Author: Norman Andrews
The Nice Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art is to hold an exhibition of works by the provocative artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in early November. There will be 68 works on show spanning his entire career. They will include his early self portraits, his mirror paintings of the 60s to his latest works with objects in everyday use.
Some of his best known works are those with backgrounds of polished steel, over which is an image of an anonymous figure. duplicated in the background mirror Other works include an antique wooden Virgin behind orange plexiglas and a gigantic roade made from scorched corrugated cardboard.