Nicola De Maria
Nicola De Maria (1954 Foglianese, Italy) is a contemporary Italian artist celebrated for his vibrant, lyrical abstractions, distinguished by the use of bright primary colors and a playful, expressive approach to form. De Maria’s early experiments in photography gradually gave way to a deep engagement with drawing and painting. In the 1970s, he emerged as […]
Maurizio Donzelli
Maurizio Donzelli (1958 Brescia, Italy) lives and works in his native city. An intellectual artist whose practice spans philosophy, anthropology, and visual culture, Donzelli has developed an extensive research path focused on the image as a site of concentration, migration, and transformation of visual memory. His works unfold in cycles, each exploring different materials and […]
Piero Dorazio
Piero Dorazio (1927 Rome, Italy – 2005 Todi, Italy) was a seminal Italian painter and a key figure in post-war abstract art. After completing a classical secondary education (liceo classico), Dorazio initially studied architecture but soon turned to painting under the influence of Aldo Bandinelli, producing still lifes and landscapes. In 1947, at the age of […]
Jorge Eielson
Jorge Eduardo Eielson (1924 Lima, Peru – 2006 Milan, Italy) was a Peruvian poet and visual artist, internationally recognized for his innovative approach to form, material, and communication. Eielson left Peru at the age of 24 after receiving a scholarship in literature, settling permanently in Europe. There, he established connections with leading figures of contemporary […]
Lucio Fontana
Lucio Fontana (1899 Rosario de Santa Fé, Argentina – 1968 Varese, Italy) was a pioneering Italian-Argentinian artist, renowned as the founder of the Spatialism movement and a key figure in 20th-century avant-garde art. Fontana was born in Argentina but moved to Milan with his family in 1905, where he grew up and studied until 1922. […]
Walter Leblanc
Walter Leblanc (1932 Antwerp, Belgium – 1986 Silly, Belgium) was a pioneering Belgian artist whose work explored torsion, light, and perception. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp under Antoon Marstboom and René De Coninck, and also attended evening classes at the School of Decorative Arts with Roger Avermaete. In 1958, he […]
Heinz Mack
Heinz Mack (1931 Lollar, Germany) is a German sculptor and painter, internationally recognized for his pioneering role in light-based, kinetic, and non-representational art. Mack studied at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (1950–1953) and philosophy at the University of Cologne, completing both programs with state exams in 1956. In 1957, together with Otto Piene, Mack co-founded the […]
Mimmo Paladino
Mimmo Paladino (1948 Paduli, Italy) is an Italian painter, sculptor, printmaker, and draughtsman. He attended the Liceo Artistico di Benevento from 1964 to 1968, and in the early 1970s focused on drawing, developing much of the imagery that would later characterize his paintings. Paladino held his first solo exhibitions in 1976 at the galleries D’Arte […]
Gianfranco Pardi
Gianfranco Pardi (1933 – 2012 Milan, Italy) was a leading figure of Italian constructivism, known for a practice that seamlessly integrated drawing, painting, and sculpture within a rigorously organized spatial framework. From the outset, his work was driven by the exploration of space, employing a constructivist logic to create compositions of formal precision and architectural […]
Ivan Picelj
Ivan Picelj (1924–2008 Zagreb, Croatia) was a pioneering Croatian artist and a central figure in post-war European avant-garde. He studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Zagreb between 1943 and 1946, leaving before completing his degree to pursue experimental research beyond the constraints of official art language. In 1951, Picelj co-founded EXAT 51 (Experimental Atelier […]