{"product_id":"nespolo-ugo-500-anni-di-leonardo","title":"NESPOLO UGO - 500 YEARS OF LEONARDO","description":"Ugo Nespolo spent his childhood in the Biella area before moving to \u003ca title=\"Turin\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torino\"\u003eTurin\u003c\/a\u003e , where his father, Libero, left a small plastics factory to start a business selling measuring instruments and technical items. In Turin, he attended high school, then the \u003ca title=\"Albertina Academy\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Accademia_Albertina\"\u003eAlbertina Academy of Fine Arts,\u003c\/a\u003e where he graduated in Painting under \u003ca title=\"Enrico Paulucci\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enrico_Paulucci\"\u003eEnrico Paulucci\u003c\/a\u003e . At the \u003ca title=\"University of Turin\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universit%C3%A0_degli_Studi_di_Torino\"\u003eUniversity of Turin,\u003c\/a\u003e he earned a degree in Modern Literature, with a thesis in Semiology, in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy.\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003cspan id=\"Gli_inizi\" class=\"mw-headline\"\u003eThe beginnings\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\r \nNespolo's debut in the Italian artistic scene dates back to the \u003ca title=\"1960s\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anni_1960\"\u003e1960s\u003c\/a\u003e , the years in which \u003ca title=\"Pop art\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pop_art\"\u003epop\u003c\/a\u003e trends exploded, followed by \u003ca title=\"Conceptual art\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arte_concettuale\"\u003econceptual\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"Arte povera\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arte_povera\"\u003eartefactual\u003c\/a\u003e research.\n\r \nHis first solo exhibitions were held at the Galleria Il Punto in Turin. His research, never strictly tied to a single expressive code, is characterized by a search for ironic and eclectic content that has always marked his work. In these years, Nespolo explored many expressive possibilities, revisiting the influences of the \u003ca title=\"Avant-garde\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avanguardia\"\u003ehistorical avant-garde\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Futurism\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Futurismo\"\u003eFuturism\u003c\/a\u003e , and \u003ca title=\"Dadaism\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dadaismo\"\u003eDadaism\u003c\/a\u003e , and observing the growing influence of \u003ca title=\"Pop art\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pop_art\"\u003ePop Art\u003c\/a\u003e arriving from America.\n\r \nIn his early years he became associated with figures of Italian and Turin culture, in particular with the philosopher \u003ca title=\"Gianni Vattimo\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianni_Vattimo\"\u003eGianni Vattimo\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"Edward Sanguineti\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edoardo_Sanguineti\"\u003eEdoardo Sanguineti\u003c\/a\u003e , leader of the \u003ca title=\"Group 63\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gruppo_63\"\u003eGruppo '63\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca title=\"Neo-avant-garde\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neoavanguardia\"\u003eneo-avant-garde\u003c\/a\u003e . He wrote texts and poems for Nespolo's first solo exhibitions in 1966.\n\r \nIn the late 1960s he joined Arturo Schwarz's Gallery in Milan, with which he would soon exhibit in New York, Chicago and Belgium. In those years the Gallery counted among its artists \u003ca title=\"Marcel Duchamp\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marcel_Duchamp\"\u003eDuchamp\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Francis Picabia\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francis_Picabia\"\u003ePicabia\u003c\/a\u003e , Schwitters, \u003ca title=\"Arman\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arman\"\u003eArman\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"Enrico Baj\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enrico_Baj\"\u003eBaj\u003c\/a\u003e . His first exhibition in Milan (5 March 1968) \u003ci\u003e, Macchine e Oggetti Condizionali (Conditional Machines and Objects)\u003c\/i\u003e , was presented by \u003ca title=\"Pierre Restany\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre_Restany\"\u003ePierre Restany\u003c\/a\u003e . The climate and innovation of this exhibition were captured by \u003ca title=\"Germano Celant\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germano_Celant\"\u003eGermano Celant\u003c\/a\u003e , who would later coin the Arte \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Arte povera\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arte_povera\"\u003ePovera\u003c\/a\u003e movement,\u003c\/i\u003e in whose initial exhibitions Nespolo participated; such as \u003ci\u003e10 per un Percorso\u003c\/i\u003e (10 for a Path), Galleria Arco d'Alibert, Rome; \u003ci\u003eCon-temp-l'azione (Con-temp-action), Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Galleria Il Punto, Galleria Christian Stein, Turin; Deposito d'Arte Presente (Con-temp-action\u003c\/i\u003e ), Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Galleria Il Punto, Galleria Christian Stein, Turin; and Deposito d'Arte Presente (Con-temp-action), Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Galleria Il Punto, Galleria Christian Stein, Turin.\r \n\r \nIn 1967, with \u003ca title=\"Ben Vautier\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_Vautier\"\u003eBen Vautier,\u003c\/a\u003e he created the first \u003ci\u003eItalian \u003ca title=\"Fluxus\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fluxus\"\u003eFluxus\u003c\/a\u003e Concert\u003c\/i\u003e in Turin, entitled \u003ci\u003eLes Mots et Les Choses.\u003c\/i\u003e He began to travel extensively in the United States, where he came into contact with the \u003ca title=\"Neo-Dada\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neo-Dada\"\u003eNew Dada\u003c\/a\u003e , Fluxus and \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"New American Cinema\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_American_Cinema\"\u003eNew American Cinema\u003c\/a\u003e movements. Nespolo's encounters with some of the group's authors and founders, such as \u003ca title=\"Jonas Mekas\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jonas_Mekas\"\u003eJonas Mekas\u003c\/a\u003e , P. Adams Sitney, Gregory Markopoulos, \u003ca title=\"Yoko Ono\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Y%C5%8Dko_Ono\"\u003eYoko Ono\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Andy Warhol\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andy_Warhol\"\u003eAndy Warhol\u003c\/a\u003e and Regina Cornwell, gave rise to a very personal film research. He thus became one of the initiators of that expressive and research phenomenon that would also be defined as \u003ci\u003ethe Cinema of the Artists\u003c\/i\u003e . His films, featuring artists-performers such as \u003ca title=\"Lucio Fontana\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucio_Fontana\"\u003eLucio Fontana\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Enrico Baj\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enrico_Baj\"\u003eEnrico Baj\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Michelangelo Pistoletto\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michelangelo_Pistoletto\"\u003eMichelangelo Pistoletto\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Alighiero Boetti\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alighiero_Boetti\"\u003eAlighiero Boetti\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Allen Ginsberg\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allen_Ginsberg\"\u003eAllen Ginsberg\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"Edward Sanguineti\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edoardo_Sanguineti\"\u003eEdoardo Sanguineti\u003c\/a\u003e , were screened in many international museums, including \u003ca title=\"Georges Pompidou Centre\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Centro_Georges_Pompidou\"\u003ethe Centre Pompidou\u003c\/a\u003e , Paris; \u003ca title=\"Tate Modern\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tate_Modern\"\u003eTate Modern\u003c\/a\u003e , London; \u003ca title=\"Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museo_Nacional_Centro_de_Arte_Reina_Sof%C3%ADa\"\u003eReina Sofia\u003c\/a\u003e , Madrid; \u003ca title=\"Philadelphia Museum of Art\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art\"\u003ePhiladelphia Museum of Art\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca class=\"new\" title=\"Filmoteka Polska (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Filmoteka_Polska\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\"\u003eFilmoteka Polska\u003c\/a\u003e , Warsaw; \u003ca title=\"National Museum of Cinema\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museo_nazionale_del_cinema\"\u003eNational Museum of Cinema\u003c\/a\u003e , Turin; \u003ca title=\"Prada Foundation\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fondazione_Prada\"\u003eFondazione Prada\u003c\/a\u003e , Milan; \u003ca title=\"Venice Biennale\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biennale_di_Venezia\"\u003eVenice Biennale\u003c\/a\u003e .\n \u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan id=\"Anni_Settanta\" class=\"mw-headline\"\u003eSeventies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"mw-halign-left\"\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Storie_di_oggi,_Acrilici_su_legno,_170x470cm,_1990.tif\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/df\/Storie_di_oggi%2C_Acrilici_su_legno%2C_170x470cm%2C_1990.tif\/lossless-page1-400px-Storie_di_oggi%2C_Acrilici_su_legno%2C_170x470cm%2C_1990.tif.png\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/df\/Storie_di_oggi%2C_Acrilici_su_legno%2C_170x470cm%2C_1990.tif\/lossless-page1-600px-Storie_di_oggi%2C_Acrilici_su_legno%2C_170x470cm%2C_1990.tif.png 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/df\/Storie_di_oggi%2C_Acrilici_su_legno%2C_170x470cm%2C_1990.tif\/lossless-page1-800px-Storie_di_oggi%2C_Acrilici_su_legno%2C_170x470cm%2C_1990.tif.png 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"146\" data-file-width=\"4889\" data-file-height=\"1780\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003e Stories of Today, Acrylics on Wood, 170x470cm, 1990\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"mw-default-size\"\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lavorare_Lavorare,_San_Benedetto_del_Tronto,_1998.tif\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/77\/Lavorare_Lavorare%2C_San_Benedetto_del_Tronto%2C_1998.tif\/lossy-page1-220px-Lavorare_Lavorare%2C_San_Benedetto_del_Tronto%2C_1998.tif.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/77\/Lavorare_Lavorare%2C_San_Benedetto_del_Tronto%2C_1998.tif\/lossy-page1-330px-Lavorare_Lavorare%2C_San_Benedetto_del_Tronto%2C_1998.tif.jpg 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/77\/Lavorare_Lavorare%2C_San_Benedetto_del_Tronto%2C_1998.tif\/lossy-page1-440px-Lavorare_Lavorare%2C_San_Benedetto_del_Tronto%2C_1998.tif.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"141\" data-file-width=\"2312\" data-file-height=\"1484\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003e Working Working, San Benedetto del Tronto, 1998\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"mw-default-size\"\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Swatch_Ugo_Limited_Edition,_Ugo_Nespolo.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c2\/Swatch_Ugo_Limited_Edition%2C_Ugo_Nespolo.jpg\/220px-Swatch_Ugo_Limited_Edition%2C_Ugo_Nespolo.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c2\/Swatch_Ugo_Limited_Edition%2C_Ugo_Nespolo.jpg\/330px-Swatch_Ugo_Limited_Edition%2C_Ugo_Nespolo.jpg 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c2\/Swatch_Ugo_Limited_Edition%2C_Ugo_Nespolo.jpg\/440px-Swatch_Ugo_Limited_Edition%2C_Ugo_Nespolo.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" data-file-width=\"4000\" data-file-height=\"6000\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003e Swatch Ugo Limited Edition, Ugo Nespolo\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\u003c\/figure\u003e\r \nIn the 1970s, Nespolo won the \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Bolaffi Art\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolaffi_Arte\"\u003eBolaffi\u003c\/a\u003e Prize\u003c\/i\u003e (1974) and created \u003ci\u003eIl Museo\u003c\/i\u003e (The Museum) (1975–76), a monumental 10-meter work that first demonstrated the reinterpretation and deconstruction of other people's art that would characterize many of his works, putting into practice the theme of \u003ci\u003equotation\u003c\/i\u003e typical of postmodern thought. The work was first exhibited in 1976 at the Museo Progressivo d'Arte Contemporanea, Livorno; it later traveled to Europe and the United States.\n\n In these years Nespolo experimented with different techniques: embroidery, inlay with precious materials (ebony, mother-of-pearl, ivory, porcelain, silver) as a reaction to the Arte Povera academy and a tribute to the executive mastery of \u003ca title=\"Giovanni Battista Foggini\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giovan_Battista_Foggini\"\u003eGiovan Battista Foggini\u003c\/a\u003e .\n\r \nSince the early 1970s, Nespolo has been working with the concept of “ \u003ci\u003ebringing art into life\u003c\/i\u003e ”, an operation that will imply the relationship with \u003ca title=\"Applied arts\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arti_applicate\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eApplied Art\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and the attempt to combine the two distinct souls of \u003ca class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/kolibri.teacherinabox.org.au\/modules\/en-boundless\/www.boundless.com\/sociology\/concepts\/high-and-low-culture-0-5619\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHigh\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLow\u003c\/i\u003e cultures\u003c\/a\u003e .\n\r \nThe partnership with \u003ca title=\"Enrico Baj\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enrico_Baj\"\u003eEnrico Baj\u003c\/a\u003e leads to the opening in Milan of the \u003ci\u003eAward-Winning Art Studio Baj \u0026amp; Nespolo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ugo_Nespolo#cite_note-1\"\u003e[1]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e and the love for \u003ca title=\"Pataphysics\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patafisica\"\u003ePataphysics\u003c\/a\u003e , also derived from numerous trips and meetings in Paris, will culminate in the foundation of the \u003ca class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artribune.com\/arti-visive\/2017\/01\/patafisica-italia-alfred-jarry-enrico-baj\/https:\/\/www.artribune.com\/arti-visive\/2017\/01\/patafisica-italia-alfred-jarry-enrico-baj\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eTicinese Pataphysical Institute\u003c\/a\u003e in 1979. \u003ca title=\"Raymond Queneau\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raymond_Queneau\"\u003eRaymond Queneau\u003c\/a\u003e , founder of \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"OuLiPo\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OuLiPo\"\u003eOuLiPo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and pataphysical \u003ca title=\"Satrap\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satrapo\"\u003eSatrap\u003c\/a\u003e , will approve the book of formal logic \u003ci\u003eTruth and Lies, a logical alternative\u003c\/i\u003e \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ugo_Nespolo#cite_note-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e written by Nespolo in 1969 published by the Schwarz publisher.\r \n\nIn these years, Gian Paolo Prearo published a monograph on Nespolo's work in Milan, written by \u003ca title=\"Enrico Crispolti\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enrico_Crispolti\"\u003eEnrico Crispolti\u003c\/a\u003e . Exhibitions followed at the Galleria Blu and Studio Marconi, Milan; Galleria de' Foscherari, Bologna; Christian Stein, Turin; Herbert Lust Gallery, Chicago; Camden Arts Centre, London; and Arras Gallery, New York. From 2 July 1978, he participated in the exhibition \u003ci\u003eDalla Natura all'Arte,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ca title=\"Venice Biennale\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biennale_di_Venezia\"\u003eVenice Biennale\u003c\/a\u003e (1978).\n\r \nThe cinematographic activity began in 1966 with the films \u003ci\u003e\u003ca class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.torinocittadelcinema.it\/schedafilm.php?film_id=215\u0026amp;stile=small\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThank You, Kodak\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003e\u003ca class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/cinema.ilsole24ore.com\/film\/la-galante-avventura-del-cavaliere-dal-lieto-volto\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Gallant Adventure of the Knight with the Happy Face\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ca title=\"Lucio Fontana\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucio_Fontana\"\u003eLucio Fontana\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"Enrico Baj\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enrico_Baj\"\u003eEnrico Baj\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ci\u003e\u003ca class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.museoreinasofia.es\/en\/collection\/artwork\/buongiorno-michelangelo-good-morning-michelangelo\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eGood Morning Michelangelo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ca title=\"Michelangelo Pistoletto\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michelangelo_Pistoletto\"\u003eMichelangelo Pistoletto\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ci\u003e\u003ca class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artribune.com\/tribnews\/2015\/10\/la-prima-di-andrea-lissoni-alla-tate-modern-da-londra-immagini-della-rassegna-sul-cinema-sperimentale-e-dartista-italiano-tra-pop-art-e-arte-povera\/attachment\/ugo-nespolo-boettinbianchenero-1968-still-da-film-courtesy-archivio-fotografico-del-centro-sperimentale-di-cinematografia-cineteca-nazionale-e-archivio-nazionale-cinema-impresa\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eBoettinbianchenero\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ca title=\"Alighiero Boetti\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alighiero_Boetti\"\u003eAlighiero Boetti\u003c\/a\u003e , continued with \u003ci\u003e\u003ca class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamtorino.it\/it\/le-collezioni\/catalogo-delle-opere-online-gam\/un-supermaschio\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eA Supermale\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003e\u003ca class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nespolo.com\/ita\/cinema-dettaglio.php?id=41\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eAndare a Roma\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ca class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nespolo.com\/ita\/cinema-dettaglio.php?id=15https:\/\/www.nespolo.com\/ita\/cinema-dettaglio.php?id=15\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Hustler\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e .\n \u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan id=\"Anni_Ottanta_e_Novanta\" class=\"mw-headline\"\u003e1980s and 1990s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n Nespolo's exhibition activity began with a solo show at the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Civic Gallery of Modern Art\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civica_Galleria_d%27Arte_Moderna\"\u003eCivica Galleria d'Arte Moderna\u003c\/a\u003e , Ferrara; \u003ci\u003eCasa d'Arte Nespolo,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ca title=\"Permanent Palace\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palazzo_della_Permanente\"\u003ePalazzo della Permanente\u003c\/a\u003e , Milan; the retrospective exhibition \u003ci\u003eLa Bella Insofferenza\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Villa Croce (Carignano)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Villa_Croce_(Carignano)\"\u003eVilla Croce\u003c\/a\u003e , Genoa; the catalogue features the poem \u003ci\u003eNespoleide\u003c\/i\u003e by \u003ca title=\"Edward Sanguineti\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edoardo_Sanguineti\"\u003eEdoardo Sanguineti\u003c\/a\u003e .\n\r \nHe took part in the exhibition \u003ci\u003eL'identité Italienne\u003c\/i\u003e at the \u003ca title=\"Georges Pompidou Centre\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Centro_Georges_Pompidou\"\u003eCentre Pompidou\u003c\/a\u003e , Paris. In 1982, he had a solo exhibition at the Arras Gallery, New York; with texts by \u003ca title=\"Furio Colombo\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Furio_Colombo\"\u003eFurio Colombo\u003c\/a\u003e .\n\n In 1984 the personal exhibition \u003ci\u003eLe Cinéma diagonal\u003c\/i\u003e at the \u003ca title=\"Georges Pompidou Centre\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Centro_Georges_Pompidou\"\u003eCentre Pompidou\u003c\/a\u003e , Paris; in 1988 the personal exhibition at the \u003ca title=\"Festival of Two Worlds\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Festival_dei_Due_Mondi\"\u003eSpoleto Festival\u003c\/a\u003e .\n\r \nIn 1986 he designed sets and costumes for the American premiere of \u003ca title=\"Ferruccio Busoni\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ferruccio_Busoni\"\u003eFerruccio Busoni\u003c\/a\u003e 's \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Turandot\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turandot\"\u003eTurandot\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e at the Stamford State Opera and in 1990 the sets and costumes for \u003ca title=\"John Paisiello\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giovanni_Paisiello\"\u003ePaisiello\u003c\/a\u003e 's \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Don Quixote (ballet)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Don_Chisciotte_(balletto)\"\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e at the \u003ca title=\"Rome Opera House\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Teatro_dell%27Opera_di_Roma\"\u003eTeatro dell'Opera in Rome\u003c\/a\u003e . In 1990 he had a solo exhibition at the \u003ca title=\"Royal Palace (Milan)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palazzo_Reale_(Milano)\"\u003ePalazzo Reale\u003c\/a\u003e , Milan; with texts in the Electa catalogue by \u003ca title=\"Gillo Dorfles\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gillo_Dorfles\"\u003eGillo Dorfles\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"Gianni Vattimo\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gianni_Vattimo\"\u003eGianni Vattimo\u003c\/a\u003e .\r \n\r \nDuring these years, Nespolo took over the artistic direction of \u003ca title=\"Richard Ginori\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard-Ginori\"\u003eRichard Ginori\u003c\/a\u003e and began collaborating with the historic Murano glassworks \u003ca title=\"Barovier \u0026amp; Toso\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barovier_%26_Toso\"\u003eBarovier \u0026amp; Toso\u003c\/a\u003e . His interest in ceramics led to a large exhibition at the Museo della Ceramica, Faenza, and in Japan at the International Ceramic Festival, Shigaraki. In Venice, he held a solo exhibition \u003ci\u003e, La Passerella\u003c\/i\u003e , featuring glass sculptures by Barovier \u0026amp; Toso. In 1991, he held a solo exhibition \u003ci\u003e, A Fine Intolerance,\u003c\/i\u003e at the Galleria Borghi, New York; followed by a solo exhibition \u003ci\u003e, Pictura,\u003c\/i\u003e at the National Museum of Romanian Art, Bucharest. In 1997, a series of traveling exhibitions in Latin America began at the \u003ca class=\"new\" title=\"Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (the page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Museo_Nacional_de_Bellas_Artes\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\"\u003eMuseo Nacional de Bellas Artes\u003c\/a\u003e , Buenos Aires; then at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Córdoba, Château Carreras; then at the Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno, Mendoza; and finally at the Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo.\r \n\nIn 1998 he created a ten-meter painted steel sculpture for the city of San Benedetto del Tronto, \"Work Work Work, I Prefer the Sound of the Sea.\"\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003cspan id=\"Dal_2000\" class=\"mw-headline\"\u003eSince 2000\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eNespolo+Napoli\u003c\/i\u003e retrospective exhibition at \u003ca title=\"Royal Palace (Naples)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palazzo_Reale_(Napoli)\"\u003ePalazzo Reale\u003c\/a\u003e , Naples, curated by Flavio Caroli. In early 2001, he returned to the cinema with \u003ci\u003eFilm\/a\/To,\u003c\/i\u003e starring \u003ca title=\"Edward Sanguineti\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edoardo_Sanguineti\"\u003eEdoardo Sanguineti\u003c\/a\u003e and presented at the \u003ca title=\"Georges Pompidou Centre\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Centro_Georges_Pompidou\"\u003eCentre Pompidou\u003c\/a\u003e , Paris. Solo exhibition in \u003ca title=\"Fukui\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fukui\"\u003eFukui\u003c\/a\u003e as part of \u003ci\u003eItaly in Japan 2001\u003c\/i\u003e .\n\r \nIn 2002 he began his work on the decoration of the twenty-six stations of the new \u003ca title=\"Turin Metro\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metropolitana_di_Torino\"\u003eTurin Metro\u003c\/a\u003e .\n\u003cfigure class=\"mw-default-size\"\u003e \u003ca class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Presenze,_70x100,_Acrilici_su_legno,_2020.tif\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9a\/Presenze%2C_70x100%2C_Acrilici_su_legno%2C_2020.tif\/lossy-page1-220px-Presenze%2C_70x100%2C_Acrilici_su_legno%2C_2020.tif.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9a\/Presenze%2C_70x100%2C_Acrilici_su_legno%2C_2020.tif\/lossy-page1-330px-Presenze%2C_70x100%2C_Acrilici_su_legno%2C_2020.tif.jpg 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9a\/Presenze%2C_70x100%2C_Acrilici_su_legno%2C_2020.tif\/lossy-page1-440px-Presenze%2C_70x100%2C_Acrilici_su_legno%2C_2020.tif.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"154\" data-file-width=\"5424\" data-file-height=\"3789\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003e Presences, 70x100, Acrylics on wood, 2020\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\u003c\/figure\u003e\r \nIn 2003, solo exhibitions at the \u003ca class=\"new\" title=\"Museum of Modern Art (the page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Museo_d%E2%80%99Arte_Moderna\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\"\u003eMuseum of Modern Art\u003c\/a\u003e in Moscow; \u003ca title=\"Russian Academy of Fine Arts\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Accademia_russa_di_belle_arti\"\u003eRussian Academy of Fine Arts\u003c\/a\u003e in St. Petersburg and the National Museum in \u003ca title=\"Minsk\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minsk\"\u003eMinsk\u003c\/a\u003e . After an exhibition at the \u003ca title=\"Italian Cultural Institute in Paris\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Istituto_italiano_di_cultura_di_Parigi\"\u003eItalian Cultural Institute\u003c\/a\u003e , Paris; two solo exhibitions during the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Locarno Film Festival\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Festival_del_cinema_di_Locarno\"\u003eLocarno Film Festival\u003c\/a\u003e followed in the autumn by a large solo exhibition at the\u003ca title=\"National Museum of China\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museo_nazionale_della_Cina\"\u003eNational Museum of China\u003c\/a\u003e , Beijing. 2004 begins with a solo exhibition at the \u003ca class=\"new\" title=\"M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum (the page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=M._K._%C4%8Ciurlionis_National_Art_Museum\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\"\u003eM.K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum\u003c\/a\u003e , Vilnius, Lithuania; then exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, Canton; and at the Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou. 2005 begins with a solo exhibition at the \u003ca title=\"Poldi Pezzoli Museum\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museo_Poldi_Pezzoli\"\u003eMuseo Poldi Pezzoli\u003c\/a\u003e , Milan; and with the making of the film \u003ci\u003eItaliana\u003c\/i\u003e per \u003ca title=\"Cinecittà Studios\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Studi_di_Cinecitt%C3%A0\"\u003eCinecittà\u003c\/a\u003e starring \u003ca title=\"Giancarlo Giannini\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giancarlo_Giannini\"\u003eGiancarlo Giannini\u003c\/a\u003e .\r \n\nIn 2007, the \u003ca title=\"Puccini Festival\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Festival_Puccini\"\u003ePuccini Festival Foundation\u003c\/a\u003e entrusted him with the creation of the sets and costumes for \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Madame Butterfly\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madama_Butterfly\"\u003eMadama Butterfly\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e . In the same year, he designed the \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Banner\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drappellone\"\u003eDrappellone\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e for the \u003ca title=\"Palio of Siena\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palio_di_Siena\"\u003ePalio d'Agosto\u003c\/a\u003e in Siena and held a solo exhibition in the Palazzo Pubblico della Città. In 2008, he had a solo exhibition at the \u003ca class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walterwickisergallery.com\/tru\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWalter Wickiser Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e , New York.\n\r \nThe \u003ca title=\"National Museum of Cinema\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museo_nazionale_del_cinema\"\u003eNational Cinema Museum\u003c\/a\u003e in Turin is staging an anthological exhibition of his cinematic work. He participates in the exhibition \u003ci\u003eItalics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution, 1968–2008\u003c\/i\u003e at \u003ca title=\"Grassi Palace\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palazzo_Grassi\"\u003ePalazzo Grassi\u003c\/a\u003e , Venice, which then travels to the \u003ca title=\"Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museum_of_Contemporary_Art_(Chicago)\"\u003eMuseum of Contemporary Art\u003c\/a\u003e , Chicago.\n\n In 2009 the \u003ca title=\"Bargello National Museum\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museo_nazionale_del_Bargello\"\u003eNational Museum of Bargello\u003c\/a\u003e , Florence, dedicated an anthology to him, \u003ci\u003eNovantiqua\u003c\/i\u003e , with forty works.\n\r \nIn May 2011, the solo exhibition \u003ci\u003eLa bella intolerancia\u003c\/i\u003e was held at the \u003ca title=\"National Museum of Fine Arts (Cuba)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museo_nazionale_delle_belle_arti_(Cuba)\"\u003eNational Museum of Fine Arts\u003c\/a\u003e , Havana, Cuba. On October 21 of the same year, Nespolo took over the position of President of the \u003ca title=\"National Museum of Cinema\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museo_nazionale_del_cinema\"\u003eNational Museum of Cinema\u003c\/a\u003e , a position he held until 2014.\n\r \nIn May 2012, his solo exhibition was held at the \u003ca class=\"new\" title=\"Museum Nasional Indonesia (the page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Museum_Nasional_Indonesia\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\"\u003eMuseum Nasional Indonesia\u003c\/a\u003e , Jakarta. In June, he had an exhibition at the \u003ca class=\"new\" title=\"Art Centre Bahrain National Museum (the page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Art_Centre_Bahrain_National_Museum\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\"\u003eArt Centre Bahrain National Museum\u003c\/a\u003e . In July of the same year, his exhibition \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Number was held\u003c\/i\u003e at the Leo Tolstoy Museum Yasnaya Polyana, Russia, and in October \u003ci\u003e, The Years of the Avantgarde\u003c\/i\u003e , a solo exhibition at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Turin.\n\r \nIn December 2014, for the \u003ca title=\"Festival of Two Worlds\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Festival_dei_Due_Mondi\"\u003eSpoleto Festival USA\u003c\/a\u003e , Charleston; Nespolo designed sets and costumes for \u003ca title=\"Francesco Cavalli\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francesco_Cavalli\"\u003eFrancesco Cavalli\u003c\/a\u003e 's baroque opera \u003ci\u003e\u003ca class=\"new\" title=\"Veremonda, the Amazon of Aragon (the page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Veremonda,_l%E2%80%99Amazzone_di_Aragona\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\"\u003eVeremonda, the Amazon of Aragon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e .\n\r \nIn 2015, three major international events took place with film screenings at the \u003ca title=\"Tate Modern\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tate_Modern\"\u003eTate Modern\u003c\/a\u003e , London; \u003ca title=\"Georges Pompidou Centre\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Centro_Georges_Pompidou\"\u003eCentre Pompidou\u003c\/a\u003e , Paris; and the \u003ca title=\"Peggy Guggenheim Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peggy_Guggenheim_Collection\"\u003ePeggy Guggenheim Collection\u003c\/a\u003e , Venice.\n\r \n\u003ci\u003e\"That's Life\"\u003c\/i\u003e is the title of his solo exhibition at the Puglisi Cosentino Foundation, Catania; 170 works are on display. In 2017, he created a 52-episode cartoon series for \u003ca title=\"Rai Yoyo\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rai_Yoyo\"\u003eRai Yoyo\u003c\/a\u003e . The series won First Prize at \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Cartoons on the Bay\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cartoons_on_the_Bay\"\u003eCartoons on the Bay\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e . In June, he held a solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center of Montenegro (Dvorak Petrovica). From October 2017, he held a solo exhibition \u003ci\u003e, \"A modo mio,\"\u003c\/i\u003e at the Saint-Bénin Center, Aosta.\n\r \nIn 2018, he designed the historic calendar for the \u003ca title=\"Carabinieri Corps\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arma_dei_Carabinieri\"\u003eNational Carabinieri\u003c\/a\u003e . In February 2018, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the founding of the historic brand, \u003ca title=\"The Swatch Group\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Swatch_Group\"\u003eSwatch\u003c\/a\u003e organized Nespolo's solo exhibition entitled \u003ci\u003eNumbers\u003c\/i\u003e at the Cité du Temps in Geneva. The catalogue was conceived by mathematician \u003ca title=\"Piergiorgio Odifreddi\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piergiorgio_Odifreddi\"\u003ePiergiorgio Odifreddi\u003c\/a\u003e .\n\r \nFrom April 19 to May 25, the \u003ca title=\"National Central Library of Florence\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biblioteca_Nazionale_Centrale_di_Firenze\"\u003eNational Central Library\u003c\/a\u003e , Florence, pays homage to Nespolo's publishing career with the exhibition \u003ci\u003eThe Triumph of Books\u003c\/i\u003e . In May 2019, the \u003ca title=\"Huangpu\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huangpu\"\u003eHuangpu District\u003c\/a\u003e , Shanghai, China, hosts a solo exhibition of Nespolo's cinema, titled \u003ci\u003eDouble Screen\u003c\/i\u003e : Artist Film and Video from the Sixties.\n\r \nOn January 29, 2019, the \u003ca title=\"University of Turin\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universit%C3%A0_degli_Studi_di_Torino\"\u003eUniversity of Turin\u003c\/a\u003e awarded Nespolo an \u003ca title=\"Honorary degree\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laurea_honoris_causa\"\u003ehonorary degree\u003c\/a\u003e in Philosophy. In July 2019, the retrospective exhibition \u003ci\u003eFuori dal coro\u003c\/i\u003e opened at \u003ca title=\"Royal Palace (Milan)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palazzo_Reale_(Milano)\"\u003ePalazzo Reale\u003c\/a\u003e in Milan.\n\n In 2022 he designed the poster image for the \u003ca title=\"Turin Film Festival 2022\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torino_Film_Festival_2022\"\u003efortieth Turin Film Festival\u003c\/a\u003e .\n\u003ch2\u003e \u003cspan id=\"Filmografia\" class=\"mw-headline\"\u003eFilmography\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\r \nUgo Nespolo also works extensively in the cinematographic field. He began exploring the world of cinema in the 1960s, becoming a point of reference in Italy for \u003ci\u003eartistic cinema.\u003c\/i\u003e As Nespolo writes on his website \u003ci\u003e, \"I set out with the Bell \u0026amp; Howell 16mm with the Angenieux Zoom to discover cinema and I was lucky.\u003c\/i\u003e [...] \u003ci\u003eAt the time, I was thinking of a sort of \"photographic theatre\" full of improvisations and bizarre materials. The attempt was to land in a magical territory in perpetual, tireless movement, a game in short in which rationality was banished to leave room for a free, associative creation, sound and image, movement and colour, sense and nonsense.\u003c\/i\u003e \" \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ugo_Nespolo#cite_note-3\"\u003e[3]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e","brand":"CHIAPPA OVIDIO 3000","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56218502824322,"sku":"OCHIA002","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/chiappa-nespolo.jpg?v=1768473809","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/nespolo-ugo-500-anni-di-leonardo","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}