Antonio Saporito Abstract Painter

Torino, Piedmont, Italy

About Antonio Saporito Abstract Painter

Contemporary italian artist Antonio Saporito was born in Rocchetta Sant'Antonio in the province of Foggia, in 1940. THE FIGURATIVE PERIOD His artistic training is influenced by the modern and contemporary figurative art of the 60s, by some artists of those years: Ennio Morlotti, Franco Rognoni, Ennio Calabria, Ugo Nespolo and the masters of Italian Arte Povera. THE MEETING WITH LUCIO FONTANA The meeting with Lucio Fontana was particularly significant in the years '62. At that time in Lucio Fontana' studio, you could admire works such as "Metalli", brass plates or ripped steel. The meetings with Lucio Fontana and the reflection on his work, particularly mark the development of the artistic research of Antonio Saporito. "... In those moments the turning point of my artistic life began. After several attempts at work on glass cathedrals engraved in fire and volcanic caves, the strong waters, the theme of the spirals with copper, the series of pens and the figurative oil on canvas, I have come to experience what the teacher Lucio Fontana had told me explaining the spatial abstraction. All this led me to the main theme that I produce with steel, aluminum and lead. "A. Saporito THE GEOMETRIC SPATIALISM The geometric spatialism of Antonio Saporito is an original and unique research of an ideal and spiritual language, connoted by an uplifting system, soft but yet strongly anchored to the material. This one, cut, shaped and perforated with surgical and geometric rigor, represents the synthesis of Saporito's art. Steel, aluminum, copper and lead are wisely transformed into labyrinths of carved signs to reveal the beyond there is behind the material. The rigor and the essence that characterize his works become elements to transcend reality, to look and scan what exists behind the appearance, in the continuous search of the unknowable, of the future, of the unreachable mystery of man. CRITICS The unquestionable artistic personality of Antonio Saporito has been highlighted by critics such as Paolo Levi, Gian Giorgio Massara, Vittorio Sgarbi, Angelo Mistrangelo, Guido Folco, Luciano Carini, Massimo Centini, Giulia Sillato, Giorgia Cassini. EXHIBITIONS Saporito has exhibited in Italian and foreign museums and foundations, in prestigious galleries and Italian institutes of culture in the world: Arte Fiera Padova, Arte Fiera Palermo, Arte Fiera Genova, Arte Fiera Milano, Miarte, Artissima Torino and in several European exhibitions: Paris, Vienna, Barcelona and Berlin.

Education:

Antonio Saporito italian abstract painter, its artistic education has been influenced by fine art, and by those masters which have characterized the Italian cultural scene of the twentieth century, such as Ennio Morlotti, Franco Rognoni, Ennio Calabria and Ugo Nespolo. It is in the '90s that Saporito took the radical step from figurative to abstract art. We can clearly see a "new approach" in his works during this period; they began to be made from materials such as steel.
Another relevant factor which helped his researches was the stipulation of two important friendships, with Giacomo Soffiantino, one of the most important exponents of abstract expressionism, and Giorgio Ramella, debutant in the '60s on the art scene in Turin.
Many important personalities wrote about him: Rolando Bellini, Giuseppe Biasutti, Luciano Carini, Gian Giorgio Massara, Angelo Mistrangelo, Dario Salani, Plinio Sidoli, Vittorio Sgarbi, Paolo Levi, Enzo Papa, Massimo Centini, Guido Folco, and Giulia Silato.
The followings have dedicated articles to the artist: Arte Mondadori, ACCA Roma, Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Modern and Contemporary Art), Arte Cannes, Arte Saluzzo, Artisti a Torino (Artists based in Turin), La Stampa, Nuovo Giornale Piacenza, Arte Leader, Arte IN, Italia Arte, Corriere dell’Arte, Personaggi in primo piano Piacenza.

Events:

EXHIBITIONS
From 9 to 30 June 2018, Biblioteca Nazionale of Turin, SPACE IDEAS AND STEEL MUTATIONS, spatialism and contemporary geometric abstraction, personal exhibition of the master Antonio Saporito

ANTONIO SAPORITO
SPACE IDEAS AND STEEL MUTATIONS
BIBLIOTECA NAZIONALE TURIN
Piazza Carlo Alberto, 3
From 9 to 30 June 2018

On the 9th of June 2018, at 6 p.m., a great anthological exhibition will be inaugurated at the Biblioteca Nazionale of Turin , dedicated to the artistic journey of Antonio Saporito, important contemporary sculptor painter, pupil of the great Lucio Fontana.
Until the 30th of June, about 115 artworks of this important Turin artist will be on display, the most significant ones of his long artistic career. These are works that embrace most of the themes of his artistic curriculum, retracing its history, in the fundamental junctions of its evolution, from the beginnings to the latest achievements.

RATHAUS (STOCCARD CITY EXHIBITION)
JULY 12 - AUGUST 10 - 2017
MUSEUM MIT TURIN IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ITALIAN CULTURE INSTITUTE

Organized by: Italienisches Kulturinstitut Stuttgart in association with: Museum MIT Turin, Kulturverein Folco Turin, Stadt Stuttgart

Inauguration shows: 12.07.2017, at 18.30.

CHARITY ART 2016 Exhibitions Event in Turin 2016
Art for peace and solidarity
Exhibition opening: November 22, 2016. Until November 30, 2016
Art lovers can now be sure that on every purchase made they will be supporting great causes!
MIT MUSEUM, Corso Cairoli, 4 - Torino
Collection Antonio Saporito, MIT Museum and private collections of the Turin artists and collectors
In collaboration with Donors Italy, Military Corps Order of Malta, C.R.A.F.M.A.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 1, 2016 charity dinner in favor of populations affected by the earthquake, organized by Donors Italy at the Unione Industruiale of Turin, Via Fanti 17, 20,00 pm
For more information, go to http://www.antoniosaporito.eu

MIIT ITALIAN ART MUSEUM
Modern and Contemporary Art
LOVE & PEACE FREEDOM IN THE ART
Museum MIIT Turin
From 22 January to 13 February 2016
Last important exhibition in Turin, in the prestigious Museum MIIT, Antonio Saporito will present to the public paintings of modern abstract art.
LOVE & PEACE FREEDOM IN THE ART, '900 and contemporary, modern and contemporary visual arts, the best of the culture and art "Made in Italy".

DREAM ART, Salvador Dali Museum, Abstract painting exibition in Berlino, during the Berlin Art Week, some perforated steel plates artworks, the last works made with lead sheets, and his works with sponge and various materials with which has been elaborating an absolutely personal and unique message for a long time.
The Salvador Dali Museum is located at Potsdamer Platz, in the center of Berlin, an area of culture and art in Berlin. The exhibition, hosted in the rooms of the Dalí Museum, has added several works of selected modern abstract painters to the masterpieces of Salvador Dali and other works by the masters of the 1900.

DREAM ART, MIIT, Italian Art International Museum, masterpieces of Art in '900 and Contemporary Art, organized by Folco Gallery.
Objective of the exhibition is to promote, enhance and appreciate best italian contemporary artists abroad, involving collectors and tourists from all around the world.

Exhibitions:

From 9 to 30 June 2018, Biblioteca Nazionale of Turin, SPACE IDEAS AND STEEL MUTATIONS, spatialism and contemporary geometric abstraction, personal exhibition of the master Antonio Saporito

ANTONIO SAPORITO
SPACE IDEAS AND STEEL MUTATIONS
BIBLIOTECA NAZIONALE TURIN
Piazza Carlo Alberto, 3
From 9 to 30 June 2018

On the 9th of June 2018, at 6 p.m., a great anthological exhibition will be inaugurated at the Biblioteca Nazionale of Turin , dedicated to the artistic journey of Antonio Saporito, important contemporary sculptor painter, pupil of the great Lucio Fontana.
Until the 30th of June, about 115 artworks of this important Turin artist will be on display, the most significant ones of his long artistic career. These are works that embrace most of the themes of his artistic curriculum, retracing its history, in the fundamental junctions of its evolution, from the beginnings to the latest achievements.

RATHAUS (STOCCARD CITY EXHIBITION)
JULY 12 - AUGUST 10 - 2017
MUSEUM MIT TURIN IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ITALIAN CULTURE INSTITUTE

Organized by: Italienisches Kulturinstitut Stuttgart in association with: Museum MIT Turin, Kulturverein Folco Turin, Stadt Stuttgart

Inauguration shows: 12.07.2017, at 18.30.

2016
Salvador Dali Museum, Berlino
MIIT, Italian Art International Museum, Turin
2015
Turin, Eco Museo
Berlin, Salvador Dalì Museum
2014
Venna, Art and Culture
London, Royal Opera Arcade Gallery
Bruxselles, Amart Gallery
Stuttgart, ArtFair
Udine, Galleria Art Time
Museo della Memoria, Lipari, Sicilia;
Palazzo Castellani, Il Metaformismo, Verona.
2013
Palazzo Oddo, Fondazione Oddo, Albenga, Liguria; ORLER ArteTivù, Astrazione spaziale;
Museo MITT, Torino, Antologica Astrazione Forme e Colori;
Miami Art Fayor, Astrazione;
Fine Arts Institute, Geometrie di luce, Boon, Germany; Baden Baden, Luxury Art, Germany.
2012
ORLER Arte Tivù, Spazialismo Geometrico;
Gran Guardia Palace, Il Metaformismo, Verona; Natural Sciences Museum, Turin;
Miamy Art Fayor, Italian art in the world.
2011
Sant'Agostino Gallery, Turin;
Contemporary Art Institute, Kopenhagen.
2010
Itaga Gallery, Archivio Tavella, Verona;
Sale dei Dioscuri del Quirinale Roma, Rome;
Castello del Valentino, Turin.

Antonio Saporito has exhibited in recent years, in a lot of museums, foundations, Italian Cultural Institutes in around the world, including the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague, Copenhagen, Cologne, Sofia, Vienna, the Altes Dampfbad Museum of Baden-Baden, the Miami River Art Fair in Miami, the foundation Zhou Brothers Art Center of Chicago and many other prestigious spaces.
Below you can find some of the latest exhibitions. For more and older ones please check this link: http://www.antoniosaporito.it/home/mostre