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Lot Essay
Lucio del Pezzo nait à Naples en 1933 où il étudie à l’Académie des Beaux-Arts. A 25 ans, en 1958, il fonde ‘Gruppo 58’, mouvance artistique liée au ‘Movimiento Nucleare’ mené par Enrico Baj qui, accompagné d’Arturo Schwarz, l’invite à le rejoindre à Milan en 1960. La même année il expose à New York et reçoit à Pittsburg le « Carnegie International Award ». Dès 1962, il donne des séminaires à la Genoa University sur ses recherches plastiques aux confluences du Pop Art et de la peinture métaphysique. Del Pezzo conçoit, avec Baj et Fontana le Labirinto del Tempo Libero pour la treizième Triennale ce Milan, œuvre pour laquelle le trio sera primé. En 1966 il se voit dédié une pièce particulière à la trente-troisième biennale de Venise. Installé à Paris depuis 1964, il y organise sa première monographie en 1968, qui se solde par l’acquisition de deux de ses œuvres par des institutions publiques et d’une commande étatique. Les commandes monumentales in situ se multiplient les décennies suivantes, en Europe comme au Japon. Aujourd’hui encore Lucio Del Pezzo travaille dans son atelier Milanais sur de multiples projets.
Lucio del Pezzo was born in 1933 in Naples, where he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli. In 1958, at the age of 25, he founded ‘Gruppo 58’, an artistic movement with ties to Enrico Baj's Movimiento Nucleare. In 1960, Baj and Arturo Schwarz invited Del Pezzo to join them in Milan. That year, Del Pezzo showed his work in New York and received the Carnegie International Award in Pittsburgh. Beginning in 1962, he lectured at Genoa University on his visual arts research, which focussed on the confluence of Pop Art and metaphysical painting. Del Pezzo, Baj and Fontana created the Labirinto del Tempo Libero for the 13th Milan Triennial, receiving an award for their work. At the 33rd Venice Biennial in 1966, Del Pezzo had an entire room dedicated to his work. He moved to Paris in 1964 and held his first solo exhibition in 1968, culminating in the acquisition of two of his works by public institutions and a state commission. In the decades that followed, Del Pezzo received many major commissions for works in situ, in both Europe and Japan. Lucio del Pezzo continues to work out of his Milan atelier, with many projects to occupy him.
Lucio del Pezzo was born in 1933 in Naples, where he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli. In 1958, at the age of 25, he founded ‘Gruppo 58’, an artistic movement with ties to Enrico Baj's Movimiento Nucleare. In 1960, Baj and Arturo Schwarz invited Del Pezzo to join them in Milan. That year, Del Pezzo showed his work in New York and received the Carnegie International Award in Pittsburgh. Beginning in 1962, he lectured at Genoa University on his visual arts research, which focussed on the confluence of Pop Art and metaphysical painting. Del Pezzo, Baj and Fontana created the Labirinto del Tempo Libero for the 13th Milan Triennial, receiving an award for their work. At the 33rd Venice Biennial in 1966, Del Pezzo had an entire room dedicated to his work. He moved to Paris in 1964 and held his first solo exhibition in 1968, culminating in the acquisition of two of his works by public institutions and a state commission. In the decades that followed, Del Pezzo received many major commissions for works in situ, in both Europe and Japan. Lucio del Pezzo continues to work out of his Milan atelier, with many projects to occupy him.