Remix”, Art Press, January-February 1999, page 72-74 (Fig.).

Iannessa, Simona. "Hops! Cambia I connotati dell'ambiente", Il Domani, January 25 2001, page 13.

Indiana, Gary. “On George W.S. Trow and Daniel Harris”, Artforum, April 1997 (Fig.).

KBM. “Ratselhaft: Chironex Fleckeri in der Neuen Gesellschaft fur Bildende Kunst”, Tip 23/03: 06.11-19.11, page 72 (Fig.).

Kelly, Mary. “Imaging Desire”, The MIT Press, page 206 (Fig.).

Kempkes, Anne. “Unter geschwungenen Dachern”, Texte zur Kunst, Spring 1997, page 158-163.

Martinez, Rosa. “Transatlantico: Celebration of Dispersion”, Flash Art, March-April 1999, page 54.

Naldi, Paola. "Vedrete pittori fare il deejay e architetti pensanti in video", La Repubblica, January 25 2001, (Fig.).

Nicita, Paola. “Sesso in auto per riflettere”, La Repubblica –Palermo page XI, June 22^nd 2001, (Fig.).

Nyeborg, Pierre-Emmanuel. "Expositions. Paris", l'agenda de Têtu nº4, Têtu nº 53, February 2001, page 17 (Fig.).

Peck, Dale. “Family Ties”, Out magazine, May 1996, page 48 (Fig.).

Pieroni, Augusto. “Fototensioni”, Castelvecchi Editore, page 42 and page 68.

Rimanelli, David. The New Yorker, November 18 1996.

Rimanelli, David. “Crystal Blue Persuasion”, The New Yorker, October 2 1995.

Saltz, Jerry. Time Out New York, April 2-9 1998 (Fig.).

Savoca, Giuseppe. “Arte Estrema”,Castelvecchi Editore, page 148-52 (Fig.).

Servant, Jean Christophe. “Nantes casse les cliches”, Remix, March 1999, page 72 (Fig.).

Sierra, Rafael. “Carreteras Secundarias”, El Mundo, April 1 1998, page 47 (Fig.).

Schindler, Christian. “Saubere, asexuelle Akte”, Generalanzeiger Oranienburg, September 19 1996.

Sebastiano, Umberto. “L’Unita’”, June 7 1997 (Fig.).

Slesin, Suzanne. “House & Garden”, May 2000, page 138.

Smith, Roberta. “Chelsea’s Work in Progress”, The New York Times, November 29 1996.

Sossai, Maria Rosa. "Sconfinamenti", Flash Art, February-March 2001, page 108-111 (Fig.).

Spada, Sabina. “Il Fascino Discreto del Quotidiano”, Arte, August 2000, page 128 (Fig.).

Steimane,Inga.”Review: Contemporary Utopia”, NU: The Nordic Art Review, Vol.III NO.3-4/01, page 107.

Steimane,Inga. What happens with two intimately close people. An Interview with Lovett/Codagnone, Neatkariga Rita Avize, 19/05/2001, (Fig.).

Thevenin, Patrick. “Une oeuvre de mensonges”, Tetu, January-February 1999, page 19.

Verzotti, Giorgio. “Party Lines”, Artforum, Summer 1997, page 49.

Vettese, Angela. “Arte motore della moda”, Il Sole 24 Ore, January 11 1998, page 35.

Watson, Simon. Simon Says #2, April 1998 (Fig.).

Werner, Gabrielle. “Virilitat, Erotik und Social-Hygiene”, Aktuell, Nr. 17 1996, page 22-24 (Fig.).

Werneburg, Brigitte. “Exportierte Gluckseligkeit”, Tageszeitung, September 16 1996.

Wilkinson, Jeanne. “A Chelsea Afternoon”, Review Art, November 1 1996.

Zapperi,Giovanna. "Sex & Space. Sulla sessualità, il genere e la rappresentazione dello spazio", Flash Art (Italia), n° 242, ottobre-novembre 2003, page 120-122 (Fig.).

Zaya, Octavio. “Out of Bounds” an interview, Flash Art, Summer 1998, page 126-9 (Fig.).

Zaya, Octavio. “Fuera de los Limites/Out of Bounds” an interview, Papel Alpha Nr.3, 1997, page 39-48 (Fig.).