Enzo Cucchi

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A central figure of the Italian Transavanguardia movement, alongside Mimmo Paladino and Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi is an artist whose works encompass a Neo-Expressionistic style and breathe fresh air into symbolism and figurative drawing.

«…Painting is only that of legends, which really happened,
because painting is real. »
Enzo Cucchi

Four Arms And Seven Hands

Sculpture / Object - Mixed Media

EUR 3,500

A lot of Cucchi’s creations resemble ancient cave-paintings with their textured surfaces and spontaneous charcoal lines; a lot of his imagery also employs such primitive tools and motifs as fire, livestock and eyes, with imagery blurring the lines between faces and landscapes - Ghiaccio...

« I never said I was a poet. If I wrote some texts, I did it out of necessity, like writing a letter to my girlfriend. »
Enzo Cucchi

Bollente is one among many works to exemplify this. Cucchi has noted that emotion is the most important facet of his creativity; he stated: “Everything has to be emotional. Every single sign you make with your hands, your skills, the stuff you draw… Every movement you make should be done emotionally lit.”

Italy / male artist / Transavanguardia / Contemporary Art / Light and Space / Process Art

ARTWORKS BY Enzo Cucchi

Enzo Cucchi

Four Arms And Seven Hands, 2011

Sculpture / Object

Mixed Media

EUR 3,500

Enzo Cucchi

La Scala, 1990

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

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Enzo Cucchi

Roma, 1991

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What is Transvanguardia ?

Italian version for Neo Expressionism that refers to an art movement that moved across Italy and some other parts of Western Europe between 1970s and 1980s. It simply means beyond avant-garde. The art movement came as a response to conceptual art's explosion that got many expression mediums by reintroducing emotion and reviving painting. Transvanguardia marked a turning point back to mythic imagery and figurative art which at the time, was rediscovered.

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