Bruno Ceccobelli (1952) - No, Si, Si, Si

Bruno Ceccobelli

Birth: September 2, 1952, Montecastello di Vibio (Perugia). Lives and works in Todi.

Education: He graduates from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, where he was a pupil of Toti Scialoja, a key figure in his openness to abstraction and to material.

One of the central figures of the 'School of San Lorenzo', the group of artists who in the 1980s occupied the former warehouses of Rome's San Lorenzo district, giving rise to a new Italian painting between the abstract and the symbolic, myth and spirituality. Their research is a constant dialogue between the material of painting, sign, and references to Eastern philosophies, alchemy, and personal archeologies.

Trajectory and Characteristic Works: After a conceptual debut, it develops a pictorial and sculptural language dense with emblematic objects (urns, columns, spheres, agricultural tools), handwritten texts and symbols, often on surfaces of wood or rough canvas. The work becomes a field of spiritual forces, a “cosmos” to explore.

Notable international participations:

· Documenta in Kassel: Take part in Documenta IX in 1992, curated by Jan Hoet, the moment of greatest international visibility for his generation.
· Venice Biennale: It is present in multiple editions:
· XLV Biennale (1993) in the Italian Pavilion, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva.
· 42nd Biennale (1986) and 44th Biennale (1990).
· Other Historic Group Exhibitions: Participate in fundamental showcases of the 1980s such as 'Atra' (Genoa, 1980), 'Nuove trame dell’arte' (1981), 'Arte Italiana 1960-1982' (London, 1982) and 'Italians' (New York, 1984).
· Solo Exhibitions and Institutions: In addition to numerous solo shows in private galleries, she has exhibited in public spaces such as the Centre for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci in Prato (1998) and the MAGA in Gallarate (2014). Her works are in public collections, including the MART in Rovereto and the CAMEC in La Spezia.

Teaching: For many years he was a painting professor at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan.

Recognition: Their figure is today considered essential to understanding the return to painting, to matter, and to a metaphysical and spiritual dimension in Italian art of the 1980s, beyond the transitory labels of the period.