ALVIANI, GETULIO Born: 1939, Udine (Italy) Title: Untitled (Ohne Titel) Technique: Color silkscreen (Farbserigrafie) on light cardboard Image Dimensions: 44×44 cm Sheet Dimensions: 50×50 cm Inscription: Signed and numbered Edition of 175 Biography: Getulio Alviani (5 September 1939 in Udine – 24 February 2018 in Milan) wwas an Italian painter based in Milan. He is considered to be one of the most important Optical - kinetic artist. In 1962 he moved to Milan, where he became friends with Piero Manzoni and Lucio Fontana, who was very interested in his works and bought some of his "surfaces". He also worked with other famous artists like Max Bill, Bruno Munari and Josef Albers. In 1964 he was invited to show at the Venice Biennale, successfully sharing a room with Enrico Castellani. In 1965 Alviani took part in The Responsive Eye at MoMA in New York, together with other artists associated with Kinetic and Programmed Art. His work was purchased by MoMA and used as a poster image for the museum's next exhibition, "The New Acquisitions". In 1968 he was invited at Kassel's Documenta 4. Throughout the 1970s he travelled to South America, and accepted, upon request of Jesús Rafael Soto, the directorship of the Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. His work was again included in the Venice Biennale in 1984, 1986 and 1993. He also exhibited at the Milan Triennale, the Kunsthaus Graz, Palazzo delle Papesse in Siena, Academie de France in Rome, the Buenos Aires Biennale, the travelling exhibition "Light, Movement and Programming", and the Rome Quadriennale.