Bartus Bartolomes

BIOGRAPHY - BARTUS BARTOLOMES

Bartus Bartolomes was born in Venezuela. In 1958 he faced his first experience as an exile in Colombia and Europe due to the change of political regime which occurred in his country, and to which part of his family was linked. Upon finishing his secondary education, he traveled to Europe and settled in Paris. In 1969 he wrote the manifesto of "Kitsch Art", promoting street artistic experimentalism, which he summarized in the books "Lumpen-Visive"; "Flipper Posthume"; "Azure Night Cup"; "Erotogramas and Chacharas", fragmentarily published.

In the early seventies, away from these trends, he published a counter-manifesto in San Francisco, California, proclaiming it "Meta-conceptualism". It was the beginning of his iconographic investigations of the new handwriting and symbolic proposals combining "haiku" and "visive art".

In the late seventies and early eighties he was involved in several events, carried out in Italy and other European countries, organized by the group "Zeta International", promoters of "New Visuality" or "Visive Poetry", together with Carlo Marcello Conti, Lamberto Pignotto, Adriano Spatola, Gerard Jaschke, Eugenio Miccini, Luciana Arbizzani, T. Blittersdorf, Graziel...

Fine art in France, India, China.

2013.

ST. ART 2013, Foire Européenne d’Art Contemporain
22 au 25 novembre. GALLERY MONTEOLIVETO. Strasbourg - Wacken.
BEIJING ART EXPO 2013.
HOMMAGE A MATISSE / NICE-FRANCE 2013.
AAF STOCKHOLM - SWEDEN OCT. 3/6.
Art Monaco 2013. ‘One Man Show’. Sculptures. Gallery Monteoliveto. Nice- France.
‘Snug Harbor Art Lab. Public Project. . State Island, N.Y. USA;
‘41st Salon Antibes. & Modern Art Fair’’. April 20th/May 6th.Port Vauban. Old Port of Antibes.
‘Smart Aix en Provence Art Fair. May 2/6. Gallery Monteoliveto. France.
‘Art of the Prom’. Promenade des Anglais.7/9 june. Gallery Monteoliveto.Nice. France
‘Transitoriedad’. Ateneo del Táchira. Salón de Lectura. ‘One Man Show,’ San Cristobal. Tachira. Vzla;
Biblioteca Civica di Feltre, Belluno. Italia. Poesia Visiva Group Show.
Art Monaco 2013. Irreversible Art Projects, Air Sculptures. Giants in the City.
Global Art Gallery. “Rassegna Internazionale Plagi” Globalart . Noicataro, Italy
Miami International Art Fair. (MIA) Irreversible Art Projects.
MIA Encore Aboard SeaFair. April 4/7

2012

Miguel Rodes Art Project Bird Road / Miami - Florida.
The Contemporary Art Ruhr ‘C.A.R.’ Autumn Exhibition at Zollverein Heritage Site.
Essen Germany. Public Art Project. Insta...