Francesco Clemente
born 1952
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Francesco Clemente (born 23 March 1952) is an Italian contemporary artist. He has lived at various times in Italy, in India, and in New York City. Some of his work is influenced by the traditional art and culture of India. He has worked in various artistic media including drawing, fresco, graphics, mosaic, oils and sculpture. He was among the principal figures in the Italian Transavanguardia movement of the 1980s, which was characterised by a rejection of Formalism and conceptual art and a return to figurative art and Symbolism.
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Francesco Clemente: Studio Visit
A visit to the artist's studio in Rome where he makes drawings based on childhood memories
Francesco Clemente on Alighiero e Boetti
Clemente remembers his great friend and artistic mentor Boetti
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On the road to a state of grace: Boetti, Polke, Clemente and Taaffe
As Adams writes: "This is a tale of four contemporary art shamans, in a pre-9/11 world that could still ...
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