Paolo Scheggi

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Paolo Scheggi (* 19th August 1940 in Florence , Italy ; † June 1971 in Rome ) was an Italian painter of Constructivism .

life and work

Scheggi was born in Settignano, he received his education in Florence at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1960 he founded the art and literary magazine Il malinteso . In 1961 he moved to Milan, where he came into contact with the Milanese conceptual artists Agostino Bonalumi (* 1935), Enrico Castellani and Dadamaino (1930-2004) and dealt with the Informel and the work of Lucio Fontana . In 1965 he became a member of the editorial board of the literary magazine Marcatré and had the first exhibitions of his objects in galleries in Milan. Scheggi's monochrome yellow exhibit "Intersuperficie curva da giallo" (1965) shows the spatialization of the panel painting into a picture object. He cut circular holes in a geometric arrangement in the linen-covered walls, which he then assembled one behind the other. In 1966 he was represented at the 33rd Biennale di Venezia , where he showed four such objects ( Intersuperfici curve ) in white, yellow, red and blue. In Paris he was represented in 1966 with a work in the department of the Constructivists at the 21st Salon de Réalités Nouvelles in the Paris Musée d'art moderne .

Scheggi died in Rome in 1971. After his death, his work was shown in retrospectives in 1976 in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Bologna , in 1976 in the armory of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, in 1990 in the "Il Naviglio gallery" in Milan, in 2002 and 2010 in the Galleria Niccoli in Parma, 2007 in the "Galleria Colossi" in Chiari (Brescia) and in the "Galleria Il POnte" in Florence.

In January 2013 the "Associazione Paolo Scheggi" was founded in Milan. The purpose of the "Associazione Paolo Scheggi" is to authenticate, store, preserve and catalog the works of Paolo Scheggi and also all writings, documents, dates, testimonies, news and other material of Paolo Scheggi, relating to the work and life of Paul Scheggi, to promote and collaborate in congresses, conferences, symposiums, seminars, exhibitions on the works of Paolo Scheggi. Key activities of the "Associazione Paolo Scheggi", is the realization of the Catalog Raisonné by Paolo Scheggi, which is currently underway.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1961 "Itinerario plastico prestabilito. 18 monotipi dal bianco e dal nero", Galleria della Vigna Nuova, Firenze
  • 1962 "Intersupifici curve a zone riflesse", Galleria II Cancello, Bologna
  • 1964 "Sette Intersupifici curve bianche + una Intersupificie curva dal rosso + tre compsitori spaziali", Galleria del Deposito, Genova / "Intersurfaces courbes + compositeurs spatiaux + projets d'intégration plastique", Galerie Smith, Bruxelles
  • 1965 "Paolo Scheggi / Intersuperfici curve", Galleria II Chiodo, Palermo / "Paolo Scheggi", Galleria II Cavallino, Venezia / "Problemi sul cerchio-10 intersuperfici curve bianche", Centro Arte Viva, Trieste / "Œuvres plastiques et appliquèes", Smith Gallery, Bruxelles
  • 1966 "Intersuperfici curve", Ewan Phillips Gallery, London / "Nuova tendenza in Italia", Galleria del Naviglio, Milano
  • 1967 "Paolo Scheggi", Galleria del Naviglio, Milan
  • 1968 "Otto Intersuperfici modulari + un progetto di integrazione plastica", Gallery Kuckeh, Bochum
  • 1969 "Intersuperfici curve", Modern Art Agency, Napoli / "Oplà-stick, Passione secondo Paolo Scheggi", Galleria del Naviglio, Milano / "Oplà-azione-lettura-teatro + Intersuperfici modulari", Galleria Flori e strade, Firenze
  • 1971 "Be profeti per sei geometry", Galleria del Naviglio, Milano
  • 1973 "Personale", Studio 2B, Bergamo
  • 1974 "Paolo Scheggi", Galleria II Centro, Napoli / "Paolo Scheggi", Galleria del Naviglio, Milan
  • 1976 "Paolo Scheggi", Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
  • 1983 "Paolo Scheggi", Sala d'Arme di Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze
  • 1990 "Paolo Scheggi", Galleria Elleni, Bergamo / "Ommagio a Paolo Scheggi" Galleria del Naviglio, Milan
  • 2002 "Paolo Scheggi - la breve e intensa stagione", Galleria d'Arte Niccoli, Parma
  • 2010 "Paolo Scheggi", Galleria d'Arte Niccoli, Parma
  • 2013 "Paolo Scheggi - Intercamera plastica e altre storie", Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ galleriailponte.com (English)
  2. ↑ associazionepaoloscheggi.com (Italian / English)
personal data
SURNAME Scheggi, Paolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH June 1971
Place of death Rome