Giovdì 10 Aprile la Galleria Michela Rizzo innaugura con “Procession Paintings” di John Millei la seconda mostra della Project Room di Calle degli Albanesi. L'artista californiano propone una pittura apparentemente minimalista che si snoda nel rapporto tra i toni brillanti tipici della pittura di Giotto e l'eco di quelli più vicini alla terra di Morandi. L'arte di Millei è caratterizzata da una poetica articolata e complessa, sia per quello che riguarda la forma espressiva, essa infatti comprende sculture in ceramica ma anche litografie anche se la modalità più esperita è quella del dipinto, sia per quello che riguarda l’orientamento teorico. La sua pittura è infatti frutto di un confronto tecnico con la grande arte italiana; tutto ciò è particolarmente chiaro nella scelta che l’artista di Los Angeles effettua nella gestione del colore. Le opere esposte fano parte di un progetto che Millei porta avanti da cinque anni, “Procession Paintings”, progetto incentrato sulla modalità espressiva del Giotto della Cappella degli Scrovegni, in particolar modo sulle figure e sul colore della “processione nuzziale”.

Mostre Collettive:


2004 “ACE INVITATIONAL 2004,” ACE Gallery Los Angeles,


2002 “ACE INVITATIONAL 2002,” ACE Gallery New York


1998 "HELMUT DORNER, Helmut Federle, John Millei,

Gerhard Richter," Domaine De Kerguehennec,Bignan, Francia


1997 "PRIMARY COLORS," Barbara Faber / Rob Jurka Gallery, AMSTERDAM,

HOLLAND (Curata da Bennett Roberts)


1995 "ABSTRACTION FROM TWO COASTS," The Lawing Gallery,

Houston, Texas


"PAINTING BEYOND THE IDEA", Manny Silverman Gallery,

Los Angeles, California (curata da Vennett Roberts )


"FLOWERS", Boritzer / Gray / Hamano, Santa Monica,

California


1993 "PHYSICAL ABSTRACTION," Blum Helman Gallery Neew York,


"4TH NEWPORT BIENNIAL" NEewport Harbor ART MUSEUM, California


1992 "NEW PHYSICAL ABSTRACTION IN LOS ANGELES PART II," ACE

Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California


"ESSENTIAL GESTURES: Nancy Haynes, John Millei, Sigmar Polke," Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York


1991 "THE NEW PHYSICAL ABSTRACTION IN LOS ANGELES," ACE

Contemporary exhibitions, Los Angeles, California


"THREE PAINTERS: Jacqueline Humphries, John Millei, Carl

Ostendarp," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco,California


1991 “RECENT ACQISITIONS OF THE ACHENBACH FOUNDATION FOR THE

GRAPHIC ARTS, PART TWO: 1950-1991, “CALIFORNIA PALACE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR,San Francisco, California


1990 "PHYSICAL ABSTRACTION," ACE Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles,

California


BRAZIL PROJECTS 1990," Municipal ART GALLERY, Los Angles, California; Travelled to ART MUSEUM of Sao Paulo, Brazil


"IN PERFECT SILENCE," Art Center College of Art and Design, Pasadena, California


David Beitzel Gallery, New York


"THE ENDS OF PAINTING: THE EDGES OF ABSTRACTIONS,"

Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica,California

CALIFORNIA (Curata da David Pagel)


“FOUR ABSTRACT PAINTERS," Claremont College,

Claremont, California


"THE SPIRIT OF OUR TIME," Contemporary ArtsCouncil, Santa Barbara, California


1988 Mark Richards Gallery, Loos Angeles, California


"AFTER ABSTRACT," Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CAalifornia


1987 "DRAWINGS," Mark Richards Gallery, Los Angeles, California


1984 "SMALL WORKS NATIONAL," Zanel Gallery, Rochester, New York


"INTERIORS-EXTERIORS," Gensler & Associates, Los Angeles, California


“DRAWING: NINE ARTISTS," Swope Gallery Los Angeles, California


Mostre Personali:


2006 “PROCESSION”, ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills

2002 “THE REAL LIFE OF FLOWERS,” ACE Gallery, los Angeles


“FOR SURFING,” ACE ACE Gallery, los Angeles


2001 ACE ACE Gallery, los Angeles


2000 ACE Gallery, New York


“ANNUS MUNDI PAINTINGS,” ACE ACE Gallery, los Angeles,

California


1999 Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Parigi, Francia


"PAINTINGS," Domaine de Kerguehennec, Bignan,Francia


1998 "TERRA PAINTINGS," ACE Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California


"TERRA PAINTINGS," ACE Gallery Città del Messico, Messico


"PAINTINGS," Velan, Torino, Italia


1997 "SELECTED PAINTINGS," ACE Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California


"FRIENDLY PRESSURE," Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas


1996 "SELECTED WORKS: 1991-1996," ACE Gallery New York,


"PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS," Douglas Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas


1995 "DRAWINGS," ACE Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California


“JOHN MILLEI RETABLOS, " Trisorio Galleria, Napoli, Italia


"NI-BE-FE," ACE Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California


"NERVE METER PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS," Douglas Lawing Gallery, Houton Texas


1994 "DRAWINGS," ACE ACE Gallery, los Angeles


1993 "PROJECT: RETABLOS," David Beitzel Gallery, New York


"DRAWINGS," ACE ACE Gallery, los Angeles


1991-92 "PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS," ACE ACE Gallery, los Angeles


1991 “DRAWINGS," Marc Jancou Gallery, Zurigo, Svizzera


1990 "DRAWINGS," ACE ACE Gallery, los Angeles


1988 Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles, California


"DRAWINGS," Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla,California


1987 Marc RIichards Gallery, Los Angeles, California


1984 Orlamdo Gallery Sherman Oaks, California

1982 Orlamdo Gallery Sherman Oaks, California


1981 Orlamdo Gallery Sherman Oaks, California