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Painter and Sculptor - Italian 20th-century artist
Events 2025
Contemporary Art Grand Tour 2025-2026
the stages of the tour
Traveling Exhibition in Italy and Europe
curated by the Phoebus Cultural Association of Velletri RM
Works participating in the "Contemporary Art Grand Tour"
La Bruna - 1960
charcoal on cardboard 40x30
The Artist was able to leave us very important signs of his human relationship, in works like this, which is a remarkable portrait of great strength.
Prof. Vittorio Sgarbi
Here too, although some physiognomic elements return to identify the subject, the sense of introspection always prevails in the complex brushstroke, in the accentuated synthesis, in the insistence on monochromy.
A strong feeling pervades this face that avoids the gaze, as if it did not want to show inner suffering.
Exhibited in a traveling exhibition with "Contemporary Art Grand Tour" 2025-26
Fragmentation - 1968
mixed media on cardboard 33x45
In a grey world where the clouds look like stones, a vibrant body is depicted with a black cloak in place of the head.
The head, even though separated from the body, appears dreamy and relaxed.
The surrealism of this work takes us into a dreamlike dimension where every part of us can be fragmented and live a life of its own.
Body and mind often travel on two distinct, sometimes irreconcilable, planes.
Exhibited in traveling exhibition "Contemporary Art Grand Tour" 2025-26
Study of Bodies II - 1977
mixed media on plastic 62x42
The Artist dedicated his entire life to both painting and sculpture.
Often his paintings are transformed into sculptures and are influenced by the representative power of sculpture, which has no color but all the chromatic variations from white to black.
Included in the Atlas of Contemporary Art ed. 2021 DeAgostini Ed.
Exhibited in the traveling exhibition "Contemporary Art Grand Tour" 2025-26
La Bruna 80 - 1980
mixed media on plastic 30x24
"Gattavecchia lived through the wars and the profound crises that shook the twentieth century, a century in which the individualism of artists reached its peak.
His works speak of violence, fear, loneliness, incommunicability, marginalization.
Expressionist in the style of Munch, the woman emerges from the darkness, marked by diaphanous light and with a resigned gaze into the void: yet those full red lips do not hide her beauty and passion.”
Prof. Vittorio Sgarbi
The painting was exhibited at FLORENCE PALAZZO XIMENENS PANCIATICHI on the occasion of the event "Unici" curated by the art critic and historian Leonarda Zappulla.The art exhibition was set up on the occasion of the presentation of the Artists’ Yearbook ’23, an art volume published by Sandro Serradifalco and distributed by Mondadori, in the presence of Vittorio Sgarbi.
Exhibited in the traveling exhibition "Contemporary Art Grand Tour" 2025-26
EVENTS 2024
Rome - Congress Center “Roma Eventi – Piazza di Spagna”
October 16, 2024
The 'Narrators of Our Time' commented by Vittorio Sgarbi
Thanks to journalist Vincenzo Di Micco from @Telenostra for the wonderful feature on the project The Narrators of Our Time, which I had the pleasure to conceive, curate, and carry forward together with the eminent voice of Vittorio Sgarbi.
The works and the journey of the contemporary Italian artists that I brought to his attention were commented on after he had read and learned, through careful analysis, about their experiences and daily lives.
Leonarda Zappulla
Different visions and sensitivities are expressed here, highlighting the distinctive features of the artists who, through the voice of Vittorio Sgarbi, are credited as “The Narrators of Our Time.” It is a source of joy and pride for me to know that this select group of contemporary artists are now presented by him to the vast audience that follows and listens to him as he speaks about them, just as I used to listen to him talk about Van Gogh, Gauguin, Picasso, and my love for the narration of art was born.
The 'Narrators of Our Time' commented by Vittorio Sgarbi
Cesena - FC - Italy
Painter and Sculptor