Nunzio Di Stefano (1954) - Acquaforte e punta secca 1985

Nunzio Di Stefano (1954)
Etching and aquatint.
Plate 24 cm x 19.5 cm.
Sheet 50 x 35 cm, in editorial folder.
Signed and numbered (Esemplare 26/100) in pencil on the front.
Bezuga Editions 1985.
From the historic dossier Capodopera, introductory text by Achille Bonito Oliva.

Nunzio, pseudonym of Nunzio Di Stefano (1954), is an Italian artist, sculptor and scenographer.
In 1977 he graduated in Scenography with T. Scialoja. He is among the artists who established their studio in the former Cerere flour mill, in the San Lorenzo district of Rome, which became a vital center of the city’s artistic culture both nationally and internationally. Together with D. Bianchi, B. Ceccobelli, G. Dessì, G. Gallo and P. Pizzi Cannella, he helped found the Scuola di San Lorenzo. In these years he produced irregular plaster forms and works in wood and in slabs cast in lead, organized in regular forms. He first exhibited at the Spazio Gallery in Bolzano (1981), later presented his first Roma solo show at Galleria L’Attico (1984) where he returned to exhibit in 1986 and 1988. He participated in several of the most important national and international exhibitions, including: “Ateliers” at the Cerere Flour Mill in Rome (1984), “Italie aujourd’hui” at the Centre National d’Art Contemporain in Nice (1985), “Nuove trame dell’arte” in Gennazzano, “Anniottanta” in Imola, Ravenna and Rimini, “La nuova scuola romana” at Galerie Bleich-Rossi in Graz, the Venice Biennale, in the “Aperto” section (1986), the Rome Quadriennale (1986), “Geometrie dionisiache” at the Rotonda of Via Besana in Milan (1988), “Ottanta-Novanta” in Monreale (1992), “Cose d’Arte per Casa d’Arte” at A.A.M. Architettura Arte Moderna in Rome (1995), “Partito Preso: L’architetto e l’artista a confronto su un tema emblematico. L’ampliamento di spazi e funzioni della GNAM” in Rome (1996-1997). In the following years he held numerous solo shows in Italy and abroad, including the most significant: at the Civic Gallery of Modern Art in Modena (1987) and at Galleria dell’Oca in Rome (1991) where he exhibited a series of abstract works on paper. To confirm the critical appraisal of his artistic path he received several official recognitions, including: the 2000 Prize for Best Young Artist in the “Aperto” section of the Venice Biennale (1986) and the Presidency of the Republic Prize for Sculpture (1998) as designated by the National Academy of Saint Luke, of which he has been a member since 2008."