Sandro Nocentini

Sandro Nocentini (born 5 February 1966) is an Italian artist, living and working in Australia. He is a figurative painter, whose work has been described as "cubist-futurist".[1] He was awarded the Sir John Sulman Prize for Painting in 2005.[2]

Life and work

Sandro Nocentini was born in Rome, Italy. His early artistic influences were from his artist mother, Alba Pratesi, and her mentor Aldo Bandinelli.[1]

He arrived in Australia in 1993, and graduated with a degree in Fine Arts at the National Art School.[3] The new environment of Australia had a significant effect on his work.[3] He staged his first solo exhibition in 1996.

In 2005, Nocentini was awarded the $10,000 Sir John Sulman Prize for his painting My Son Has Two Mothers.[2][4] The work was exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[5] The inspiration for it came from the artist's "assisting two friends to conceive a child"; Nocentini has shown himself as a harlequin, a reference to Picasso, whose influence is apparent in the work.[1]

That year he was the judge, with Judith Blackall, of Inner West Cultural Services' Walking the Street art prizes.[6]

In 2006, he was one of the contributing artists to the fund-raising Changing Nature 06 Greenpeace exhibition and auction in Sydney.[7]

His painting of Princess Diana was included in the book, Diana in Art, compiled by Mern Mehmet (Pop Art Books), and described by the Daily Mail as "a somewhat Picasso-like view of the Princess".[8][9]

He describes his style as "cubist-futurist"[1] and said of his work:

“ The accurate description of physical reality is not as important to me as depicting people through their most intimate and silent moments... I paint only about feelings.[3] ”

Art Critic Simonne Jameson said about Nocentini, "Even a brief sampling can suggest the quality, at once poetic, rationale of Nocentini's mind."[1]

Nocentini lives in Sydney, where he also works as Theatre Manager at Sydney Opera House .[3]

See also

Media related to Sandro Nocentini at Wikimedia Commons

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sandro Nocentini", Wentworth Gallery. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  2. 1 2 Morgan, Clare. "Olsen has two smiling faces", The Age, 30 April 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "About us: Tutors", Pine Street Creative Arts Centre. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  4. ↑ Higson, Rosalie. "Olsen's ode to old age wins an Archie", The Australian, 30 April 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  5. ↑ "2005 Sulman Prize winner", Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  6. ↑ "Walking the street 2005", Inner West Cultural Services. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  7. ↑ "Greenpeace presents... Gala Art Auction for climate change action", Greenpeace, 22 November 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  8. ↑ "Queen of all our arts: Portraits of Diana", Daily Mail, 15 August 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  9. ↑ "Los retratos nunca vistos de Diana de Gales", ¡Hola!, 16 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2008.

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