Giancarlo Flati Explained
Giancarlo Flati |
Birth Date: | 11 May 1953 |
Birth Place: | L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy |
Occupation: | Artist, painter, researcher, writer |
Website: | https://www.giancarloflati.com |
Giancarlo Flati (L'Aquila, May 11, 1953) is an Italian painter, researcher and writer.
Biography
Flati is born in L'Aquila, in the region of Abruzzo in central Italy. His artistic production began in 1964.
Since 1972 he has been doing artistic and biomedical research in several European Countries (University of L'Aquila, University of Rome "La Sapienza" Rome (Italy), University of Lund (Sweden), Karolinska–Sjukhuset / Karolinska Institutet – Stockholm (Sweden), University of Bergen (Norway), University of Ulm – Marienhospital – Stuttgart (Germany), Gdańsk (Poland), Fords, New Jersey (US). Currently he is active as a painter and writer in L'Aquila, Rome, New Jersey (US).
He has performed exhibitions in several European countries, in cultural institutions, in museums and private art galleries. Private and public collections of his works exist in Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Spain, Australia and US.[1]
He has been working, until 2009, in the field of Microsurgery and General Surgery. Flati has been docent in Scientific Methodology in the University of Rome "La Sapienza". He is author and coauthor of several surgical books and scientific articles, published worldwide in the fields of microsurgery, male infertility, hepato- pancreatic, gastrointestinal and endocrine surgery.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
In 2009, after an earthquake struck and destroyed his hometown of L'Aquila, Flati founded the Cultural Association "Cantiere Aquilano di Cultura Creativa ai Margini della Coscienza",[10] which is now active as a "Think tank" group dedicated to creative consciousness, with a particular attention to the aesthetic implications of the holographic paradigm proposed by Itzhak Bentov, David Bohm and Karl H. Pribram.[11]
In 2017, within the artistic movement of “heavenly aesthetics” theorized by Daniele Radini Tedeschi he has been invited at the Triennial Exhibition of Visual Arts in Rome, Complex of Vittoriano, Ala Brasini.[12] In 2017 he has been invited to participate as a member of “El Circulo Magico” at the National Pavilion of Guatemala - 57.International Art Exhibition - Venice Biennale.[13] On the occasion of the Theme “The Edge” of Guatemala Pavilion Flati has published the book “On the edge of creative mind” (Preface of Daniele Radini Tedeschi) describing the concepts and theoretical foundations of the works exposed: “I the tree of the Edges” and "From the silence of leaves”.[14]
In 2020 he founded a new artistic movement, theorising its foundations in the manifesto "The Tree of the Mabits. Manifesto for a new Artistic and Human Renaissance in the Time of Super Intelligent Clouds", published by Aracne Editrice in 2020.[15]
In 2021 he participated in the Triennial Exhibition of Visual Arts in Rome at the Palazzo Borghese - Galleria del Cembalo.[16]
In the same year he participated in the ARTInGenioMuseum Award Selection in Pisa with the following works exhibited there permanently: 1) Rhythm’s breacktrough 2) Soul theorem. Tribute to Grigory Perelman, 3) Trascendentsd 2.[17]
In 2022 he participated for the second time in the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia - Grenada Pavilion, where he exhibited his work Immaginary Hypermask of Mabits 2.[18]
Several art critics and editors have been writing about his art:
Awards
In 2005, Flati won the Michetti-Museum Prize.[19]
In 2016 won the cover competition for the July/August issue of the magazine Art & Beyond.[20]
Publications
Flati is the author of the following books:
- Book: Flati . Gentile . Lenzi . Varicocele ed infertilità maschile . SEU . 2006.
- Book: Flati, Giancarlo . Giancarlo Flati: Intersezioni del Tempo . Matteo Editore . 2008.
- Book: Flati, Giancarlo . From Qbits to Time Knots . Nero su Bianco . 2012.
- Book: Flati, Giancarlo . Il segreto del pendolo di Bentov. Co-Scienza, estetica dell'invisibile e ordini nascosti . Aracne Editrice . 2013.
- Book: Flati, Giancarlo . Attimi di silenzio . Fondazione Mario Luzi Editore . 2015.
- Book: Flati, Giancarlo . On the edges of creative mind . Società Editrice Universo . 2017.
- Book: Flati, Giancarlo . The tree of Mabits. Manifesto for a new Artistic and Human Renaissance in the coming Age of ASI Clouds (Artificial Superintelligent Clouds) . Aracne Editrice . 2020 . 978-88-255-3597-6.
His works have been published in the following books, reviews and catalogs:
- Book: Bortolatto, Luigina . Monografia "Giancarlo Flati" - Collana Esmeralda . Zanotto Editore Eurocrom Libri . 2004.
- Book: Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna n.42 . Mondadori . 2006.
- Book: Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna n.43 . Mondadori . 2007.
- Book: Bortolatto, Luigina . "Giancarlo Flati" - Collana Esmeralda, Vol IV . Zanotto Editore . 2007.
- Book: Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna n.44 . Mondadori . 2008.
- Book: Bortolatto, Luigina . Giancarlo Flati: "Poeta Cosmico" . Euroarte XI . 2008.
- Book: Avanguardie Artistiche . EA Editore . 2008.
- Book: Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna n.45 . Mondadori . 2009.
- Book: Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna n.46 . Mondadori . 2010.
- Book: Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna n.47 . Mondadori . 2011.
- Book: Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna n.48 . Mondadori . 2012.
- Book: International Contemporary Artists Vol VI . ICA Publishing . 2012.
- Book: International Contemporary Masters Vol VI . World Wide Art Books Inc. TM. California . 2012.
- Book: Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna n.49 . Mondadori . 2013.
- Book: ATIM's Top 60 Masters of Contemporary Art . ArtTour International Publications . 2013.
- Book: Szollosi, Georgia . Hidden Treasure Art Magazine Yearbook 2014 . ArtTour International Publications . 2013.
- Book: Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna n.50 . Mondadori . 2014.
- Book: Protagonisti dell'Arte 2014. Dal XIX Secolo ad Oggi . EA Editore . 2014.
- Book: Annuario d'Arte Contemporanea . EA Editore . 2014.
- Book: Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna n.51 - Gli artisti italiani dal primo Novecento ad oggi . Mondadori . 2015.
- Book: Artista dell'Anno 2015 . EA Editore . 2015.
- Book: Guggenheim issue of World of Art Contemporary Art Magazine . Contemporary Art Magazine. 2020.
- Book: Atlante dell'Arte Contemporanea (n.2) . De Agostini . 2020 . 9788851171834.
- Simone Incagnoli . Quando L'Arte diventa scienza . OPRA (Opera Programmatica di Riqualificazione Artistica) . 992 . December 2020 . 711–713.
Notes and References
- Web site: official site (section exhibitions).
- Book: Urology XXXV, 2:121-126. 1990.
- Book: Microsurgery 14:628-633 . 1993.
- Book: Japanese Journal of Surgery (Surgery Today), 30:104-105 . 2000.
- Book: Pancreatology, 2:4-11 . 2002.
- Book: Pancreas, 26, 1:8-14 . 2003.
- Book: Fertility and Sterility 82 (6):1527-1531 . 2004.
- Book: Clinica Terapeutica 156 (5): 191-195 . 2005.
- Book: Clinica Terapeutica 157 (2): 95-103 . 2006.
- Web site: Cantiere Aquilano di Cultura Creativa ai Margini della Coscienza . 2016-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161020180040/http://cantiereaquilano.it/chi-siamo-struttura-organizzativa . 2016-10-20 . dead .
- Web site: Cantiere Aquilano website article section . 2016-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161020175951/http://cantiereaquilano.it/pubblicazioni . 2016-10-20 . dead .
- Web site: Triennal Exhibition of Visual Arts in Rome.
- Web site: Venice Biennale - Guatemala Pavilion.
- Book: Flati, Giancarlo . On the edge of creative mind . Società Editrice Universo . 2017.
- Book: The Tree of the Mabits. Manifesto for a new Artistic and Human Renaissance in the Time of Super Intelligent Clouds . 2021-10-24 . 2021-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418111508/http://www.aracneeditrice.it/aracneweb/index.php/pubblicazione.html?item=9788825535976 . dead .
- Web site: Triennial Exhibition of Visual Arts in Rome. IV Edition.
- Web site: "PREMIO ARTINGENIO MUSEUM" selection 2021.
- Web site: Biennale Art 2022 - Grenada. 14 April 2022 .
- Web site: Michetti-Museum Prize 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306035328/http://www.iltempo.it/2006/01/15/di-gigliola-baldassarre-francavilla-mdash-al-via-la-2-edizione-del-premio-culturale-mumi-1.968524 . 2016-03-06 .
- Web site: Art & Beyond - July/August 2016.