Works

The last painting – 1977- Acrylics on punched canvas – cm. 130×170

This works, as from the title, documents the abandonnement of canvas painting. The creation of the Filo that followed and the final detachment of color from the surface  has permitted to the matter/color to claim back its acrylic “plasticity” and later to reinvent its own art history.

The Filo makes its first official appearance in 1977 creating a BRIDGING STATEMENT between art/artist and public.

Bridging Statement – 1977 – Student Union Gallery – University of MassachusettsMa. U.S.A
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Spool – 1977 – Acrylics, cotton twine and wood – cm.63x70x52

“Nel Frattempo” – Text/interview by Ida Panicelli from the catalogue of the show/Artist in Presence FIL-OSO-FO’-FIL – Turin 1983

The Filo never was bought and sold. I always donated it, disperse it and symbolically exchanged it. The Filo is not a thing that one can sell, if any one can tie it to a site or a memory, or disperse it secretly, or to be depicted, to be quoted on other objects, to be melt, sculpted, photographed, embroidered, or used in a peformance….

Memory as necessity – Filo on conference badge mailed to 100 people – 1979
Autoritratto in quadrcromia – 1983 – acrilici su tela emulsionata e stampata – cm70x50
Me and my monsters – 1976/2006 – Drypoint on plexiglass – cm.36×18
First Aid – 1982 – mixed media – cm.35x28x13
Filokit – 1983 – edition of 5 – mixed media – cm.24x39x8
UFO – 1983 – Acrylics on silverware, glasses and plate
Filo ensign – 1977/83 – Iron and acrylics (reply of the wodden piece built in 1977 for the show “Come”) – cm 170×50
Alia – 1983 – enbroidery and acrylics on a satin glove – cm.49×10
Firenze-Roma-firenze – 1983 – embroidery on a pillow – cm.60x40x10
Borsalino mod.Palladio – 1984 – acrylics on a Borsalino hat
Painted torn off poster from Soho – New York – cm.50X70 – 1986
Gruccia Fioruccia – 1986 – Filo on found object – cm.150×25
TRITTICO ILLUMINATO – 1985 – tempera painting on parchment – cm.60×50
TRITTICO ILLUMINATO – 1985 – tempera painting on parchment – cm.60×50
TRITTICO ILLUMINATO – 1985 – tempera painting on parchment – cm.60×50
Trittico Enciclopedico – 1986 – Watercolor and pencil on paper – cm.60×50
Piatto mancato – 1986 – Decoration ona glazed plate – diam. cm.28
For Caterina – broken hand painted plate recomposed with Filo acrylics – diam. cm 28
Sinale # 1 – 1987 – Apron in a showcase with 20 years of Filo residues – cm.120×87
Couples and Biology – 1988 – Contact printed Friendlyplastic and wood – cm.180×170
INNOCENTINO – 1986 – pastels and tempera on clear plastic coated canvas – cm.165×140
Filopecette – Roma – 1987 – Acrylics on labels – each cm.29,5×21
So Special, so rare, so wonderful… – 1988 – cibachrome on aluminum – cm.87×70
Erotica ’93 Bologna – 1993 – acrylics on labels – each cm.29,5×21
OROLOGOS N.Y. – 1988 – Friendlyplastic and digital watch – diam. cm. 400
Madretela – 1990 – Acrylics on canvas – cm.40×120
Madretela – 1990 – Acrylics on canvas – cm.40×120 (detail)
Madretela – 1990 – Acrylics on canvas – cm.40×120 (sideview)
Orologos ’91 – edition of five – 1991 – Terracotta, brass, mirror – diam.cm 365 – Florence
Orologos ’91 – 1991 – Terracotta, brass, mirror (detail) – Florence
Orologos ’91 – 1991 – (private collection ) – Terracotta, brass, mirror – diam.cm 365 – Florence
Orologos ’91 – 1991 – Terracotta, brass, mirror – Installation Palazzo Budini Gattai – Florence
Orologos ’91 – 1991 – Terracotta, brass, mirror – Installation Lorenzo Pezzatini’s garden with Lola – Florence
Orologos ’91 – 2000 – permanent installation – terracotta, brass, mirror – diam.cm 365 , total installation diam.cm.800 – Piazza C. Pavese. Mezzana, Pontassieve – Florence
Biblioteca di Orologos – 1991 – alabaster book with brass inserts – cm.15×15
Biblioteca di Orologos – 1991 – 12 alabaster books with brass inserts – cm.15×15
Spinning Energy – 1991 – alabaster, brass, iron frame – cm. 60×60
Filomarmo verticale – 1991 – marble – cm.90x14x14
Filomarmo orizzontale – 1991 – marble – cm.15x75x15
Polittico di S.Giovanni (per Mario Mariotti) – 1991 – acrylics on canvas – cm 199×150
Year 2000 – 1991 – Tempera on parchment – cm.50×70
Omaggio a Giovanni – 1994 – sandstone – cm.135×15
Long life to leftovers – 1994 – pigments, gel medium, woods – cm.135×80
Container – April 14 1994 – Felt pen print with a mechanical device – 1/6
Trittico Famigliare blu (lui) – 1994 – Oil on linen each cm. 65X84
Trittico Famigliare (lui) – detail -1994 – Oil on canvas each cm. 65X84
Trittico Famigliare (bambino) – 1994 – Oil on canvas each cm. 40X55
Trittico Famigliare (bambino) – 1994 – Oil on canvas each cm. 40X55
Random Order – 1995 – acrylics on canvas – cm.68×50 – Elena Tognini Bonelli collection
Filovisione – 1998 – Watercolor on paper – cm.30×22
Circondato – 1999 – watercolor pencils, pastels, graphite on board – private collection cm.32×26
Si vola o si sprofonda – 1999 – watercolor pencils, pastels, graphite on board – cm.32×26
Trittico Big Torino 2000 – 2000 – cibachrome, plexiglass acrylics – cm.80x130x20
Labirinto d’Amore – 2000 – terracotta, goldleaf, ligustro tree – Diam- cm.400 – (private collection) –
Soldier Smith Peace warrior costume – de-camouflaged american military uniform, Vopos DDR helmet – Wood machine-gun and acrylics – 2012
Primordial Filo – 2003 – glass, found object, acrylic – cm.10×25
Big Fish twice (recto) – 2004 -pigments, oil sticks, modeling paste, silicone on canvas – cm.110×17
Woven Tears – 2004 – dgital prints, needle point embroidery, wood – cm.140×75
Omaggio a Krefeld – 2004 – watercolors on paper -cm.50×70
42 Cataloghi – 2004 – wood, 42 catalogues of “The Illuminated Artist at the Court” cm.130x32x26
Special edition of 30 catalogues with Filo bookmarks for the show “Lorenzo Pezzatini – 2006 Villa Pacchiani – S.Croce sull’Arno – Pisa
Special edition of 30 catalogues with Filo bookmarks for the show “Lorenzo Pezzatini – 2006 Villa Pacchiani – S.Croce sull’Arno – Pisa

Giovanni, mio figlio con sindrome di Down di quindici anni, ed io per  quattro mesi  abbiamo  lavorato insieme  a questo progetto

TREMONDI + UNO.

Ogni giorno un segno ed ogni mese un  colore primario diverso per concludere con il bianco simbolo della primarietà  del nostro legame. Su questi “mondi” abbiamo incrociatole nostre mani,  le nostre  idee, le fantasie e le paure e in maniera tangibile le nostre vite.

Giovanni, my fefteen years old son with down syndrome and I, have worked together for four months on this project

TREMONDI + UNO

Every day a sign and every month a primary color background concluding with the white one symbolic of the primariness of our bond. On this “worlds” we have crossed our hands, our ideas, our fantasies, our fears thus in a tangible way…our lives.

Tremondi/blue (in collaboration with Giovanni Pezzatini) – 2006 – mixed media on canvas glued on wood – diam.cm 120 – Collezione Fondazione Meyer – Firenze
Tremondi/yellow (in collaboration with Giovanni Pezzatini) – 2006 – mixed media on canvas glued on wood – diam.cm 120 – Collezione Fondazione Meyer – Firenze
Tremondi/red (in collaboration with Giovanni Pezzatini) – 2006 – mixed media on canvas glued on wood – diam.cm 120 – Collezione Fondazione Meyer – Firenze
Tremondi+Uno (in collaboration with Giovanni Pezzatini) – 2006 – mixed media on canvas glued on wood – diam.cm 120 – Collezione Fondazione Meyer – Firenze
With Giovanni installing TREMONDI+UNO in the Cardiopediatric section of the Meyer Hospital in Florence – Meyer Foundation collection
Elogio della Diversità – 2005 – Tempera and permanent feltpen – 850×70 – Elena Tognini Bonelli collection
Isole del desiderio – 2007 – Oil and paraffine on canvas . 45×70
Filo boxing in the ring of modernism – 2012 – Acrylics iron wire and Friendlyplastic on polystyrene
Filo boxing in the ring of modernism – 2012 – Acrylics iron wire and Friendlyplastic on polystyrene
After Fotocoppie – 2012 – handpainted b/w photograph from the book FOTOCOPPIE by Maurizio Berlincioni – 1982
Necklace with my hair cut by barber – Gift to Roberto – 2013
F.Y.I. – 2014 – Tempera on paper – cm.47×47
BalloFilotondo drawing for the project – 2015 – Baris’Art Festival – Barisardo – Nuoro
Ottagomo in Ottobre – 2016 – Filotape and gold leaf on wood – diam. cm.100
Filoprofumo – 2016 – found object and acrylic
Bunnyfilo – found objects and acrylics – cm.15×30
Artist in Presence since 1979 – 2018 – acrylics on board with glued invitation to the opening of the show The Cleaner by Marina Abramovic at Palazzo Strozzi – Florence – cm.28×22
Leovolo – 2019 – wood frame, glass, digital photo – cm. 30×30

FILOFASCETTE – 2023 – Acrylics and zip tie

FILOFASCETTE – 2023 – Acrylics and zip tie

Making Filo in the Silkscreen limited edition 1/15 for WAILS at ZAP – October 2023
SILKSCREEN EDITION 1/15 for WAILS – ZAP Florence- Filo handpainted
LOGO – 2000 – Watercolor on paper