Franco Angeli

Why this artist matters now

Angeli was born in Rome in 1935. He comes from a family of a solid, socialist tradition. Self-taught, it was through the sculptor Edgardo Mannucci by which he was faced with the work of Burri. His works will therefore influence Angeli with his informal poetics. Angeli’s first works (1955-1957) included monochrome and material canvases in dark tones covered with torn nylon socks, which symbolizes poverty and pain. Because he was politically active (he joined the Communist Party), he met Tano Festa and Mario Schifano in 1955, with whom he established a deep relationship of friendship and cultural exchange.

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