Ben Patterson. (United States, 1934 – Germany, 2016) He began musical studies of piano and violin in 1952, and in 1956 joined several symphony orchestras in…
Ben Patterson. (United States, 1934 – Germany, 2016) He began musical studies of piano and violin in 1952, and in 1956 joined several symphony orchestras in Canada and Germany. In 1960 he settled in Cologne, and after meeting Stockhausen, John Cage, Nam June Paik, Merce Cunningham and Wolf Vostell, he became one of the figures of radical contemporary music. A pioneering artist of the Fluxus avant-garde, he organised in 2012 the 50th anniversary of Fluxus, a major retrospective throughout the city of Wiesbaden in Germany. Since then he has been the subject of numerous exhibitions in Europe, Asia, Russia and America, with concerts, readings and performances. Exhibition view, Ben Patterson, No more pink ? Jan 2018, Galerie Eva Vautier Photo © François Fernandez. Mauro Ghiglione. A committed artist, he observes with a critical and curious eye the society in which he lives and works, constantly questioning his own role. The content of his research seeks to explore the expressive possibilities of matter and of the symbol, as opposed to artistic ephemerality. “Mauro Ghiglione is today confirmed, in the third millennium, as one of the most ferocious and most conscious analysts of contemporary image.”
