“Repetition is a form of stillness, of death.
I like life.”
Ugo Nespolo ranks among the leading figures of contemporary Italian art, standing out for his remarkable versatility. In addition to painting and sculpture, Nespolo has successfully expanded the boundaries of his artistic practice into diverse fields such as experimental cinema, theater production, and writing. His participation in the early exhibitions of the Arte Povera movement, curated by Germano Celant, places him at the heart of one of the most significant avant-gardes of the late 20th century. Throughout his career, his work has been featured in major international exhibitions, from the United States to China, across Europe. Equally noteworthy is his contribution to the realm of applied arts, which has led him to collaborate with prestigious companies such as Swatch, Lamborghini, Ducati, Campari, and Einaudi, among many others, skillfully blending artistic aesthetics with industrial design.
“Perhaps one is born an artist, but one certainly becomes one. In my life, and especially in my artistic life, which encompasses everything, I can say that a hierarchy of importance exists, and at its core lies a kind of optimism in action—a desire to follow a path yet to be invented, a movement toward what seems near.”
Danilo Eccher
“A total design that reveals itself in the affirmation of the power of art and poetry—a playful, imaginative, almost childlike game where anything is possible and where the virus of creativity lurks everywhere.”
Enrico Baj
“A video game by Nespolo is a highly refined demonstration of static futurism: here too, in play and for play, the frantic neurosis, the inhuman mania, the absurd imbecility of constant motion elevated to a way of life are rejected.
When I took Plato to see these works, he was enthralled and recognized in them the admirable synthesis of play and education he had once alluded to while scorning war.”
Gillo Dorfles
“Playfulness, then, at the core of many of Nespolo’s works, combined with the boldness of color (more justified here than in his paintings or sculptures), ensures that this advertising graphic achieves its intended effect: immediately capturing the public’s attention, without excessive tonal sublimations or conceptual complexities that belong to other areas of artistic creation.”
Lea Vergine
“Nespolo embodies—and today this is more verifiable than ever—the figure of someone who has always steered clear of any disgrace and can proudly claim to have achieved a human dignity that few other artists have managed to attain.
In his expressive versatility, Nespolo has succeeded in preserving his dignity. And this is quite rare among his peers.”
Furio Colombo
“Nespolo uses forms (shadows, silhouettes, human figures, definitions of interior spaces) the way Calvino uses language—deceptive realism, meticulously crafted in the laboratory, for a kind of high artistry.”
Pierre Restany
“Nespolo’s objective forms are granted a conditional freedom by their author: that of our own will, once we become aware of our relationship within this universe of language. A clear example illustrates the subtle elasticity of this way of placing things in context.”
Creative Fusions: Art Without Borders
Ugo Nespolo has explored a wide range of creative fields throughout his career: from painting to sculpture, from set design to experimental cinema, and even applied art.
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“Nespolo’s objects and forms exist in the conditional, not the indicative”
Pierre Restany
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