JEAN PIGOZZI « Johnny »
Entrepreneur, photographer, philanthropist and collector of contemporary African and Japanese art.
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About Jean "Johnny" Pigozzi
- Biography
(Born 1952), heir to the CEO of the automobile brand Simca, is an art collector, photographer and fashion designer. He lives in Geneva.
- Pigozzi is
a « French-born Italian ». He was born in Paris in 1952 and is the son of Henri Pigozzi
Pigozzi began taking pictures age seven. Since then, he never stopped photographing everything around him, which meant friends, dogs, icebergs, himself and a great many celebrities. His first solo exhibition of photography was at Musée d’art moderne, Paris (1974). His photographs have since been shown worldwide
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A Century of Black Figuration in Painting comprises an exhibition, publication and discursive programming that explores Black self-representation and celebrates global Black subjectivities and Black consciousness from pan-African and pan-diasporic perspectives.
Works from Malian photographers Seydou Keïta and Malick Sidibé will be featured in the exhibition to be held at Il Magazzino delle Idee (The Idea Warehouse), the Trieste cultural hub.
Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures immerses visitors in a conversation that reimagines, reinterprets and reclaims the past and present for a more empowering future for African Americans.
Galerie Nathalie Obadia presents its fourth exhibition of Seydou Keïta (c.1921 – 2001), considered one of the most influential photographers in West Africa. This exhibition brings together a comprehensive range of work by this self-taught artist, whose rise to fame began in the heart of a small studio in Bamako
DECOLONIZE YOUR THOUGHT, GAZE, AND IMAGINATION A different perspective on our collections
In a moment when we are rethinking the history of Humanity as an interconnected one on a global scale, it is essential to point out that many of the objects and documents on display in museums today are intrinsically imbued with a colonial perspective.
La collection Pigozzi – Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) – est aujourd’hui la plus importante collection privée dédiée à l’art africain contemporain. Créée en 1989 par l’homme d’affaires italien et photographe Jean Pigozzi, en collaboration avec André Magnin qui en assurera la direction artistique pendant 20 ans, elle compte aujourd’hui plus de 10 000 pièces : peintures, sculptures, dessins, photographies, installations et vidéos, conçues par des artistes vivant et travaillant dans une vingtaine de pays d’Afrique sub-saharienne. La collection ne se veut pas une vitrine de l’art africain contemporain et revendique des choix particuliers d’artistes dont elle possède souvent de grands ensembles d’œuvres. Elle ne dispose pas de lieu permanent pour l’instant, mais grâce aux expositions et prêts d’œuvres à de nombreux musées du monde entier, à la publication de catalogues et de livres consacrés à cette scène artistique, elle a fait découvrir à un public toujours plus nombreux la formidable diversité de la création plastique en Afrique sub-saharienne.
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If Pigozzi has never been to Africa, André Magnin travels the continent to build the Pigozzi collection to assemble 10,000 pieces collected and some 200 exhibitions on all continents.