Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Alberto Sughi (Palermo, 5/9/09-8/2/09)

Alberto Sughi (Palermo, Palazzo Sant'Elia - from May 9 to August 2, 2009)

Alberto Sughi was born in Cesena on October 5, 1928. Considered one of the most famous Italian painters of the artistic generation that emerged in the early fifties, Sughi is one of the main exponents of the figurative movement that has come to be known as existential realism.

* Video Painting is an Adventure by Maria Teresa de Vito: first part [in Italian with English subtitles], second part {Maurizio Calvesi and Arturo Carlo Quintavalle's talking about the painter}, third part {Vittorio Sgarbi's talking}
* documentary by Glauco Pellegrini (1971)

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