Gianfranco Zappettini

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Gianfranco Zappettini (2010)

Gianfranco Zappettini (born June 16, 1939 in Genoa ) is an Italian painter.

life and work

Gianfranco Zappettini was born in Genoa in 1939. His first solo exhibition took place in 1962 at the Palazzetto Rosso in Genoa. In 1971 Gianfranco Zappettini was invited to the exhibition “Arte Concreta” at the Westphalian Art Association in Münster , curated by Klaus Honnef . He took part in the exhibitions "Tempi di percezione / Times of perception", Livorno , 1973, "Un future possible. Nuova Pittura / A Possible Future – New Painting ”, Ferrara , 1973,“ Planned Painting ”, Münster and Milan 1974 and“ Analytical Painting ”in Düsseldorf , 1975,

“From the simplicity of the initial situation, after the various levels of interaction, a complex painterly result emerges in which things like“ sensitivity ”,“ transparency ”,“ color ”,“ sensuality ”, which are traditionally attributed to traditional painting and therefore rejected, come to light again occur, however, not on the basis of a previously made aesthetic decision, but as the results of the analytical process. "

- Gianfranco Zappettini

In 1977 Gianfranco Zappettini was invited to documenta 6 in Kassel . In 1978 he took part in the exhibition "Abstraction Analytique" at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris . In 2013 the exhibition " Erben - Viallat - Zappettini: tre maestri della pittura analitica europea / Erben - Viallat - Zappettini: three masters of the European analytical painting" took place at the MAAB gallery in Milan.

literature

  • Paint?!: Gianfranco Zappettini & European Analytic Abstraction, Author: Maurizio Vanni, (English, Italian), 2012 ISBN 978-8-83662-3-532

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Menhir Arte Contemporanea Gianfranco Zappettini , accessed on December 12, 2014 (English).
  2. ↑ Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 1: Painting, sculpture and performance; Kassel, page 140, 1977 ISBN 3-920453-00-X
  3. ^ Galleria Allegra Ravizza Gianfranco Zappettini , accessed December 12, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Zappettini, Gianfranco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Genoa