Mario Schifano

The recorded working language is Italian. The field of work recorded is painting, illustration and film direction. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome and New York City. Works named in the authority record are Palm Springs (Schifano). Work by Mario Schifano is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Australia. Distinctions recorded are Premio Michetti.

Schifano produced mixed media work that included enamel paint, wax crayons, gouache, collage, photographs, among other materials. frequently combining them in a single work. Numerous works were painted in enamel on paper that were later mounted on canvas panels. In 2023, the exhibition, Mario Schifano: The Rise of the ’60s was presented by the Magazzino Italian Art museum in Cold Spring, New York. The exhibit included 80 works by Schifano that were produced between 1960 and the 1970s. Previously, Schifano and the poet Frank O'Hara collaborated on the exhibition of Words & Drawings.

At a Sotheby's auction in 2022, Schifano's Modern time on enamel on canvas was sold for 2.302 million €.

• 1964 - Round Trip (16 mm, B&W) • 1964 - Reflex (16 mm, B&W, 8') • 1966/1967 - Pittore a Milano (16 mm, B&W) • 1967 - Serata (16 mm, C) • 1967 - Anna Carini in agosto vista dalle farfalle (16 mm, C) • 1967 - Vietnam (16 mm, B&W, mute, 3') • 1967 - Made in USA (16 mm, B&W, mute) • 1967 - Silenzio (16 mm, B&W, mute) • 1967 - Jean-Luc Cinema Godard (16 mm, B&W) • 1967 - Ferreri (16 mm, B&W, mute, 6') • 1967 - Carol+Bill (16 mm, B&W, 31 min) • 1967 - Souvenir (16 mm, B&W, 11') • 1967 - Film (16 mm, B&W, 15') • 1967 - Anna (16 mm, B&W, mute, 12') • 1967 - Fotografo (16 mm, B&W, mute, 3') • 1967 - Schifano (16 mm, B&W, mute, 1') • 1967 - Voce della foresta di plastica (16 mm) • 1968 - Satellite (film 1968)|Satellite (35 mm, B&W e C, 82') • 1969 - Umano non umano (35 mm e 16 mm, C, 95' - (Production: Mount Street Film) • 1969 - Trapianto, consunzione, morte di Franco Brocani (35 mm e 16 mm, C and B&W, 120') • 1970 - Paesaggi (Super 8 mm, C) • 1985 - Sigla per "La Magnifica Ossessione" (Video, C, 2' - Production RAI) • 1994 - Absolut Vodka (Video, C, 20' - Directed with Roberto Lucca Taroni)