Biography
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| Paolo Buggiani was born in Castelfiorentino Florence, in the heart of Tuscany. Buggiani became a member of the avant-garde movement in Rome in the late 1950's (together with Giulio Turcato, Corrado Cagli, Alberto Burri and Gastone Novelli).
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 (see Ricerca per l'intuizione del Tempo).
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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