Andrea Benetti (born 15 January 1964) is an Italian painter, the author of the Manifesto of Neo Cave Art presented in 2009, at the 53rd Venice Biennale, at the Ca' Foscari University.
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Andrea Benetti is an Italian painter, photographer and designer, born in Bologna in 1964. In 2006 he authored the Manifesto of Neo-Cave Art, which he presented at the 53rd Venice Biennale of Art in 2009. His art is inspired by a direct reference and indirectly to the first forms of art made by prehistoric man. From the cave works, Benetti borrowed their stylistic features from a creative point of view, creating works crowded with stylized zoomorphic and anthropomorphic motifs, geometric shapes and abstract shapes, with fields of color, as if to create an ethical and philosophical bridge between prehistory and contemporaneity, emphasized by 'use of vegetable pigments and techniques such as bas-relief and graffiti.Taken from the Treccani Encyclopedia His work is present in the main national and foreign art collections (such as those of the United Nations, the Vatican and the Quirinale), among his most recent exhibitions are "Colors and sounds of the origins" (Bologna, Palazzo D'Accursio, 2013), "VR60768 · anthropomorphic figure" (Rome, Chamber of Deputies, 2015), "Pater Luminum" (Gallipoli, Civic Museum, 2017) and "Faces against violence" (Bologna, Palazzo D'Accursio, 2017). His work is also represented by online galley like Singulart and, selected in curated collections.In 2020 the artist was awarded the "Nettuno Prize" of the city of Bologna.
Museums and collections
Private and institutional museums and art collections, which have acquired the works of Andrea Benetti
United Nations Art Collection (New York City, United States)The work is: "Against violence", 2007, cm 14 x 19, oil and acrylic on canvas Vatican Art Collection (Città del Vaticano)The work is: "Omaggio a Karol Wojtyla", 2009, cm 70 x 50, oil, cacao and acrylic on canvas MACIA – Italian Contemporary Art Museum In America (San José – Costa Rica)The work is: "Giochi d'infanzia", 2008, cm 60 x 40, oil and karkadè on canvas Quirinal Art Collection ∙ Italian Presidency Of The Republic ∙ (Rome – Italy)The work is: "Caccia VII", 2010, cm 50 x 100, oil, henna and acrylic on canvas Palazzo Montecitorio ∙ Italian Parliament ∙ Chamber Of Deputie (Rome – Italy)The work is: "9 novembre 1989", 2009, cm 60 x 80, oil and karkadè on canvas University of Ferrara Art Collection (Ferrara – Italy)The work is: "Ominide di Porto Badisco I", 2016, cm 50 x 50, palaeolithic sediment and oxides on canvas University of Bari Art Collection (Bari – Italy)The site of the University of BariThe work is: "Imbarcazione con alberi", 2012, cm 50 x 60, oil, cacao and pigments on canvas Mambo ∙ Museum Of Modern Art Bologna (Bologna – Italy)The work is: "Fior di Loto", 2008, cm 60 x 60, oil and karkadè on canvas Museion ∙ Museum of Modern And Contemporary Art Bolzano (Bolzano – Italy)The work is: "Istinto primitivo II", 2009, cm 40 x 30, oil, henna, cacao and acrylic on canvas CAMeC – Camec ∙ Center of Modern and Contemporary Art – (La Spezia – Italy)The work is: "Grotta dei Cervi", 2015, cm 50 x 50, palaeolithic sediment and oxides on canvas F. P. Michetti Museum (Francavilla al Mare – Italy)The work is: "Le 3 tesi", 2009, cm 50 x 60, oil, henna and acrylic on canvas Osvaldo Licini Contemporary Art Museum (Ascoli Piceno – Italy)The work is: "Ominidi e animali I", 2013, cm 80 x 60, travertine, acrylic and plaster on canvas Municipality of Lecce Art Collection (Lecce – Italy)The work is: "La coerenza", 2009, cm 50 x 70, oil, henna and acrylic on canvas
Exibitions In 2026 displayed at PY43, Órigo, Materia tempore subsidit / Art Gallery Il Cesello - Via Stagio Stagi, 64 - Pietrasanta (LU), Italy and Sulla soglia del tempo / Atelier Casalecchio di Infissi Group Bologna - Bologna, Italy
Bibliography
K. H. Keller, G. Rossi, R. Sabatelli: Andrea Benetti and Lanfranco Di Rico – September 2001, Johns Hopkins University, Bologna, 2008, 12 pages Various authors: Arte e cultura – Un ponte tra Italia e Costa Rica, I.I.L.A., San Josè, 2008, 98 pages The Gregorio Rossi website Various authors: Natura e sogni – Catalogo del Padiglione della 53. Biennale di Venezia, Umberto Allemandi & C., Venice, 2009, 98 pages The Gregorio Rossi website Various authors: Esplorazione inconsueta all'interno della velocità, Bologna, 2009, 104 pages Andrea Benetti, Gregorio Rossi: Il Manifesto dell'Arte Neorupestre, Umberto Allemandi & C., Venice, 2009, 18 pages Carlo Fabrizio Carli: Diorama Italiano – 61º Premio Michetti, Vallecchi, Francavilla a Mare, 2010, 202 pages C. Parisot, P. Pensosi: Portraits d'Artistes, Edizioni Casa Modigliani, Roma, 2010, 72 pages Simona Gavioli: Andrea Benetti – B. P. Before Present, Media Brain, Bologna, 2009, 52 pages Various authors: Andrea Benetti – La pittura Neorupestre, Comune di Castellana Grotte, Castellana Grotte, 2011, 58 pages D. Iacuaniello, C. Parisot, G. Rossi: M173 – Tracce apocrife, Istituto Europeo Pegaso, Rome, 2012, 70 pages G. Rossi, D. Scarfì: Il simbolismo nella pittura Neorupestre, Mediabrain, Syracuse, 2012, 88 pages Andrea Benetti, Silvia Grandi: Colori e suoni delle origini, Qudulibri, Bologna, 2013, 86 pages Andrea Benetti, Stefano Papetti: Dalla roccia alla tela – Il travertino nella pittura Neorupestre, Qudulibri, Ascoli P., 2014, 54 pages A. Benetti, S. Cassano, D. Coppola, A. F. Uricchio: Colori e suoni delle Origini, Qudulibri, Bari, 2014, 58 pages Andrea Benetti, Silvia Grandi: Il colore della luce, Qudulibri, Bologna, 2014, 56 pagesFeltrinelli editions A. Benetti, S. Grandi, M. Peresani, M. Romandini, G. Virelli: VR60768 – anthropomorphic figure, Qudulibri, Rome, 2015, 80 pagesThe exhibition catalog Andrea Benetti, Toti Carpentieri: Astrattismo delle origini, Qudulibri, Lecce, 2015, 60 pages Various authors: Arte Neorupestre, Monograph, Qudulibri, Bologna, 2015, 208 pagesEinaudi Editions Andrea Benetti, Fiorenzo Facchini, Fernando Lanzi, Gioia Lanzi: Signum Crucis, Qudulibri, Bologna, 2016, 42 pages A. Benetti – P. Fameli – A. Fiorillo – F. Fontana – M. Peresani – M. Romandini – I. Schipani – U. T. Hohenstein: "preHISTORIA CONTEMPORANEA" Qudulibri, Ferrara, 2016, 64 pages A. Benetti – P. Fameli – A. Marrone – M. Ratti: "Omaggio alla pittura Rupestre", Qudulibri, La Spezia, 2016, 58 pages Andrea Benetti – Silvia Grandi: "Volti contro la violenza", Qudulibri, Bologna, 2017, 40 pages
References
External links Andrea Benetti – Sito ufficiale – ITA Andrea Benetti – Official site – ENG Andrea Benetti in the Treccani encyclopedia Andrea Benetti – The presentation video