Fernando De Filippi - Fight Cry

Screen print published by Studio D Milano in 1972. Edition of 9 copies + 3 artist's proofs - copy 7/9

Fernando De Filippi born in Lecce on 11/04/1940. He lives and works in Milan. His first solo exhibition in Lecce in 1959, followed by over two hundred solo shows in Italy and abroad (New York, San Francisco, Warsaw, Belgrade, Paris, Brussels, Geneva, Lisbon, Vancouver, Malta); he participated in five editions of the Venice Biennale (1970/1972/1976 with a Room; 1978/1980 Special Projects), the IX, X, XI, XII National Quadrienniale of Rome, and the Triennale di Milano in 1981. He also took part in Arte in Italia from 1960 to 1975, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Turin; Arte Italiana, Haward Gallery, London; Le Linee della Ricerca Artistica in Italia, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; Aspetti della Pittura Italiana dal dopoguerra ai nostri giorni, Museo d'Arte Moderna, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; Pittura a Milano dal 1945 al 1990. In 1998 he held an important solo exhibition in Milan at the prestigious Palazzo Reale. From 1991 to 2009 he was the director of the Brera Academy. From 2010 to 2011 he was the director of the Cignaroli Academy in Verona.