Ugo Nespolo
Ugo Nespolo | |
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Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, Turin | |
Known for | Painting, Sculpture |
Ugo Nespolo (born 29 August 1941 in Mosso, Biella) is an Italian artist, painter, sculptor, filmmaker and writer. He lives and works in Turin.
Life and works
Nespolo graduated at the
His career as an artist started in the 1960s. His work was influenced by
Cinema
In the mid-1960s Nespolo started to work with
Applied arts
In the 1980s, Nespolo made
Theatre
In 1986 Nespolo had the possibility of designing the stage sets for
Palio and traditions
Nespolo was appreciated also for his work with Palios. In 1998, he was committed the Palio for the Giostra della Quintana, Ascoli Piceno.[12] In 2000, he was awarded for his work for Palio di Asti[13] and in 1991 and 2009 for the Palio of the Giostra della Quintana in Foligno.[14] He was chosen to design the Palio (Drappellone or banner) at the Palio dell'Assunta in August 2007.[15]
Selected exhibitions
Nespolo's works covering his whole production have been presented or hosted in major national and international exhibitions.
A selected list of exhibitions and venues is the following:
- Ugo Nespolo, Palazzo Reale Arengario, Milan, 1990
- International Biennale of Ceramics and Antiques, Faenza Exhibition Center, 1990
- International Ceramics Festival, ShigarakiCeramic World, Japan, 1991
- A Fine Intolerance (Nespolo's paintings and ceramics), Borghi and Co. Gallery, New York, 1992
- Casa d'Arte Nespolo, Palazzo della Permanenente, Milan, 1995
- Romanian Ministry of Culture, Bucharest, 1995
- Le Stanze dell'Arte, Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Turin, 1996
- National Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta, Malta, 1997
- Itinerant exhibition, 1997:
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
- Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Cordoba, Chateau Carrera, Córdoba
- Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno de Mendoza, Mendoza
- Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo
- Rocca Paolina/Spello Villa Fidelia, Perugia, 1999
- Palazzo Reale, Naples, 2000
- Turin, berceau du cinéma italien, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2001
- 2001 Italy in Japan, Fukui, Japan, 2001
- International Sculpture at La Mandria, Villa dei Laghi, Venaria Reale (Turin), 2002
- Itinerant exhibition in Eastern Europe, 2003:
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Paris, 2003
- International Film Festival of Locarno, Switzerland, 2003
- Chinese National Museum of Peking, 2003
- Ciurlionis National Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2004
- Guang Dong Museum of Art of Guangzhou, Canton, China, 2004
- Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, 2004
- Fine Arts Russian Academy, St. Petersburg, 2004
- Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Milan, 2005
- Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong, 2005
- Dentro e Fuori, Museo Nazionale del Cinema of Turin, 2005
- Museo del Cinema of Turin, 2008
- Italics, organized with the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 2008
- 48th Ceramics Exhibition of Castellamonte, 2008
- Nespolo. Ritorno a casa. Un percorso antologico, Biella, Italy, 2009
Filmography
Nespolo's filmography includes:[3]
Year | Title | Note |
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1966 | Grazie, mamma Kodak | |
1967 | Le gote in fiamme | |
Neonmerzare | ||
La galante avventura del cavaliere dal lieto volto | ||
1968 | Tucci-ucci | |
A.G. | ||
Boettinbianchenero | ||
Buongiorno, Michelangelo | ||
1973 | Con-certo rituale | |
1975 | Un supermaschio | |
1976 | Andare a Roma | |
1978 | Il faticoso tempo della sicurezza (Lo spaccone) | |
1982 | Le porte girevoli | |
1984 | Fontane a Torino ovvero: alla ricerca dello zampillo perduto | as actor; director: Luciana Ros |
1994 | Time after time | |
2001 | Film/a/TO | exhibited at Turin, berceau du cinéma italien, Centre Pompidou, Paris |
2005 | Italiana | |
Ativa. Un ritratto | ||
Glance. As far as the eye can see | ||
Dentro e fuori. Angelo Pezzana. Un ritratto | ||
2006 | La metro a Torino | |
2007 | Superglance | |
Stefania Belmondo "Più veloce dell’aquila" | ||
Peopling The Palaces at Venaria Reale | as actor; director: Peter Greenaway | |
Superglance |
References
- ^ "Ugo Nespolo, opere recenti e arte in musica". Archived from the original on 13 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Special Report - Contemporary Art - Back to the Futurists - Nespolo's World". The New York Times. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Ugo Nespolo – Enciclopedia del cinema in Piemonte" (in Italian). Retrieved 30 January 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "L'Obelisco di Nespolo – lastampa.it". Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ^ "Who's Who in the Movement - immaginepoesias JimdoPage!". Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ^ Nastro, Santa (21 November 2016). "Arte e aziende. Nasce il Manifesto della Corporate Art: lo firmano Ugo Nespolo, Alexander Ponomarev e Fernando De Filippi". Artribune. Rome.
- ^ "The pptArt Manifesto".
- ^ "www.metrotorino.it" (PDF) (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2006.
- ISBN 88-7063-088-9.
- ISBN 88-7063-266-0.
- ^ "FESTIVAL PUCCINI". Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "I Palii e gli artisti" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
- ^ "2000: Ugo Nespolo" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
- ^ "Rivincita 2009, il palio di Ugo Nespolo" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Il Palio di Siena – Applausi per il Drappellone di Ugo Nespolo" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.