Nino Longobardi

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Nino Longobardi
Born (1953-11-30) 30 November 1953 (age 69)
Naples, Italy
Known forpainting, sculpture
Movement Transavantgarde

Nino Longobardi (born 1953) is an Italian artist, known for painting and sculpture.

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Biography

Nino Longobardi was born on 30 November 1953 in Naples, Italy. [1] [2] [3] He was primarily a self taught artist. [4] In 1968, Longobardi met curator and art dealer Lucio Amelio, who introduced him to many artists and opportunities. [5]

The 1980 Irpinia earthquake took place near Naples, causing a lot of damage, while changing Longobardi's art work and career. [6] As a result of the earthquake, Amelio hosted a series of art exhibitions and created a body of curated work titled Terrae Motus Collection (Collezione Terrae Motus). The exhibitions stretched over several years and featured over 50 artists (including Longobardi) highlighting the theme of earthquakes. [7]

After the earthquake, Longobardi started focusing his work on the human figure and the theme of life or death. [8] [9] His paintings began to display imagery such as skulls, swimmers, and nude figures posing. [6] [10] [11] He used a limited color palette, often in black, white, browns, tans, and grays. [10] [12] [11] Sometimes the work would have repeated imagery, visually similar to printmaking. [13]

In 1982, Longobardi's work was featured in the exhibition "Italian Art Now: An American Perspective" at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, alongside other Italian artists, Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi, Gilberto Zorio, Giuseppe Penone, Luigi Ontani, and Vettor Pisani. [12]

Longobardi had his art studio and home in the Palazzo Tarsia, in the historic center of the city Naples. [14]

The sculpture pavilion “Codice Italia” was exhibited at the 56th Venice Biennale, and included work by Nino Longobardi. [15] His work is included in many public museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [16] Madre Museum, [5] Museo ItaloAmericano, [4] Princeton University Art Museum, [17] among others. Longobardi was interviewed in the documentary film, Lucio Amelio/Terrae Motus (1993) directed by Mario Martone. [18]

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