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LUCIANO FABRO

Luciano Fabro(Turin, Nov. 20, 1936 – Milan, June 22, 2007), After a childhood spent in Friuli, having completed his classical studies, he moved to Milan, where he then always lived, in 1959. Here from the beginning, he made friends with the most interesting artists working there: Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, Dadamaino and Enrico Castellani. His first solo exhibition was in 1965 at Galleria Vismara; there he exhibited works made with glass, mirrors and metal aimed at establishing open relationships with visitors. In 1967 he participated in the Arte Povera Im Spazio exhibition curated by Germano Celant at La Bertesca Gallery in Genoa. He will participate from then on in all the exhibitions of the Arte Poveragroup and is among the founders of the movement. Throughout his career, he expressed himself with the most diverse forms and materials. Engaged in academic activity, Fabro is also the author of numerous texts documenting his engagement in cultural debate. Since his beginnings, the artist’s reflections have included a relentless pursuit of the linguistic specificities of sculpture, explored through traditional materials such as marble and iron, or innovative ones such as glass and silk, and intentionally freed from constraints related to representation or content.