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Andy Picci

Andy Picci

Swiss conceptual artist

Andrea Picci is a conceptual artist.[1][2][3][4][5] His work analyses the profound quest for self-identity and its construction through the virtualization of our society.[2][3][5][6]

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Early life

Picci grew up in Switzerland.[7] He studied photography at ECAL, visual communication at ESAM Design in Paris, and has a MFA from Central Saint Martins in London.[2][3][4][8]

Career

In 2015, Picci staged an artistic performance[9] in which he dressed as Pete Doherty, fooling some photojournalists and having his picture published on Le Parisien's front-page as Doherty's.[2][5][10][11][12][13][14]

"By embodying a false Doherty on a photograph presented as a true one, the doppelgänger joined an appropriationist art process in a Richard Prince’s style, questioning the construction of identity (hello Cindy Sherman) and tackled our Society of the Spectacle," stated the French newspaper Les Inrockuptibles.[9]

In April 2017, Picci published a book of poetry, Essais de gloire (Anatomie de mon coeur en été).[15]

In June 2018, he showed a series of copies of historic paintings altered to resemble Nabilla Benattia.[5][10][11][16] Benattia said she was "very flattered" by the exhibition.[17][18]

In 2019, he published a series of Instagram face filters. The filters questioned user's relation to selfie.[14][19]

In 2020, Picci was part of the group show "Link in Bio" at MdbK (Museum der Bildenden Künste), Leipzig, DE.[20] Curated by Anika Meier, the exhibition explored the impact of social media on contemporary art and showcased how artists have harnessed platforms like Instagram for creative expression.[20][21]

In October 2021, he was part of "Global Gallery", a collaborative project developed by König Gallery for Porsche. This initiative turned major city screens, like the ones of Times Square and Shibuya Crossing into digital exhibition spaces.[22][23]

In 2022, Andy Picci was included in the "Class of 2022", a global initiative by CIRCA and Dazed.[24] This project featured the works of 30 emerging artists, which art was showcased on the screens of Piccadilly Circus, London, Uk.[25][26]

Publications

Poetry

  • Essais de Gloire (Anatomie de mon coeur en été), Éditions de la Marquise, Lausanne 2017. ISBN 978-2-940591-03-9
  • PZ World, IDEA ltd , PZToday , London 2018. REF 11545
  • Futures Of Love, Magasins Généraux, Paris 2019. ISBN 978-2-9563028-3-4
  • Link In Bio - Art After Social Media, City of Leipzig, Museum der BildendenKünste Leipzig, Germany 2020. ISBN 978-3-86828-984-8

References

  1. [1]
    "Entre art et identité : rencontre avec Andrea Picci – Maze Magazine". Maze Magazine (in French). 15 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  2. [2]
    Bezold, John (2016). PLATEA. Vol. 3. Ismaning, Germany: Platea Media GmbH. p. 07. ISSN 2365-9297.
  3. [3]
    "Was verkaufen Künstler in Zeiten sozialer Medien? | Monopol – Magazin für Kunst und Leben". www.monopol-magazin.de (in German). 5 April 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Andy Picci, un enfant (trop?) de son siècle". bewaremag.com (in French). 2 February 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  5. [5]
    Hugo Compain, Hannah Larvin (translator). "Artist Andy Picci is questioning identity in the age of social media". Vogue English. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help) Archived 21 September 2018.
  6. [6]
    "On a testé : la biennale de Paname | Twenty Magazine". www.twentymagazine.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Qui est Andy Picci, le jeune homme ressemblant à Pete Doherty qui a berné les paparazzis ?". LCI (in French). Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  8. [8]
    "Andy Picci". Avenir Magazine. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  9. [9]
    Boinet, Caroline (30 September 2015). "Ceci n'est pas un Pete". Les Inrockuptibles. 1035: 32.
  10. [10]
    "Nabilla, Joconde des temps modernes, pour Allô, l'exposition d'Andy Picci". FIGARO (in French). 4 June 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  11. [11]
    "The Rake's progress: last week in gossip | Apollo Magazine". Apollo. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  12. [12]
    "Sosie de Pete Doherty en Une du "Parisien": "Les paparazzis m'ont encerclé et j'ai joué le jeu"". 20 Minutes (in French). 22 September 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  13. [13]
    "" Pete Doherty habite à Melun ": quand Le Parisien confond le musicien avec un inconnu". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  14. [14]
    Peters, Alex (28 July 2020). "Meet Andy Picci, the digital artist behind your favourite quarantine art". Dazed. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  15. [15]
    Picci, Andrea (2017). Essais de gloire : (anatomie de mon coeur en été). Lausanne. ISBN 978-2-940591-03-9. OCLC 1013910271.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  16. [16]
    Dell'Anna, Fabio (5 June 2017). "Une Expo sur Nabilla? Non, mais allô!". Le Matin. 134: 20–21.
  17. [17]
    "Salle d'attente". Les Échos (in French). France. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  18. [18]
    "Nabilla "très flattée" de l'expo qui lui est consacrée et la transforme en Joconde". Le Huffington Post (in French). 6 June 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  19. [19]
    Lisa, Miquet (6 February 2019). "Avec ses propres filtres Instagram, Andy Picci interroge notre rapport aux réseaux sociaux". Konbini Arts - Photographie et arts sans filtre par Konbini (in French). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  20. [20]
    "Link in Bio". Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  21. [21]
    "Link in Bio | Metal Magazine". metalmagazine.eu. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  22. [22]
    Pellatt, Corey. "Meet the Digital Artists Taking over the World's Most Iconic Billboards with Porsche's Global Gallery". Complex. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  23. [23]
    White, Ryan. "This global exhibition brings rising digital artists to the busiest streets in the world". i-d.vice.com. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  24. [24]
    "Andy Picci, Class of 2022". CIRCA. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  25. [25]
    AnOther (1 September 2022). "CIRCA X Dazed Class of 2022: Meet the Next Generation of Filmmakers". AnOther. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  26. [26]
    Dazed (31 August 2022). "Introducing the CIRCA x Dazed Class of 2022 filmmakers". Dazed. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
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