Ugo Nespolo | |
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| Born | 29 August 1941 Mosso, Biella, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | 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.
Nespolo graduated at the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti of Turin with Enrico Paulucci and obtained a degree in Modern Literature at the University of Turin, with a thesis on Semiology. [1]
His career as an artist started in the 1960s. His work was influenced by Pop Art, which was becoming popular in Italy in those years, conceptual art, Arte Povera and Fluxus. He had a chance to see and appreciate closely these movements during a trip to the United States in 1967. He would then continue to regularly visit the States, where he would spend long periods of time, especially during the 1980s. [2] [3] Irony and transgression became key element in Nespolo's art and characterised his work for many years to come. [4] Since 2010 he has been member of the Honour Committee of "Immagine & Poesia", an artistic literary movement founded in Turin, with the patronage of Aeronwy Thomas (Dylan Thomas's daughter). [5] In 2016 he signed the pptArt Manifesto, [6] [7] an international art movement that promote many notable initiatives like the Corporate Art Awards.
In the mid-1960s Nespolo started to work with experimental cinema. His first film, Grazie, mamma Kodak, is from 1966. His friends and fellow artists such as Lucio Fontana, Enrico Baj, Michelangelo Pistoletto and others appeared regularly in his films. Nespolo's second film, A.G. (1968), documents the visit to Turin of Allen Ginsberg. [3] In 2001 he directed Film/a/TO, with the main character role played by Edoardo Sanguineti. Nespolo's films have been exhibited in institutions like the Beaubourg in Paris, the Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw's Filmoteka Polska and Ferrara's Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna[ citation needed ]. Nespolo has produced and directed about twenty films over forty years. [3]
In the 1980s, Nespolo made ceramics and blown glass objects, created over fifty posters for exhibitions and other events, did advertising campaigns for Campari and Azzurra [2] and realised title sequences for shows on the Italian national broadcast television RAI. In 2002, Nespolo was appointed artistic coordinator for the Metropolitana di Torino , with the aim of realising the first "underground museum of modern art". Several underground stations are decorated with his glass etchings and images. [8]
In 1986 Nespolo had the possibility of designing the stage sets for Ferruccio Busoni’s opera Turandot at Connecticut Grand Opera, Stamford, the first of several theatre works he made in the following years, such as the sets and costumes for Paisiello's Don Chisciotte at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in 1990 [9] and for Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore , a production for the Rome Opera, the Paris Opera and the Lausanne Opera, Liège and Metz in 1995. [10] In 2007, he designed stage and costumes for Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Festival Puccini 2007 in Torre del Lago. [11]
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]
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:
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 | ||
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