Nino Longobardi ^©  

(1953)

Autograph inscription on the reverse

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Nino Longobardi was born in 1953 in Naples. The artistic association with the curator Lucio Amelio, started in 1968, makes him known in the Neapolitan art scene and opens a human and professional bond that will continue until the death of the gallery owner in 1994. After having exhibited in 1978 at the studio of Gianni Pisani, the artist develops a pictorial and figurative research in which the male human figure becomes one of the recurring themes in his production: he prefers above all the technique of drawing on paper and on wall, but also shows a strong interest in sculpture. The figure is essential, rendered with a few synthetic strokes and a reduced color gamut (gray black, some earth colors), ideal shape and starting point for any figurative representation. He remains very attached to Naples, a city where he still has his studies

I like this balance between two worlds, when I’m too in Naples I can escape to Spain. But then it often happens that nostalgia destroys me, at night I dream of the piperno of Naples, piazza Mercato... and so I come back. When I’m in Naples, it seems strange, but I rest».

(Taken from Mirella Armiero, interview with Nino Longobardi for Corriere del Mezzogiorno, 2022)

Credits photo: Augusto De Luca