Ugo La Pietra (1938) - Cerchiamo la forma

Artwork realized in 35 editions in 1976 for the Cooperativa di Via Maroncelli in Milan— a self-managed space by a group of artists including La Pietra, Fabro, Vaccari, Spagnulo, Tadini, Trotta, Boriani, De Vecchi, Carrega, Nagasawa, etc. The work, executed manually, is composed of a photographic part and a drawn part.

Born in Bussi sul Tirino (Pescara) in 1938, originally from Arpino (Frosinone), he lives and works in Milan, where in 1964 he graduated in Architecture from the Politecnico.

Ugo La Pietra, architect by training, since 1960 defines himself as a researcher in the system of communication and the visual arts, moving simultaneously within the realms of art and design. An tireless experimenter, he has traversed several currents (from Sign painting to conceptual art, from Narrative Art to artist cinema) and used multiple media, conducting research that has culminated in the theory of the “System Disequilibrante” — an autonomous expression within Radical Design — and in important sociological themes such as “La casa telematica” (MoMA, New York, 1972 – Fiera di Milano, 1983), “Rapporto tra Spazio reale e Spazio virtuale” (Triennale di Milano 1979, 1992), “La casa neoeclettica” (Abitare il tempo, 1990), “Cultura Balneare” (Centro Culturale Cattolica, 1985/95). He has communicated his work through many exhibitions in Italy and abroad, and in various shows at the Milan Triennale, the Venice Biennale, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon, the FRAC Museum of Orléans, the Faenza Ceramics Museum, the Ragghianti Foundation of Lucca, the Mudima Foundation of Milan, the MA*GA Museum of Gallarate. He has always supported, in a critical way, with works and objects, with theoretical, educational and editorial activity, the humanistic, meaningful and territorial dimension of art and design.