Daniela Comani Explained

Daniela Comani (born 4 February 1965 in Bologna, Italy) is an Italian artist. Since 1989, she has lived in Berlin, Germany.^[1]

Biography

Comani received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna, Italy (1988) and a Master of Fine Arts from the Universität der Künste in Berlin, Germany (1993).^[2]

The multimedia work of Comani touches on subjects like history, language, gender and identity. She often works with photos and texts from newspapers, television and books that allegedly appear familiar to us. Foreignness and intimacy, history and interpretation, and the mechanisms of comprehension are her concerns. Comani's artistic practice includes photography, texts, drawings, video and installation.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1992 – 37 Räume, Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art (KW), Berlin
• 1993 – More than zero, Magasin, Centre National d' Art Contemporain, Grenoble
• 1996 – Lesen, Kunsthalle St.Gallen, Switzerland
• 2006 – Das Achte Feld – Geschlechter, Leben und Begehren in der Kunst seit 1960, Museum Ludwig, Cologne^[3]
• 2007 – History will repeat itself, Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art (KW), Berlin ^[4]
• 2007 – Ich war's, In 32 Tagen um den Alexanderplatz, NGBK / U2 Alexanderplatz, Berlin^[5]
• 2008 – Transmediale 08 – conspire!, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
• 2008 – Bildpolitiken, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
• 2008 – HeartQuake, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
• 2008 – Focus on Contemporary Italian Art, MAMbo – Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
• 2010 – Courier, University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York
• 2010 – C'était moi. Journal 1900–1999, Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest
  • 2011 – 54. Biennale di Venezia / Repubblica di San Marino Pavilion, Venice 2011 – Doublespeak, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
• 2012 – Le Printemps de Septembre: History is Mine! Musée Les Abattoirs, Toulouse
• 2013 – Authoritratti. Iscrizioni del femminile nell’arte italiana contemporanea, MAMbo – Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna

Artist books and publications (selection)

• Eine glückliche Ehe / Un matrimonio felice / A Happy Marriage, Edition Patrick Frey, Zürich, 2014,
• My Film History – Daniela Comani's Top 100 Films, Revolver Publishing, Berlin, 2013,
• Novità editoriali a cura di Daniela Comani, Maurizio Corraini s.r.l., Mantua, 2012,
• Neuerscheinungen hrsg. von Daniela Comani, Edition Patrick Frey, Zürich, 2009,
• It was me. Diary 1900–1999, Maurizio Corraini s.r.l., Mantua, 2007,
• Sono stata io. Diario 1900–1999, Maurizio Corraini s.r.l., Mantua, 2007,
• comanicasino, REVOLVER Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, 2006,
• Ich war’s. Tagebuch 1900–1999, REVOLVER Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, 2005,
• Double Drawings, Vice Versa Verlag, Berlin, 2000,

References

• Carolyn Kellogg, What if it were 'Mr. Dalloway'? Book covers revisited", Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2011

Notes and References

1. Comani. Daniela. 2009-01-01. IMAGES: Installations, 2002—2011. 23256461. Diacritics. 39. 4. 112–185. 10.1353/dia.2009.0030. 145412720.
2. Web site: Daniela Comani - Autori Corraini Edizioni. www.corraini.com. 2016-03-05.
3. Web site: Das achte Feld - Geschlechter, Leben und Begehren in der Bildenden Kunst seit 196 . art-in.de . 8 September 2023.
4. Web site: History Will Repeat Itself. Strategies of Re-enactment in Contemporary Art . kw-berlin.de . 17 November 2007 . 8 September 2023.
5. Web site: Ich war's. In 32 Tagen um den Alexanderplatz . www.bbk-kulturwerk.de . 8 September 2023.