Silvano Girardello

Place: Giacciano Con Baruchella

Born: 1928

Death: 2016

Biography:

Silvano Girardello (27 May 1928 – 27 June 2016) was an Italian painter. He was born in Giacciano con Baruchella, Italy. Girardello studied at the Istituto Magistrale and Liceo Artistico in Bologna, where he graduated in 1946. In 1948, he enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture, but three years later, he abandoned his studies to focus on painting. From 1955, he taught art education in middle schools. Between 1957 and 1961, he exhibited his first paintings in various collective exhibitions. He participated in the Biennale di Parma in 1961 with two works from the Vittime series and held his first solo exhibition at the Galleria del Teatro in Parma, presented by Arturo Carlo Quintavalle. The exhibition was dedicated to the victims of Hiroshima. His works, characterized by a gestural and expressionist style, described the remains of a martyred humanity, reminiscent of Dubuffet, Permeke, Bacon, and Giacometti. In 1964, he began incorporating heterogeneous materials into his work: plastics, photographs, ceramic tiles, and newspaper clippings (I commensali di Braque). The series 'Chi viene a giocare con me?' (1964) focused on the theme of a girl with other unsettling presences. From the mid-1960s, he used photography almost exclusively in his collages, combining it with a grotesque contamination of languages and symbols from popular culture with a learned iconographic repertoire linked to tradition. In 1966, he held his first solo exhibition in Verona at the Galleria Ferrari, presented by Licisco Magagnato. He also worked on graphics (photolitho-serigraphy) that received extensive exhibition coverage. In 1969, he exhibited at the Galleria dello Scudo in Verona, presented in catalog by [insert name].