Enrico Castellani (4 August 1930 – 1 December 2017) was an Italian artist. He was active in Italy from the early 1960s, and associated with Piero Manzoni and . From 1959 he made monochromatic geometric reliefs using nails from a nail-gun to distort his canvases.
In 2010 he received the Praemium Imperiale for painting.
Life
Castellani was born on 4 August 1930 in Castelmassa in the province of Rovigo, in the Veneto. He studied in Brussels, first sculpture and painting at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, and then architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre. He then went to live in Milan. Castellani collaborated with artists such as Getulio Alviani, Piero Manzoni, and others.
Death He died on 1 December 2017 at his home, the Castello Orsini of Celleno, in the province of Viterbo in Lazio.
References
Enrico Castellani, New Angular, Double Angular, 2009-2011 in "MozArt" - edited by Bruno Corà, Perugia, 3Arte - Ali&no editrice, n.1, 2012, p. 6-14 - ISBN 978-88-6254-092-6
External links Art Directory: Enrico Castellani "Enrico Castellani's Formalist Poems in Silver and White" met diverse afbeeldingen Hauch of Venison: Enrico Castellani A tribute to Enrico Castellani with photos and interview from Cà Pesaro Venice exhibition, September 2012