Leoncillo, materia radicale
works 1958-1968
Book
Leoncillo, materia radicale. Opere 1958-1968, curated by Enrico Mascelloni, Galleria dello Scudo, Verona, 15 Dicember 2018 - 30 April 2019, catalogue edited by Massimo Di Carlo, Laura Lorenzoni and Enrico Mascelloni, essays by Alessandra Caponi, Martina Corgnati, Lorenzo Fiorucci, Laura Lorenzoni, Enrico Mascelloni and Marco Tonelli, antology edited by Elena Dalla Costa.
Hardback
64 plates col., 336 ill. col. and 178 in b/w
382 pages
Skira, Milan, 2018
ISBN 978-88-572-4033-6
Exhibition featuring works by
Artist
Italian sculptor and ceramist, Leoncillo was born in Spoleto in 1915. He moved to Rome at a young age, forming friendships with Ettore Colla, Renato Guttuso, Toti Scialoja and Giulio Turcato. He is one of the founders of the “Fronte Nuovo delle Arti” movement. He took part in the Venice Biennale in 1954, where he return assiduously until 1968, the year of his solo-show.
