{"product_id":"ugo-nespolo-langelo-dellannunciazione-3","title":"Ugo Nespolo - The Angel of the Annunciation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"thumb tright\"\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv class=\"thumbinner\"\u003eAfter \u003ca title=\"Diploma\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diploma\"\u003egraduating\u003c\/a\u003e from the \u003ca title=\"Albertina Academy\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Accademia_Albertina\"\u003eAlbertina Academy\u003c\/a\u003e of Fine Arts in Turin, he earned a degree in \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Letters and philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lettere_e_filosofia\"\u003eModern Literature\u003c\/a\u003e , before making his debut on the Italian art scene in the 1960s, proposing a unique blend of \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Pop art\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pop_Art\"\u003ePop Art\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Conceptual art\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arte_concettuale\"\u003eConceptual Art\u003c\/a\u003e , and \u003ca title=\"Arte povera\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arte_povera\"\u003eArte Povera\u003c\/a\u003e . In the following decade, he continued his unconventional, ironic production, inspired by children's illustrations, which also lends itself to the \" \u003ca title=\"Cinema\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cinema\"\u003ecinematic\u003c\/a\u003e canvas.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e \nIn \u003ca title=\"1973\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973\"\u003e1973\u003c\/a\u003e , at the psychiatric hospital of \u003ca title=\"Volterra\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Volterra\"\u003eVolterra\u003c\/a\u003e , with the help of the patients, he created two works: a pyramid filled with drawings, puppets and personal objects of the patients, and a gigantic papier-mâché pill, symbolizing pharmacological treatments which, in a sort of purifying gesture aimed at denouncing the abuse of pharmacological therapy and raising awareness among the citizens, was burned in a square of the city.\n \nThe 1980s saw his \"American period,\" with his paintings depicting objects and commonplaces in \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"United States\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stati_Uniti\"\u003eAmerican\u003c\/a\u003e cities. He collaborated with \u003ca title=\"Rai\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rai\"\u003eRAI\u003c\/a\u003e , for which he created theme songs, and with advertising agencies. In the following decade, he combined his numerous activities with his commitment to the theater, designing sets and costumes for \u003ca title=\"Gaetano Donizetti\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gaetano_Donizetti\"\u003eDonizetti\u003c\/a\u003e 's \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Elixir of Love\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%27elisir_d%27amore\"\u003eL'elisir d'amore\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e at the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Costanzi Theater\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Teatro_Costanzi\"\u003eRome Opera\u003c\/a\u003e , the \u003ca title=\"Paris National Opera\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Op%C3%A9ra_national_de_Paris\"\u003eParis Opera\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Lausanne\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Losanna\"\u003eLausanne\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Liège\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liegi\"\u003eLiège\u003c\/a\u003e , and \u003ca title=\"Metz\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metz\"\u003eMetz\u003c\/a\u003e .\n \nIn 1991 and 2009 Nespolo created the palio for the \u003ca title=\"Joust of the Quintana\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giostra_della_Quintana\"\u003eGiostra della Quintana\u003c\/a\u003e of \u003ca title=\"Foligno\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foligno\"\u003eFoligno\u003c\/a\u003e , in 1998 the one for the August edition of the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Quintana Knights' Tournament\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torneo_cavalleresco_della_Quintana\"\u003eQuintana chivalric tournament\u003c\/a\u003e of \u003ca title=\"Ascoli Piceno\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ascoli_Piceno\"\u003eAscoli Piceno\u003c\/a\u003e , in \u003ca title=\"2000\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2000\"\u003e2000\u003c\/a\u003e the two \u003ca title=\"Sendallo\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sendallo\"\u003esendalli\u003c\/a\u003e for the \u003ca title=\"Palio of Asti\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palio_di_Asti\"\u003ePalio of Asti\u003c\/a\u003e and in 2009 the banner of the \u003ca title=\"Palio of Siena\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palio_di_Siena\"\u003ePalio of Siena\u003c\/a\u003e .\n \nIn 2003, the organizers of the \u003ca title=\"Tour of Italy\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giro_d%27Italia\"\u003eGiro d'Italia\u003c\/a\u003e entrusted him with the creation of the \u003ca title=\"Pink jersey\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maglia_rosa\"\u003epink jersey\u003c\/a\u003e and the official poster, and in \u003ca title=\"2005\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2005\"\u003e2005\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca title=\"Turin\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torino\"\u003eTurin\u003c\/a\u003e he created thematic works for \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"GTT (Turin)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GTT_(Torino)\"\u003eGTT\u003c\/a\u003e in the \u003ca title=\"Turin Metro\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metropolitana_di_Torino\"\u003eMetro\u003c\/a\u003e stations and for the exterior of the shopping center on Via Livorno.\n \nIn 2007, he designed the sets and costumes for the opera \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Madame Butterfly\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madama_Butterfly\"\u003eMadama Butterfly\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e , which opened the 53rd season of the \u003ca title=\"Puccini Festival\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Festival_Puccini\"\u003ePuccini Festival\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca title=\"Puccini Lake Tower\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torre_del_Lago_Puccini\"\u003eTorre del Lago Puccini\u003c\/a\u003e on July 20. The following year, he curated \"Nespolo legge Dante,\" a limited-edition triptych commissioned by \u003ca title=\"De Agostini\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_Agostini\"\u003eDe Agostini\u003c\/a\u003e of Novara for a reading of the \u003ca title=\"Divine Comedy\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Divina_Commedia\"\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/a\u003e through figurative art. This was followed by a solo exhibition held in New York at the Walter Wickiser Gallery and a retrospective at the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Cinema Museum (Turin)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museo_del_Cinema_(Torino)\"\u003eMuseo del Cinema\u003c\/a\u003e . He also participated in the exhibition \"Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution, 1968-2008\" with two works, at the invitation of the management of \u003ca title=\"Grassi Palace\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palazzo_Grassi\"\u003ePalazzo Grassi\u003c\/a\u003e in Venice.\n \nIn \u003ca title=\"2009\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009\"\u003e2009\u003c\/a\u003e , the anthological exhibition \u003ci\u003eNespolo, ritorno a casa\u003c\/i\u003e was set up at the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Museum of the Biella Territory\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museo_del_Territorio_Biellese\"\u003eMuseo del Territorio Biellese\u003c\/a\u003e , which was followed by other retrospectives: at the Galleria Canci in \u003ca title=\"Lerici\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lerici\"\u003eLerici\u003c\/a\u003e he set up a personal exhibition, at the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"National Museum of Bargello\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museo_Nazionale_del_Bargello\"\u003eMuseo Nazionale del Bargello\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca title=\"Florence\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Firenze\"\u003eFlorence\u003c\/a\u003e (2010), at \u003ca title=\"Trinci Palace\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palazzo_Trinci\"\u003ePalazzo Trinci\u003c\/a\u003e in Foligno ( \u003ci\u003eNespolo. Ipotesi Antologica\u003c\/i\u003e , 2010), at the Casa del Console Contemporary Art Museum in \u003ca title=\"Ligurian Chalice\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calice_Ligure\"\u003eCalice Ligure\u003c\/a\u003e , at the Galleria dell'Accademia \u003ca title=\"Albertina Academy\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Accademia_Albertina\"\u003eAlbertina\u003c\/a\u003e in Turin (2010), at the \u003ca class=\"new\" title=\"Campari Museum (the page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Museo_Campari\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\"\u003eMuseo Campari\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca title=\"Sixth St. John\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sesto_San_Giovanni\"\u003eSesto San Giovanni\u003c\/a\u003e , and in numerous other public and private galleries.\n \nHe also collaborated with the \u003ca title=\"Brooksfield\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brooksfield\"\u003eBrooksfield\u003c\/a\u003e brand for a two-year stylistic intervention in the collections and communication (2009-2010). In 2010 he became an honorary member of the literary artistic movement \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 of Turin. In March 2012 he received honorary citizenship of the city of \u003ca title=\"Santhia\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santhi%C3%A0\"\u003eSanthià\u003c\/a\u003e , where he spent his childhood and adolescence and where he carried out his first pictorial experiments.\n\n There are numerous collaborations for the creation of advertising campaigns: among the many with \u003ca title=\"Campari\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Campari\"\u003eCampari\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Piaggio\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piaggio\"\u003ePiaggio\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"Caffarel\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caffarel\"\u003eCaffarel\u003c\/a\u003e .\n \nIn 2016 he joined \u003ca title=\"Luca Desiata\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luca_Desiata\"\u003eLuca Desiata\u003c\/a\u003e 's \"Corporate Art\" Manifesto together with \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Alexander Ponomarev\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Ponomarev\"\u003eAlexander Ponomarev\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Fernando De Filippi\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fernando_De_Filippi\"\u003eFernando De Filippi\u003c\/a\u003e and other artists. \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\n\n Ugo Nespolo still lives and works in \u003ca title=\"Turin\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torino\"\u003eTurin\u003c\/a\u003e today.","brand":"Garanzini Andrea Giovanni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56215341236610,"sku":"AGA002","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/NESPOLO_1c1161d5-44d0-478e-a019-9a25efbbf1cf.jpg?v=1768425915","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/ugo-nespolo-langelo-dellannunciazione-3","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}