Hugo Vallazza

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Hugo Vallazza (born October 30, 1955 in Ortisei in Val Gardena ; † April 2, 1997 ibid) was an abstract South Tyrolean painter who can be assigned to minimalism .

life and work

Hugo Vallazza first attended the state art school in Ortisei in Val Gardena; from 1974 he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in Max Weiler's class . In 1979 he returned to South Tyrol. He lived and worked in Ortisei in Val Gardena. The artistic work of Hugo Vallazza was created between 1976 and 1995 and was only known in professional circles until his death.

The independent character of his painting on canvas and on paper lies in the rigorous self-limitation to the elements of color and natural form while at the same time minimizing content or formal meanings. With the reduction and concentration on the simple and elementary in the picture structure, the viewer is challenged to deal with experiences of emptiness and nothingness . In his notes and writings, Hugo Vallazza reflects on the loss of the possibility of referring to something other than the sensual experience of color and the experience of insignificance in his painting.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1977 Ortisei in Val Gardena (Circolo), first solo exhibition
  • 1989 Vienna, REM (Viennese artist group) , participation
  • 2011 Merano Art , first major retrospective
  • 2011 Ortisei in Val Gardena (Circolo), retrospective

Publications

  • Ladin cultural institute Micura de Rü (ed.): Catalog of works Hugo Vallazza. (Comprehensive inventory catalog including digital photo file, text by Markus Klammer, photography by Thaddäus Salcher). Selva / Val Gardena 2010.
  • Markus Klammer (Ed.): Hugo Vallazza. Colour. Shape. Nature. Writings, monograph and overview of works. Wienand Verlag 2011. ISBN 978-3-86832-057-2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eva Bernhard: Unique radicalism. Project Hugo Vallazza - inventory of the artist's work by the Ladin Cultural Institute. In: Dolomiten, December 1, 2010, (print edition).
  2. ↑ Georg Mair: The form of color. In: FF – Südtiroler Wochenmagazin No. 24/2011.

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personal data
SURNAME Vallazza, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter (South Tyrol)
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Ortisei in Val Gardena
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1997
Place of death Ortisei in Val Gardena