Giorgio Sadotti
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Giorgio Sadotti UK
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 is a conceptual art
Conceptual art
Conceptual art is art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Many of the works, sometimes called installations, of the artist Sol LeWitt may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions...

ist based in London
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.

In the 1993 he exhibited at City Racing
City Racing
City Racing was an artist run space in Kennington, South London which was active between 1988 and 1998. It was a cooperative by five artists Matt Hale, Paul Noble, John Burgess, Keith Coventry and Peter Owen. They set up the gallery in a former betting shop near the Oval cricket ground, hence the...

 with Gavin Brown, and in 1996 participated in a group show in Vienna curated by Muntean and Rosenblum
Muntean and Rosenblum
Muntean and Rosenblum are artists based in Vienna and London. They have been collaborating since 1992....

 on behalf of City Racing. Solo exhibitions include the Henry Moore Institute (2006).

He described his work, Went to America Didn't say a word (1999):
On the morning of Saturday March 20, 1999, I flew on American Airlines from London Heathrow to New Yorks John F. Kennedy airport. I was wired for sound and upon arrival switched on my mini-disc recorder. I stayed overnight at a hotel on Lexington and 21st and flew back to London the following evening whilst in America I didn't say a word, but all my waking hours were recorded.

He then exhibited the recordings in a three day exhibition. In order to experience the whole show the spectator would have to stay in the gallery for the full duration.

His work is held in the collection of the Tate
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 and the British Council
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 Art Collection. In 2003 he won a Paul Hamlyn Award for visual arts.
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