Patrick Costello
Mimmo Paladino
Mimmo Paladino is a painter, printmaker and sculptor born in Campania, southern Italy, in 1948. He completed his studies at the Liceo Artistico di Benevento in 1968 and during the early seventies concentrated on drawing, greatly influenced by imagery from Classical history, mythology and Christianity.
Paladino began his career at a time when Neo-expressionism was gaining popularity, largely as a reaction against the seemingly cold and simple forms of Minimalism and conceptual art’s emphasis on ideas above aesthetics. In 1979 the critic Achille Bonito Oliva used the term ‘Transavanguardia’ (beyond the avant-garde) to describe the group of Italian artists working in the Neo-expressionist style, including Paladino. The movement returned to what may be regarded as traditional and recognisable subjects in sculpture and painting.
Angela is pictured here with Paladino's Porta d'Oriente (2005, bronze)
Mimmo Paladino
Mimmo Paladino is a painter, printmaker and sculptor born in Campania, southern Italy, in 1948. He completed his studies at the Liceo Artistico di Benevento in 1968 and during the early seventies concentrated on drawing, greatly influenced by imagery from Classical history, mythology and Christianity.
Paladino began his career at a time when Neo-expressionism was gaining popularity, largely as a reaction against the seemingly cold and simple forms of Minimalism and conceptual art’s emphasis on ideas above aesthetics. In 1979 the critic Achille Bonito Oliva used the term ‘Transavanguardia’ (beyond the avant-garde) to describe the group of Italian artists working in the Neo-expressionist style, including Paladino. The movement returned to what may be regarded as traditional and recognisable subjects in sculpture and painting.
Angela is pictured here with Paladino's Porta d'Oriente (2005, bronze)