Enzo Cucchi

Enzo Cucchi
Enzo Cucchi (right) in a meeting with students at the Academy of Fine Arts of Palermo, in 2014
Born (1949-11-14) 14 November 1949
Morro d'Alba, Province of Ancona, Italy
Educationself-taught
Known forpainting
Musica Ebbra, 1982, private collection

Enzo Cucchi (born 14 November 1949) is an Italian painter.

A native of in Morro d'Alba, province of Ancona, he was a key member of the Italian Transavanguardia movement, along with fellow countrymen Francesco Clemente, Mimmo Paladino, Nicola De Maria, and Sandro Chia. The movement was at its peak during the 1980s and was part of a wider movement of Neo-Expressionists painters around the world.

His works are held in numerous museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art,[1] the Tate,[2] and the Art Institute of Chicago.[3]

Biography

Works

Exhibitions

Bibliography

  • Diane Waldman (1986). Enzo Cucchi. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Rizzoli.


References

Further reading

  • Diane Waldman (1986). Enzo Cucchi. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Rizzoli.
  • Martin Schwander (1988). Enzo Cucchi. Scultura. Brussels and Munich: Zaira Mis & Bernd Klüser.
  • Zaira Mis (1993). Enzo Cucchi. Idoli. Brussels: Artiscope.
  • Guy Gilsoul and Patrick Floorizone (1999). Cucchi, Ensor/Enzo. Brussels: Artiscope.