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Piazza Dario Capellini,
Manarola 2004 Architectural and artistic planning Silvio Benedetto (in the
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SILVIO BENEDICTO BENEDETTO
Painter, sculptor, author and theatre
director, he was born in Buenos Aires on 21 March 1938. His vast
exhibited work is well known in Italy and abroad. Authoritative critics
have called him "the last of the great mural artists". In the
context of his international activity as a mural artist, here are some
examples of his large itinerant open-air works: the "valley of
painted stones" (110 polychrome rocks on the theme of the Divine
Comedy) and "land and fire" (24 large ceramic panels on the
theme of the Iliad) both in Campobello di Licata in Agrigento,
"artistic itineraries in the man-made park" for the Cinque
Terre National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site in the province of La
Spezia. Another of his large mural works in Mexico, "Progress and
violence" put in place along with some Mexican authors, was
threatened by property speculators and Gabriel Garcia Marquez launched a
world-wide appeal to save it. Oher activities include the creation of
the "Theatre of apartments" and the "Festival of the
Cinque Theatre". The Faculty of Philosophy and Arts in the
University of Palermo and the Palermo municipal department for cultural
goods are preparing a large exhibition-anthology for 2006 that will
include, alongside his painting and sculpting and carving activities,
his work as photographer and writer, documenting his video-art,
performances and theatre.
Emilio Garroni, Andrea Emiliani, Dacia
Maraini, Michele Perriera, Luigi Carluccio, Leonardo Benevolo, Umberto
Artioli, Angelo Maria Ripellino, Maurizio Calvesi, Enrico Crispolti,
Franco Cordelli and Leonardo Sciascia, among others, have written about
him.
For a detailed biography including places
and dates, important friendships and collaborations, main trips, written
work, witness accounts and more, see wwwsilviobenedetto.com and
wwwsilviobenedetto.it
e-mail: grupomuralista@yahoo.it
