Mangelos
kad mlidijah umreti, (When I thought I would die), 1957-1963
Tempera on hardboard
65,5 x 79 cm (25 3/4 x 31 1/8 in.)
Mangelos did indeed predict the year of his own death in this shid-manifesto. Based on the idea that « we often speak of « two » marxes « three »...
Mangelos did indeed predict the year of his own death in this shid-manifesto. Based
on the idea that « we often speak of « two » marxes « three » van goghs «
several » picassos » and the fact the Mangelos learned in school that « cells renew
themselves every seven years » Mangelos established that « there should be 9 and a half
mangelos » from 1921 to 1987.
on the idea that « we often speak of « two » marxes « three » van goghs «
several » picassos » and the fact the Mangelos learned in school that « cells renew
themselves every seven years » Mangelos established that « there should be 9 and a half
mangelos » from 1921 to 1987.
Exhibitions
Exhibition History
mangelos nos. 1 to 9 1/2, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, 2003. Traveled
to Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Fundació Antoni Tàpies Barcelona, and
Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel.
Miroirs Noirs, galerie frank elbaz, Paris, 2014
The Skye is Blue in Some Other Way: A Diagram of a Possible Misreading, Galeria Elba
Benitez, curated by Adam Budak, 2014
Literature
Literary Illustrations
mangelos nos. 1 to 9 1/2. Texts by Branka Stipančić, Laura Hoptman, and Bernard Marcadé.
Published by Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, 2003, p. 106.
Mangelos, Texts by Ivana Bašičević Antić, Ješa Denegri, François Piron, Paraguay Press in
association with galerie frank elbaz, 2014, pp. 76, 77 (illustrated in color) .