Giuseppe Uncini was born in Fabriano in 1929. His early artistic pursuits took place in his hometown, then, in 1953 he moved to Rome, where he encountered many of the Italian and international artists residing in the capital (Capogrossi, Afro, Mirko, Gentilini, Cagli, and later Franchina and Colla, who along with Emilio Villa were regular visitors in the studios of Burri and Mannucci). In 1955 he participated in the VII Quadrienniale di Roma at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, and two years later he exhibited for the first time in Germany, at the group exhibition Abstrakte italianische Kunst, held in Frankfurt am Main.

In 1956-1957 he began working on the series entitled Terre [Earths], works on boards realised with hard volcanic rock,...