Vito Tongiani

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Vito Tongiani (born March 29, 1940 in Matteria ) is an Italian sculptor and painter .

Life

Vito Tongiani was born on March 29, 1940 in Matteria , now part of the municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina , in the former Italian province of Fiume . His parents came from the Tuscan province of Massa-Carrara , but had settled in Istria before World War II . In 1940 the family moved back to Massa and a short time later to the Ligurian city of Rapallo , where Tongiani grew up and spent his youth until he was 20. Later, as a creative artist, Tongiani lived and worked in Paris , Turin , Massa and Marrakech . He has been living in Camaiore for many years . Nevertheless, since 2010 he has been regularly spending a few months in Morocco , especially during the winter months , where he primarily devotes himself to painting. Tongiani became internationally known for his sculptures of Italian and international personalities that he created and displayed in public spaces, as well as the design of fountains. Probably the most famous statue of Tongiani is the monument to Giacomo Puccini in the city of Lucca on the Piazza Cittadella in front of the composer's birthplace. Since the statue was erected in 1994, Vito Tongiani has repeatedly advocated the renaming of Piazza Cittadella to "Piazza Puccini", most recently in autumn 2019 on the occasion of a ceremony for the erection of the Puccini statue 25 years earlier. So far, however, Tongiani's request has not been successful.

Works (selection)

The monument to Puccini created by Tongiani in Piazza Cittadella in the city of Lucca
Statue of Indro Montanelli in Milan created by Vito Tongiani

Statues

Fountain

  • 1986–1987: Fountain of the Place du Marché in Nîmes with the "Crocodile de Nîmes" in collaboration with Martial Raysse
  • 2004: "Il trionfo di afrodite" fountain in Massa

Monuments

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1973: “Fiorino” exhibition in Florence
  • 1976: Participation with the group “Nouvelle subjectivitè” at the “Festival d'Automne” in Paris
  • 1979: Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles
  • 1981: Participation in the “Biennale di Scultura di Carrara”
  • 1982: Biennale di Venezia in the international pavilion.
  • 1993: Invitation to the exhibition “Artisiti Italiani per l'Europa” in the “Musée de la Cour d'Or” in Metz
  • 1993: Exhibition “De Chirico e le conseguenze postmetafisiche” in Paris at the Artcurial auction house
  • 1996: Participation in the exhibition “The Power of Images - Realism of the Present” in the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin
  • 1996: Participation in the exhibition “Italian Painting from 1960 to 1980” at the National Art Museum of Osaka City
  • 1999: Participation in the Quadriennale di Roma
  • 2016/2017: Double exhibition “MOGADOR” in Torre del Lago and Essaouira
  • 2019: Exhibition “Lo sguardo celibe. L'elogio del visibile o dell'arte senza pretesto ”together with Giuseppe Bergomi and Ivan Theimer in Pietrasanta

honors and awards

  • 1974: “Sperticano” Prize in Bologna
  • 2019: “Premio Obelisco” of the city of Massa

literature

  • Massimo Bertozzi: Vito Tongiani. Il peso degli oggetti. 1973-1985. Grafis publishing house, 1986
  • G. Romano: Vito Tongiani. Il paesaggio. Dipinti, acquerelli, disegni e sculture. Galleria Documenta, 1988
  • Jean Lovera: GESTES EN FUSION, les cinq bronzes de Vito Tongiani à Roland-Garros. Calligrammes publishing house, 2013, ISBN 9782840508939

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carlo Gatti: Rapallo ha dimenticato Vito Tongiani? - Artista rappallese. marenostrumrapallo.it, May 9, 2017 ( reference ).
  2. ↑ In Mozziconacci: Vito l'ami de toujours. In: latelierdangelo.blogspot.com, October 10, 2012
  3. ^ Il Tirreno Edizione Massa-Carrara, In giro per il mondo Da Castagnetola a Marrakech. July 1, 2014 ( reference ).
  4. ^ Il Tirreno Edizione Massa-Carrara, Vito Tongiani: l'artista semper in giro per il mondo. December 14, 2014 ( reference ).
  5. ↑ Zainab Aboulfaraj: Vito Tongiani, l'artiste italy amoureux du Maroc - Interview. In: yabiladi, April 18, 2017 ( reference ).
  6. ↑ Eliseo Biancalana: Piazza Cittadella? "Chiamiamola piazza Puccini". In: Gazzetta di Lucca, November 22, 2019
  7. ^ Il Tirreno: Festa con polemica per la statua di Puccini. In: Il Tirreno Lucca, November 24, 2019
  8. ^ Jean Lovera: Gestes en fusion - Les cinq bronzes de Vito Tongiani à Roland-Garros Calligrammes, Grenoble 2013, ISBN 978-2-904963-17-9
  9. ^ Maurizio Giannattasio: A Milano un monumento per Montanelli. In: Corriere della sera, April 4, 2006, ( reference ).
  10. ^ Fondazione Pucciniano Festival: Mostra: Mogador - Veronica Gaido e Vito Tongiani - I colori, la luce ed i misteri di un'Africa forte, fascinosa e tormentata. puccinifestival.it, 2017, ( reference ).
  11. ^ Daniela Marzano: Premio Obelisco a Vito Tongiani “Ma ho ancora molto da fare”. In: Il Tirreno Massa-Carrara, August 5, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Tongiani, Vito
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Matteria