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Chiachio & Giannone

Leo Chiachio and Daniel Giannone, better known as Chiachio & Giannone (born in 1969 and 1964 respectively), are a gay art collective from Argentina.

Leo Chiachio
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Banfield, Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentinian
Websitehttps://www.chiachiogiannone.com/
Daniel Giannone
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Cordoba, Argentina
NationalityArgentinian
Websitehttps://www.chiachiogiannone.com/

Biography edit

Chiachio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1969, while Daniel Giannone was born in Cordoba, Argentina in 1964. They met at a friend's house in 2003 and have collaborated on art ever since.[1] Their artwork is primarily fabric-based textiles and embroidery, with the occasional gouache painting.[2] Their aim is to replicate the principals of painting, but by using thread.[3]

As a gay art collective, Chiachio & Giannone have held several LGBT+ projects to advocate for the community.[4] Most involve community members contributing a piece of cloth with an encouraging message, which is then sewn into a larger project or mosaic. These mosaics have been displayed in several cities, most notably the Celebrating Diversity flag, which traveled from Argentina to Long Beach, California.[5]

Education edit

Leo Chiachio studied studio art at the National School of Fine Arts "Prilidiano Pueyrredon" and at the Superior School of Fine Arts “Ernesto de La Cárcova”.[6]

Community projects edit

Chiachio and Giannone have hosted a number of participatory art projects and community events intended to celebrate and promote the LGBT+ community.

LATINX Flag Project edit

Workshops were held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, California; at The Front Arte & Cultura in San Ysidro, California; and at The Studio Door in San Diego, California in 2020. In these workshops, participants were given a piece of reused cloth that came in the color of the trans flag or the pride flag, which they then decorated with encouraging messages, notably LGBT and Latinx acceptance messages. The pieces were then sewn together by Chiachio & Giannone into a large mosaic, with the text LATINX written over it.[7]

Celebrating Diversity Project edit

This project that took place at Chiachio & Giannone's Museum of Latin American Art residency from March to May 2019. The artwork is a 120-foot long flag made of textile, and consists of messages from over 3,500 people in the LGBT+ community.[8] The aim was to have the participants decorate a piece of cloth with symbols, words, or phrases that reflect the meaning of diversity and acceptance. The banner was later exhibited at the Long Beach Pride Parade and at the Pride at the Port event in San Pedro, California.[9]

Collections edit

Chiachio & Giannone's art is in the permanent collections of several museums, including in the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario, the Caraffa Fine Arts Museum, and at the Juan B. Castagnino Fine Arts Museum.[10]

Exhibitions edit

Group Shows
Exhibition Name Organizer Country Dates Ref
Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community Maryland Institute College of Art United States January 17, 2014 - March 16, 2014 [11][12]
New Territories: Laboratories for Design, Craft and Art in Latin America Museum of Arts and Design United States November 4, 2014 - April 5, 2015 [13]
Queer Threads: Crafting Community and Identity Maryland Institute College of Art United States December 11, 2015 - March 13, 2016 [14]
El Ardid del Tiempo: On the Textile Contemporary Paradigm Museum of Fine Arts of Salta Argentina July 22, 2016 - October 8, 2016 [15]
Threads of Connection Bernice Steinbaum Gallery United States January 9, 2017 - March 31, 2017 [16]
Chiachio & Giannone: Celebrating Diversity Museum of Latin American Art United States March 17, 2019 - August 4, 2019 [17]
Threaded Memory De Buck Gallery United States June 18, 2020 - August 28, 2020 [18]
DRIVEN: A Latinx Artist Celebration Museum of Latin American Art/Hyundai United States October 1, 2020 - October 4, 2020 [19][20]
Solo Shows
Exhibition Name Organizer Country Dates Ref
Entre la Luna y el Sol Provincial Museum of Fine Art Dr. Juan R. Vidal Corrientes Argentina July 22, 2015 [21]
Chiachio & Giannone: Guardianes de lo sagrado Museum of Contemporary Art of UNL Argentina June 2016 [22]
Inventar el Mundo Municipal Art Museum Dr. Urbano Poggi Argentina September 2017 [23]
Arqueología Suave Ruth Benzacar Art Gallery Argentina September 27, 2017 - November 4, 2017 [24]
Familia a Seis Colores Cultural Center Kirchner Argentina June 2018 [25]
Camp de Entrecasa Carrafa Fine Arts Museum Argentina March 22, 2018 - May 24, 2018 [26]
Comrades in Shanghai Swatch Art Piece Hotel China July 24, 2018 - September 29, 2018 [27][28]
Artist-in-Residence: Chiachio & Giannone Lux Art Institute United States January 25, 2020 - March 21, 2020 [29]

References edit

  1. ^ McBrinn, Joseph (2021). Queering the Subversive Stitch. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781472578044.
  2. ^ Baulo, Maria (Summer 2007). "Leo Chichio and Danny Giannone: A Love Story". Fiberarts. 4 (1): 25–26.
  3. ^ Roseo, Maria Rosaria (2019-06-10). "Interview with Chiachio & Giannone". ArteMorbida. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  4. ^ "For Chiachio & Giannone, life's one colorful tapestry". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  5. ^ "Celebrating Diversity Exhibit Running at Museum of Lat-Am Art". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  6. ^ "Chiachio & Giannone". Textile Curator. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  7. ^ "LATINX Flag – California, 2020 – Chiachio&Giannone" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  8. ^ "3,390 Fabric Tiles: Admire Huge Pride Flag in LBC". NBC Los Angeles. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  9. ^ "DIVERSEartLA". LA Art Show. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  10. ^ "CV -English – Chiachio&Giannone" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  11. ^ "Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community". Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  12. ^ Cotter, Holland (2014-02-20). "'Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community' (Published 2014)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  13. ^ "New Territories: Laboratories for Design, Craft and Art in Latin America". madmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  14. ^ Bell, Eboné (2015-12-04). "Queer Threads Combines Art and LGBTQ Identities". Tagg Magazine. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  15. ^ ARTEINFORMADO (2016-07-21). "El ardid del tiempo. Sobre el paradigma textil contemporáneo, Exposición, jul 2016". ARTEINFORMADO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  16. ^ "Threads of Connection". Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  17. ^ "Chiachio & Giannone". MOLAA | Museum of Latin American Art. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  18. ^ "Threaded Memory". De Buck Gallery. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  19. ^ "DRIVEN: A Latinx Artist Celebration". MOLAA | Museum of Latin American Art. October 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  20. ^ "Museum of Latin American Art on Instagram: "DRIVEN: A Latinx Artist Celebration presented by Hyundai starts on October 1st until October 4th. This drive through exhibition at the…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  21. ^ "ENTRE LA LUNA Y EL SOL. CHIACHIO & GIANNONE". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  22. ^ "Se inaugurará la muestra "Guardianes de lo sagrado"". www.unl.edu.ar. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  23. ^ "Chiachio & Giannone". Buenos Aires Ciudad - Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  24. ^ "Arqueología suave". RUTH BENZACAR (in Spanish). 29 September 2017. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  25. ^ "Los artistas Chiachio & Giannone celebran la diversidad con una muestra participativa". Perfil (in Spanish). 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  26. ^ ARTEINFORMADO (2018-03-19). "Camp de entrecasa, Exposición, mar 2018". ARTEINFORMADO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  27. ^ "Chiachio & Giannone | Swatch Art Peace Hotel". Chiachio & Giannone | Swatch Art Peace Hotel. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  28. ^ "China. Shanghai. Residencia de artistas. Swatch Art Peace Hotel. 2018 – Chiachio&Giannone" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  29. ^ "Chiachio & Giannone - Lux Art Institute". www.luxartinstitute.org. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
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