Daniela Comani (born 4 February 1965 in

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, Italy) is an Italian artist. Since 1989, she has lived in

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, Germany.

Biography

Comani received a

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degree from the

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in Bologna, Italy (1988) and a

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from the

Universität der Künste The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the second largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research uni ...

in Berlin, Germany (1993). The

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work of Comani touches on subjects like history, language, gender and identity. She often works with photos and texts from newspapers, television and books that allegedly appear familiar to us. Foreignness and intimacy, history and interpretation, and the mechanisms of comprehension are her concerns. Comani's artistic practice includes photography, texts, drawings, video and installation.

Exhibitions (selection)

* 1992 – 37 Räume,

Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art The KW Institute for Contemporary Art (also known as Kunst-Werke) is a contemporary art institution located in Auguststraße 69 in Berlin-Mitte, Germany. Klaus Biesenbach was the founding director of KW; the current director is Emma Enderby. KW ...

(KW), Berlin * 1993 – More than zero, Magasin, Centre National d' Art Contemporain, Grenoble * 1996 – Lesen, Kunsthalle St.Gallen, Switzerland * 2006 – Das Achte Feld – Geschlechter, Leben und Begehren in der Kunst seit 1960,

Museum Ludwig Museum Ludwig, located in Cologne, Germany, houses a collection of modern art. It includes works from Pop Art, Abstract and Surrealism, and has one of the largest Picasso collections in Europe. It holds many works by Andy Warhol and Roy Lic ...

, Cologne * 2007 – History will repeat itself,

(KW), Berlin * 2007 – Ich war's, In 32 Tagen um den Alexanderplatz, NGBK / U2 Alexanderplatz, Berlin * 2008 – Transmediale 08 – conspire!,

Haus der Kulturen der Welt The Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), in English House of World Cultures, in Berlin is Germany's national center for the presentation and discussion of international contemporary arts, with a special focus on non-European cultures and societi ...

, Berlin * 2008 – Bildpolitiken,

Salzburger Kunstverein The Salzburger Kunstverein is a contemporary art organisation that specialises in art exhibitions. It is located in Salzburg, Austria, and is housed in the Künstlerhaus, which was built in 1885. The Salzburger Kunstverein organizes between ten ...

, Salzburg * 2008 – HeartQuake, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem * 2008 – Focus on Contemporary Italian Art, MAMbo – Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna * 2010 – Courier
University Art Museum, University at Albany
State University of New York * 2010 – C'était moi. Journal 1900–1999, Centre d'Art Passerelle, Brest * 2011 – 54.

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/ Repubblica di San Marino Pavilion,

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* 2011 – Doublespeak,

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the ...

, Salt Lake City, Utah * 2012 – Le Printemps de Septembre: History is Mine! Musée Les Abattoirs, Toulouse * 2013 – Authoritratti. Iscrizioni del femminile nell’arte italiana contemporanea, MAMbo – Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna * 2014 - Ich war's. Tagebuch 1900-1999
dkw. Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk
Cottbus * 2015 - Unprotected Zone, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem * 2016 - Dall'oggi al domani, 24 ore nell'arte contemporanea
MACRO - Museo d'Arte Moderna
Rome * 2017 - Faktor X - Das Chromosom in der Kunst,

Haus der Kunst The ''Haus der Kunst'' (, ''House of Art'') is a museum for modern and contemporary art in Munich, Bavaria. It is located at Prinzregentenstraße 1 at the southern edge of the Englischer Garten, Munich's largest park. It was built between 1933 an ...

, Munich * 2019 - Forgetting - Why We Don't Remember Everything,

Historical Museum, Frankfurt The Historical Museum (German: Historisches Museum) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, was founded in 1878, and includes cultural and historical objects relating to the history of Frankfurt and Germany. It moved into the Saalhof in 1955, and a new ext ...

, Frankfurt * 2019 - Biography: A Model Kit / The Human Condition,

Moscow Museum of Modern Art The Moscow Museum of Modern Art () is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Moscow, Russia. It was opened to public in December 1999. The project of the museum was initiated and executed by Zurab Tsereteli, president of the Russia ...

, Moscow * 2020 - Metropolis, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem * 2022 - YOU ARE MINE, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome (solo) * 2023 - Planet Earth: 21st Century,

Museum Folkwang Museum Folkwang is a major collection of 19th- and 20th-century art in Essen, Germany. The museum was established in 1922 by merging the Essener Kunstmuseum, which was founded in 1906, and the private Folkwang Museum of the collector and patr ...

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(solo) * 2024 - Überall und nirgendwo,

Neues Museum Nürnberg Neues Museum Nürnberg (NMN) is a museum for modern and contemporary art and design in Nuremberg. Architecture In 1990 the Bavarian government decided to build a 20th-century museum. The building in which the museum is located was designed b ...

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* 2024 - Orlando's Library, site-specific installation, Doge's Palace Genoa, (solo) * 2024 -

Bangkok Art Biennale The Bangkok Art Biennale is a biennial contemporary art exhibition held in Bangkok, Thailand, following the ''biennale In the art world, a biennale ( , ; ), is a large-scale international contemporary art exhibition. The term was popularised by ...

Bangkok Art and Culture Centre Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC; ) is a contemporary arts centre in Siam area, Bangkok, Thailand. Art, music, theatre, film, design and cultural/educational events take place in its exhibition and performance spaces. The centre includes caf ...

, Bangkok * 2025 - History Lessons, University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York

Artist books and publications (selection)

* Orlando's Library - Vol. 2, Danilo Montanari Editore, 2024, * You Are Mine, Monroe Books, Berlin, 2024, * Perturbazione/Disturbance, Danilo Montanari Editore, 2023, * Daniela Comani: A-Z, Danilo Montanari Editore, 2023, * 35q di bronzo (3.5 Tons of Bronze), Danilo Montanari Editore, 2021, * The Beginning The End, Monroe Books, Berlin, 2021, * Planet Earth: 21st Century, Humboldt Books, Milano, 2019, * 1975 - Diario di strada / Diary from the Road, Archive Books, Berlin, 2017, *Sunsets, Edition Patrick Frey, Zürich, 2016, * Eine glückliche Ehe / Un matrimonio felice / A Happy Marriage, Edition Patrick Frey, Zürich, 2014, * My Film History – Daniela Comani's Top 100 Films, Revolver Publishing, Berlin, 2013, * Novità editoriali a cura di Daniela Comani, Maurizio Corraini s.r.l., Mantua, 2012, * Neuerscheinungen hrsg. von Daniela Comani, Edition Patrick Frey, Zürich, 2009, * It was me. Diary 1900–1999, Maurizio Corraini s.r.l., Mantua, 2007, * Sono stata io. Diario 1900–1999, Maurizio Corraini s.r.l., Mantua, 2007, * comanicasino, REVOLVER Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, 2006, * Ich war’s. Tagebuch 1900–1999, REVOLVER Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, 2005, * Double Drawings, Vice Versa Verlag, Berlin, 2000,

References

Carolyn Kellogg, What if it were 'Mr. Dalloway'? Book covers revisited

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...

, 20 May 2011
Christopher Knight, In Daniela Comani's movie universe, gender assumptions get flipped

, January 31, 2015
Ida Panicelli, Daniela Comani / La Galleria Nazionale, Rome

Artforum ''Artforum'' is an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art. The magazine is distinguished from other magazines by its unique 10½ × 10½ inch square format, with each cover often devoted to the work of an artist. Notably ...

, December 2022

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Comani, Daniela 1965 births Living people 20th-century Italian women artists 21st-century Italian women artists Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna alumni Artists from Bologna Berlin University of the Arts alumni Italian multimedia artists Italian contemporary artists