Nicola De Maria

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Nicola De Maria (born 6 December 1954 in Foglianise, Italy) is an Italian painter living and working in Torino, Italy. [1] De Maria is known for his abstract figurative works, which have been characterized as lyrical and colourful. [2] [3]

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Biography

De Maria earned a master's degree in medicine [4] but then in 1977 he executed his first wall painting in Milan. In the same year of 1977 DeMaria exhibited at the Paris Biennale. [5]

He is most often associated with the art group termed the Transavanguardia, a movement named and first exhibited by the Italian art critic and curator Achille Bonito Oliva at the "Aperto 80" section of the 39th Venice Biennale in 1980. [6] Along with De Maria the principal transavantgarde artists were; Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Nino Longobardi, Luigi Ontani, and Mimmo Paladino. [7]

Exhibitions

In 1982 De Maria's work was included in documenta 7 in Kassel, Germany. [8]

In 1990 De Maria once again exhibited at the Venice Biennale to which he contributed five "Space Paintings". [9] His work was shown in the Italian Pavilion in an exhibition curated by Laura Cherubini, Flaminio Gualdoni and Lea Vergine. [10]

In 2013 there was a retrospective of his work held at the Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, "The Madness to Come" curated by Danilo Eccher. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Luci d'Artista Nicola De Maria "Regno dei fiori: nido cosmico di tutte le anime" - MuseoTorino". www.museotorino.it (in Italian). MuseoTorino, Comune di Torino.
  2. ↑ Larousse, Éditions. "Encyclopédie Larousse en ligne - Nicola de Maria". www.larousse.fr (in French).
  3. ↑ Moliterno, Gino (11 September 2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-134-75876-0.
  4. ↑ "Nicola De maria - Biography". ABC ARTE.
  5. ↑ "Nicola De Maria | Artists Mucciaccia Gallery". November 30, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Nicola De Maria | artnet". www.artnet.com.
  7. ↑ "Mazzoleni Art : Nicola De Maria". September 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Nicola de Maria | Artnet".
  9. ↑ "Nicola De Maria: From the Venice Biennale 1990". www.cortesigallery.com.
  10. ↑ "Nicola de Maria: From the Venice Biennale 1990". 3 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Nicola De Maria". theartsection.
  12. ↑ "Nicola De Maria". www.stedelijk.nl (in Dutch).
  13. ↑ "Nicola De Maria". Centre Pompidou (in French).
  14. ↑ "Nicola De Maria". Castello di Rivoli (in Italian).
  15. ↑ "Il Paesaggio Bianco by Nicola De Maria". Part (in French). Palazzi d'ell Arte Rimini.
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