Velasco Vitali - Artist Info

About Velasco Vitali

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Velasco, Vitali Velasco, Valesco Vitali
  • Biography

    Velasco Vitali was born in Bellano in 1960. He lives and works in Milan.?His career began with the encounter with Giovanni Testori and participation in the exhibition 'Artisti e Scrittori' at Rotonda della Besana in Milan. After several solo shows, his painting concentrated on the tragedy that destroyed part of Valtellina at the end of the 1980s, work that converged in the exhibition 'Paesaggio Cancellato' curated by Roberto Tassi (1990).

    At the end of the 1990s he was invited to the Rome Quadriennale, and began research on the ports of the Mediterranean and southern Italy: this focus led to 'Isolitudine' with Ferdinando Scianna in 2000, and in 2003 'MIXtura' with Franco Battiato. In 2004 Electa published 'Velasco 20', on monograph ...

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