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Marco Gastini BIOGRAPHY
1938 Turin - 2018. Known for: Painting and sculpture.
Marco Gastini initially trained with his father, a marble cutter. He studied at the Liceo Artistico and at the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti in Turin. At first he created figurative works,... Read full biography
Marco Gastini initially trained with his father, a marble cutter. He studied at the Liceo Artistico and at the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti in Turin. At first he created figurative works, followed by reduced, almost monochrome paintings in the context of the Nuova Pittura movement. Around 1970... Read full biography
Marco Gastini initially trained with his father, a marble cutter. He studied at the Liceo Artistico and at the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti in Turin. At first he created figurative works, followed by reduced, almost monochrome paintings in the context of the Nuova Pittura movement. Around 1970 Gastini created his first sculptural works with lumps of lead. He started working with charcoal, colored chalk and cement, and from the 1980s also used wood, stone slabs, iron, animal hides or... Read full biography
Marco Gastini initially trained with his father, a marble cutter. He studied at the Liceo Artistico and at the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti in Turin. At first he created figurative works, followed by reduced, almost monochrome paintings in the context of the Nuova Pittura movement. Around 1970 Gastini created his first sculptural works with lumps of lead. He started working with charcoal, colored chalk and cement, and from the 1980s also used wood, stone slabs, iron, animal hides or plastic sheets. Eventually, the works became more colorful and painterly. Marco Gastini now lives and works in his hometown of Turin. (tfa)
Marco Gastini initially trained with his father, a marble cutter. He studied at the Liceo Artistico and at the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti in Turin. At first he created figurative works, followed by reduced, almost monochrome paintings in the context of the Nuova Pittura movement. Around 1970 Gastini created his first sculptural works with lumps of lead. He started working with charcoal, colored chalk and cement, and from the 1980s also used wood, stone slabs, iron, animal hides or plastic sheets. Eventually, the works became more colorful and painterly. Marco Gastini now lives and works in his hometown of Turin. (tfa)
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Marco Gastini initially trained with his father, a marble cutter. He studied at the Liceo Artistico and at the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti in Turin. At first he created figurative works, followed by reduced, almost monochrome paintings in the context of the Nuova Pittura movement.
Around 1970 Gastini created his first sculptural works with lumps of lead. He started working with charcoal, colored chalk and cement, and from the 1980s also used wood, stone slabs, iron, animal hides or plastic sheets. Eventually, the works became more colorful and painterly.
Marco Gastini now lives and works in his hometown of Turin. (tfa)