Ugo Attardi (12 March 1923 in Sori – 20 July 2006 in Rome) was an Italian painter, sculptor and writer.

Biography

Attardi moved from

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in the early 1950s, where he formed the group Forma 1 together with other artists such as

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, Pietro Consagra, Piero Dorazio, Mino Guerrini, Concetto Maugeri, Achille Perilli, Antonio Sanfilippo and Giulio Turcato. His sculpture of Ulysses is now permanently installed in

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Main exhibitions

Solo

* 1976 – Palazzo dei Diamanti,

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* 1981 – Rotonda della Besana, Milan * 1982 – Galerie Faris, Paris * 1983 –

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, Paris * 1984 – Galleria MR, Rome * 1985 –

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, Rome * 1991 – Palazzo della Penna,

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* 1995 – Reale Albergo dei Poveri,

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* 1995 –

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, New York * 1995 – Spazio Italia Art Gallery, New York * 1996 –

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Headquarters, Rome * 2000 – Centro J. L. Borges, Buenos Aires * 2000 – Galleria Pavilion, Córdoba * 2003 – Palazzo dei Normanni,

* 2005 – Loggiato San Bartolomeo,

* 2011 – Convento del Carmine,

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Collective

* 1947 – Art Club, Rome * 1948 – Art Club, Rome * 1952 – 26°

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, Venice * 1954 – 27°

, Venice * 1959 – Rome Quadriennale, Rome * 1965 – Rome Quadriennale, Rome * 1978 – 38°

, Venice * 1982 –

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, Paris * 1986 – Rome Quadriennale, Rome * 1992 – Rome Quadriennale, Rome * 2012 – Ulisse Gallery, Rome, Italy

References

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