LUCIO DEL PEZZO - Biography
LUCIO DEL PEZZO WAS BORN IN NAPLES ON DECEMBER 13, 1933. HE STUDIES IN NAPLES AND IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF GROUP 58 AND OF THE MAGAZINE “DOCUMENTO SUD”. BETWEEN '59 AND '64 IT IS ESTABLISHED IN MILAN, THEN IN PARIS, WHERE IT UNDERSTANDS NEODADAISTS AND POP. THEN HE STARTED TO CREATE COLLAGES, RELIEFS AND OBJECTS-FETISH WRAPPED IN A SURREAL AND METAPHYSICAL ATMOSPHERE. AFTER '66 HE BUILDS OBJECTS IN PAINTED OR GOLDEN LEAF WOOD, PLACING THEM IN A WAY TO INVOLVE THE SPECTATOR, SOMETIMES IN AN IRONIC OR DESACRATING WAY. HE IS INVITED TO THE 1966 VENICE BIENNALE WITH A PERSONAL ROOM.
