Bruno Ceccobelli

Bruno Ceccobelli

Ceccobelli in 1998
Born (1952-09-02)2 September 1952
Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy
Nationality Italian
Known for Painting, sculpture
Movement Scuola di San Lorenzo or Nuova Scuola Romana

Bruno Ceccobelli (born 2 September 1952) is an Italian painter and sculptor. He currently resides and works in Todi, Italy.[1] Ceccobelli was one of the six artists of the Nuova Scuola Romana or Scuola di San Lorenzo, an artistic movement that grew out of the Arte Povera and Transavanguardia movements of the latter twentieth century.[2]

Life

He wrote: "I do not want to be a market-fan artist, but to belong to all times, and this is why I believe in a foreseeing art, not just historical or literary or sociological or stylistic. I believe in a symbolic art, capable to offer a message and to pacify the world".[3] In 1975, he first took part in a group exhibition in the Town Hall of Albach, Austria, and, two years later, he had his first solo exhibition at the Alternative Space Gallery in Rome, where he exhibited works of conceptual art. He also participated in two group exhibitions at La Stanza, an independent space self-managed by young artists.

In the early 1980s, Ceccobelli and other artists settled in the former Pastificio Cerere, a large abandoned industrial space located in the San Lorenzo quarter in Rome. The group, known as the New Roman School or San Lorenzo Workshop,[4] included Piero Pizzi Cannella, Marco Tirelli, Giuseppe Gallo, Gianni Dessì, Nunzio Di Stefano and Domenico Bianchi. The Italian art critic Achille Bonito Oliva wrote that these artists were "all bearers of individual poetics and all streams towards a common aesthetic mentality and a moral vision of art".[5]

In the following years he had a number of international exhibitions: in 1979, at the Festival of Italian Culture in Belgrade and, subsequently, group exhibitions in France, Germany, and Croatia. At Yvon Lambert in Paris he exhibited Morpheus.[6]

Artista Re (1987), paper on wood, graphite and wax, 160 x 205 cm

The 1990s started with exhibitions in Germany, Austria, Canada and Italy. In 1994 he was invited to give a training course at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Artes in Senegal, an experience that would leave a deep influence in his life.[7]

Leda (2000), travertine

Also in 2009, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MaRT) of Rovereto presented the first retrospective exhibition dedicated to the Officina San Lorenzo, which traced the history of that group. The exhibition catalogue, was published by Silvana Editorale and edited by Daniela Lancioni.[8]

Publications

Ceccobelli's writings have been collected into four books:

Museums and private collections

References

  1. ↑ "Biography". Bruno Ceccobelli. Archived from the original on 23 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Gramiccia, Roberto (2005). La nuova scuola romana. I sei di via degli Ausoni. Rome: Editori Riuniti. pp. 67–68.
  3. ↑ Lottini, Otello (2003). Classico eclettico. Rome: Il Cigno. p. 54.
  4. ↑ Gigliotti, Guglielmo (2011). Sei storie romane. Rome: Edizioni Carte Segrete. p. 19.
  5. ↑ Bonito Oliva, Achille (2009). Stati di grazia nella Scuola di San Lorenzo. Milan: Silvana Editoriale. p. 13.
  6. ↑ Lancioni, Daniela (2009). Gli artisti di San Lorenzo. Milan: Silvana Editoriale. p. 33.
  7. ↑ Ceccobelli, Bruno (2003). Color Bellezza. Milan: Jaca Book.
  8. ↑ Lancioni, Daniela (2009). Italia Contemporanea. Officina San Lorenzo. Milan: Silvana Editoriale.
  9. ↑ http://www.moma.org
  10. ↑ http://www.mumok.at/
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  12. ↑ http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/paralleli-314398
  13. ↑ http://collectie.groningermuseum.nl/detail.aspx#245
  14. ↑ http://www.1stmuse.com/collezione.php
  15. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  16. ↑ http://www.museodellosplendore.it/index.php?filename=ceccobelli.htm
  17. ↑ http://www.collezionemaramotti.org/it/Gli-Artisti
  18. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  19. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  20. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  21. ↑ http://www.artcollection.unicreditgroup.eu/ work: "Feuchter Hirsch, 1985"
  22. ↑ http://www.maon.it
  23. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  24. ↑ http://www.serpara.net/Ceccobelli.html

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