Sprovieri is delighted to present The Illustration of Art, 1969 – 1971, Antonio Dias’ first exhibition at the gallery, in collaboration with Gomide&Co, São Paulo, Brazil. The exhibition will comprise six historical works realised when he was living in Milan, underscoring Dias’s enduring relationship with Studio Marconi, where he first presented a solo exhibition in 1969.
Born in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil, in 1944, Antonio Dias moved with his family to Rio de Janeiro in 1957, where he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts and attended the studio of Oswaldo Goeldi. In the mid-1960s, in open defiance of Brazil’s military dictatorship, Dias moved to Paris after receiving a French government scholarship for his participation in the 4th Biennale de Paris. In 1968 he relocated to Milan, where he established close ties with artists including Mario Schifano, Luciano Fabro, Alighiero Boetti, and Giulio Paolini. Works from this period, presented in the exhibition, reflect the consolidation of Dias’s conceptual language during his early years in Milan.
Antonio Dias: The Illustration of Art, 1969 – 1971 press release
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