Domenico Antonio Frassineti

Domenico was the name of my paternal grandfather, Antonio that of my maternal grandfather. When I was born, in order not to do injustice, my parents gave me both. I was born in Castel San Pietro, a small town in the North of Italy. When I was 11, I convinced my parents to gift me not the usual pastels, but a box of oil colors. I studied in Rome, at La Sapienza University, where I graduated in History of Modern Art. In the practice of painting and drawing I am self-taught. During university I started working as a scenographer in some movies: “Finchè dura la tempesta”, by Bruno Vailati, when I created the interior of a submarine in a pose theater and “Italiani brava gente” by Beppe de Santis, drawing tanks and cannons of the II world war. Then I participated in a series of television documentaries, making huge realistic three-dimensionals geographic models, with mountains, rivers and marine depths. In 1968 I began to work as an illustrator in the monthly magazine "L' Automobile", for which I also wrote some articles and made photo shoots. So photography also became a job for me. In 1971 I entered the Team photo agency, collaborating with Italian and foreign newspapers. During this period I also worked as a teacher in graphics and p...

For me canvas is a place of meditation and construction, of immersion in the past and of projection in the future. I have a boundless faith in the color, a color clean and bright. I like to move on the border between figuration and abstraction. I would like to get both, turning the sensible forms - men, animals buildings, skies and countries - into perfectly abstract painting.

Ritratti in fabbrica. Underwood Gallery, 1982
Blu. Underwood Gallery,1985
Man Ray. Underwood Gallery, 1885
Ritratto di un liceo. Liceo Tasso, 1990
Foto inedite del Venerdì di Repubblica. Galleria Monique Gregory, 1991
Roma dei fotografi. Acquario Romano 1992
Ovest di Omaha. Oca Gallery, 1993
Eros e ufficialità nei monumenti dell'Italia umbertina. Oca Gallery, 1995
Il Mondo è dei bambini. Raccolta di fondi in favore della ricerca sulla distrofia muscolare, per Telethon, 1995
Tre sguardi sulla Cina. Il Segno Gallery, 1997
Prima Repubblica. Il Segno Gallery, 2001
La strada dell’utopia. Pio Sodalizio dei Piceni, 2006
Terre Emerse. Sinopia Gallery, 2009
Senza Rete. Sala Margana Gallery, 2011
C’era una volta. Macro Pelanda Museum, 2011/12
Villaggio Olimpico - Villaggio delle arti. Auditorium Parco della Musica, 2012
C’era una volta…Gioco e giocattolo. Macro Pelanda Museum, 2012/13
Il Sentiero delle Meraviglie. Rainbow Magic Land, 2013
Roma 1914 – Storie della città. Mercati di Traiano, 2014
I volti delle storie. Roma, Centro Elsa Morante, 2014
Urbs Picta. La Street Art a Roma. Museo Carlo Bilotti, 2015/2016
Avrah Kadabra, Teatro il Vascello, 2016
African Mothers, Biblioteche di Roma, 2017
African Mothers, Vacch...