Biography
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Paolo Buggiani was born in Castelfiorentino, Florence in the heart of Tuscany. In the early fifties he moved to Rome, where he enriched his study of contemporary art. In 1955, when Buggiani was 22, he participated in the national competition: Incontri della Gioventů where he won first place with the painter Romagnoni. Shortly after, he was invited to 1° Salone d'Estate along with thirty-one other artists of the Roman Avantgard including: Accardi Burri, Cagli Capogrossi, Colla Franchina, Mannucci, Mirko Novelli, Perilli, Rotella Tot , Turcato e Uncini. Buggiani was accepted into the group even though the majority of the artists were 20 years older and already well established. In 1956 Buggiani had his first one man show at the Schneider gallery of Rome presented by Corrado Cagli.
He moved to New York in
1962 and in 1968
received the Guggenheim Fellowship for sculpture in America
for experimenting with a new method of sculpture called the Vacuum Forming
System
Donald Judd, Anthony Smith and Philip Guston were also awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1968. During this period he was also researching the concept of time as it related to art. |
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Returning to Italy in May 1968, he was active both in Rome and Milan. Buggiani's work at the time included:
"Ephemeral Sculpture in Motion"
"Fire" (as a Performing Art in nature)
"Paintings over Reality" (landscapes photographed through painted crystal)
"Wearable Art" (handpainted jumpsuits), Milano 1977 - New York 1978.
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Buggiani returned to New York in 1978 where his work included:
Fire Sculptures in Motion
Mechanical Reptiles
symbols of Icarus and the Minotaur
These images placed into the urban environment brought him popularity as one of the most important members of the Street Art Movement, along with Keith Haring, Richard Hambleton, Ken Hiratsuka, Linus Coraggio, and R.V. (Robin Vanarsdol). |
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Today Buggiani is regarded as one of the most independent contemporary artists and is internationally recognized for his installations of fire sculptures.
Since 1979 he has been sharing his time between New York and the medieval town of Isola Farnese, in Rome, where he paints and sculpts.
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