{"id":14993,"date":"2023-06-03T09:37:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T08:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giuseppespagnulo.it\/the-artist\/"},"modified":"2023-06-03T10:09:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T09:09:37","slug":"the-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/giuseppespagnulo.it\/en\/the-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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His earliest training takes place in his father\u2019s ceramics studio, where he also masters the technique of working with a potter\u2019s wheel. After studying at the Art School in his city, he enrolls in the Faenza Ceramics Institute (Istituto della Ceramica di Faenza); these are important years for the Artist\u2019s development, since they enable him to study works by Picasso at the Ceramics Museum (Museo delle Ceramiche) and begin experimenting with gres.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In 1959 he moves to Milan to study at the Accademia di Brera: he becomes Arnaldo Pomodoro\u2019s assistant and collaborates with Nanni Valentini on the creation of several works by Lucio Fontana.<\/p>\n

The 1960s:<\/strong>Milan hosts the artist\u2019s first personal show in 1965, followed by other individual and collective exhibitions in Italy; Inspired by the 1968 protests, he begins his first pieces made of metal for urban settings, his \u201cmassive iron works\u201d or \u201cgrandi ferri\u201d, that recuperate the geometry and constructional logic of the material they are forged from, reflecting the physicality and material nature of the sculptor\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

The 1970s<\/strong>: he becomes strongly conceptual and starts exhibiting frequently in Italy and abroad; including the XXVI Venice Biennale (1972 Biennale di Venezia) and the X Rome Quadriennale (1973 Quadriennale di Roma); during this period (1977) the Newport Harbor Art Museum hosts the show in which he presents his Archeology and Landscapes series (Archeologia e Paesaggi).<\/p>\n

The 1980s<\/strong>: his exhibition activities continue, and he also becomes increasingly present abroad (1981 Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museum, Berlin, Korea, Switzerland). In 1982, after a trip across the Mediterranean, the sculptor renews his interest in the materials and techniques used for ceramics, constructing the gigantic wheel on which he will form his impressive Turris, which he later forges in iron. His second participation in the Venice Biennale takes place in 1986 and in the late \u201880s he returns to his \u201cbroken iron works\u201d or Ferri spezzati.<\/p>\n

In the 1990s<\/strong> the tries to confer sculpture with new meaning, defying gravity by suspending enormous blocks of iron. Among his many noteworthy works is Campo sospeso, installed in Castel Burio in the Piemonte region. In the early \u201890s he becomes a Professor of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, following the great success he obtains through his work with German galleries and museums.<\/p>\n

The 2000s:<\/strong>he receives the Faenza Lifetime Achievement Award and wins the International Urban Furnishings Competition of Milan: in 2002 the massive cliff sculpture, Scogliere, formed from five enormous blocks of steel, is placed in front of the Teatro degli Arcimboldi, in conjunction with the inauguration of the space that would house the activities of the Teatro alla Scala until 2004. In 2005 Spagnulo exhibits at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. The following year, the XXIV Biennale di Gubbio hosts \u201cHomage to Giuseppe Spagnulo\u201d (\u201cOmaggio a Giuseppe Spagnulo\u201d).<\/p>\n

In 2009 he creates the Door of Light (\u201cPorta della Luce\u201d), a grandiose solumn work for The Cathedral of Santo Stefano in Prato. In 2010 he exhibits at the Galerie Carzaniga in Basel and the Galleria 2000&Novecento in Reggio Emilia, and the Episcopo Castle dedicates a personal exhibition to him, as does the \u201cGiacomo d\u2019Atri\u201d garden in Grottaglie. In 2011 the Milanese Studio Maffei presents a selection of sculptures and paper works; in October Palazzo Pretorio in Cittadella hosts the exhibition \u201cGiuseppe Spagnulo \u2013 Terra e Fuoco\u201d, dedicated to Earth and Fire, and in November \u201cL\u2019Ombra di Napoli\u201d opens at Giraldi Gallery in Livorno.<\/p>\n

In 2012 he participates in the collective show, \u201cbidding farewell\u201d to 1970s Milan, curated by Francesco Bonami at Palazzo Reale: \u201cMilano Addio anni 70 Arte a Milano 1969-1980\u201d. The Walter Storms Gallery in Munich also dedicates a solo exhibition to him. An important biography on the artist is published in 2013 in GlI Ori editions, edited by Bruno Cor\u00e0. In 2014 Spagnulo inaugurates a large personal exhibition in Verona at the Galleria dello Scudo, and he also shows at the Galleria Comunale of contemporary art in Arezzo and the Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Cassino. The prestigious show \u201c\u2026Ma un\u2019estensione\u201d takes place in 2015 , featuring Gastini, Icaro, Mattiacci, and Spagnulo at the Galleria Internazionale d\u2019Arte Moderna Ca\u2019Pesaro, in Venice, curated by Bruno Cor\u00e0.<\/p>\n

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