Artist

John Armleder

John Armleder (born in Geneva in 1948) is a Swiss performance artist, painter, sculptor, critic, and curator. His work is based on his involvement with Fluxus in the 1960s and 1970s, when he created performance art pieces, installations and collective art activities that were strongly influenced by John Cage. However, Armleder’s position throughout his career has been to avoid associating his artistic practice with any type of manifesto.
In 1969, with Patrick Lucchini and Claude Rychner, Armleder founded the Groupe Ecart in Geneva, from which stemmed the Galerie Ecart and its associated performance group and publications. The Groupe Ecartwas particularly important in Europe during the 1970s and 1980s, not only through its activity as an independent publishing house, but also because it introduced in Switzerland—and sometimes in Europe—a large number of notable artists, including Joseph Beuys and Andy Warhol. Armleder was later associated with Neo-Geo artistic movement and was often referred to as the “darling” of the New York art critics in this period (1980s).
Armleder frequently examines the context in which art is displayed and views the exhibition as a medium in its own right. Since the 1990s, he has created installations, paintings, wall paintings, sculptures and what he calls Furniture Sculptures—installations that usually juxtapose furniture with monochrome or abstract paintings, either literally on the furniture or on a canvas hanging nearby. His work has varied greatly in form, and has, since the beginning, used chance as a method of producing the final forms that pieces take, much like John Cage. He often uses a dense scenographic hanging style, putting individual works into close proximity and creating installation-like exhibitions.

Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Come Casa
Francesco Pantaleone Arte Contemporanea returns with “Come Casa,” an exhibition, curated...
18 Jan 2024 - 16 Mar 2024
Francesco Pantaleone
Palermo
Exhibitions
Elmgreen & Dragset, John Armleder: Room Service
A collaborative exhibition between Scandinavian artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset and Swiss artist John Armleder.
16 Mar 2023 - 13 May 2023
Massimo De Carlo, Milan
Milan
Exhibitions
Unique
A group exhibitions collecting the main editions produced for the art space over the years
11 Sep 2020 - 18 Dec 2020
Parkett
Zurich
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Massimo De Carlo Pièce Unique
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Massimo De Carlo London
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Massimo De Carlo, Hong Kong
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Massimo De Carlo, Palazzo Belgioioso
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Massimo De Carlo, Casa Corbellini-Wassermann
Galleries in Milan
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