Gianfranco Fini
| Gianfranco Fini | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 September 1936 Rome, Italy |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Italian |
| 💼 Occupation | designer, architect, painter, drawer |
| Movement | Scuola di piazza del Popolo |
Gianfranco Fini is an Italian architect, artist and designer.
Early Life and Education[edit]
Fini was born in Rome, Italy.[1]
During his one-year stay in Paris, France, Fini was part of an Avant-garde movement that later came to be known as the.Scuola di piazza del Popolo.[2]
Career[edit]
During the mid-1960s, Fini was primarily working as an artist in Rome. He held solo exhibitions at different art galleries in the city. During this period, he also worked on industrial design and created designs for companies such as Poltronova, Eurodomous and New Lamp.[3] He participated in the Rome Biennale in 1968 where he presented his L.E.A sculpture.[4][5]
In the late 1960s, He was part of the artists collective that centered around the community of Nancy Marotta's Mana art Market gallery in Rome. In 1969 Gianfranco Fini produced an avant-garde blue plexiglass spherical chair titled Monade, for the Mana art Market gallery, which featured a swivel down semi spherical plexiglass dome so the sitter could become enclosed within the dome and it had an integral hi fi system too.[5]
Fini designed the interiors for the branches of the Italian fashion house Valentino in Rome, Paris, Munich and New York between 1969 and 1974. In 1972, along with Italian sculptor Mario Ceroli, he designed sets for cinema and theatre such as the 1972 production of Norma held at the La Scala in Milan.[6]
In 1975, he was invited to participate in the Venice Biennale. In 1975, Fini took part in competitions held in Europe such as the Italian Pavilion the European Investment Bank, Brussels and the Luxembourg Musical Academy. In 1975, he won competitions organized by the Damascus Academy of Fine Arts in Syria and the Palace of the Region of L'Aquila in Italy.
In 1976 he founded Studio Fini Architettura which focused on architectural design related to tourism development and resorts.
Fini returned to Italy in 1978.
In the 1980s, Fini organized a series of art events in Rome, at the Teatro dell’Orologio and at the Outdoor Theater in Via Sabotino in Rome with fellow artists Renato Mambor and Cesare Tacchi.
During the 1990s, Fini moved Studio Fini Architettura to the Dominican Republic, where he along with his architect daughter Nicola Fini worked on projects like Casa De Campo Marina,[7] Hotel Casa Hemingway, Minitas Beach Club and Restaurant and Minitas Swimming Pools in the Dominican Republic.
Personal life[edit]
Fini has two daughters.
His daughter Nicola Fini, is an architect and runs Studio Fini alongside him.[8]
His other daughter Francesca Fini is an Interdisciplinary artist.[9][10][11]
Filmography[edit]
- Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (1961) - Set decorator
- Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules (1961) - Assistant designer
- Shivers in Summer (1964) - Costume Designer
- 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1971) - Assistant art director
Books Authored[edit]
- Caribbean Architecture (2011) ISBN 8887653089 Search this book on
. - Casa De Campo Marina
- Memorie Di Un Intruso (2019) ISBN 8831616196 Search this book on .
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Gianfranco Fini Biography". askART. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ Frigeri, Flavia. "Piazza del Pop! Did Italian Pop Art Actually Exist?". Frieze. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ "Gianfranco Fini". Casati Gallery. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ↑ Sesta Biennale Romana: Rassegna delle Arti Figurative di Roma e del Lazio, Febbraio-Marzo 1968. Rome, Italy: Assessorato antichità, belle arti e problemi della cultura. ; Palazzo delle esposizioni (Rome, Italy). p. 63. OCLC 6439509. Retrieved 5 April 2021. Search this book on
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A. Hanks, David (2 February 2011). Un siècle de design: Le Programme Liliane et David Stewart pour le design moderne (Styles et Design). Groupe Flammarion. p. 482. ISBN 208124294X. Retrieved 5 April 2021. Search this book on
- ↑ "L'archivio storico". Teatro Alla Scala. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ "Casa de Campo Marina". Archilovers. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ Esponoza, Yoli Por. "5 trucos para decorar tu casa y convertirla en tu santuario personal". Santo Domingo Times. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ Galbiati, Alessio. "The Perturbing Image. Interview With Francesca Fini". DigiCult. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ "Digital Practice: Francesca Fini". Sedition Art. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ Sterling, Bruce. "Francesca Fini Interview". Wired (magazine). Condé Nast Publications. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
External links[edit]
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