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Biography
British sculptor, commercial designer, director and writer of Italian descent. He studied at the Edinburgh College of Art (1943), at St Martin's School of Art (1944) and at the Slade School of Fine Art (1945-47). His first works were impregnated with a strong non-western cultural influence. He held his first one-man show at the Mayor Gallery in London in 1947, which also marked his move to Paris where he stayed until 1949 and where he met artists such as Arp, Braque, Brancusi, Giacometti, Hélion, Léger and Tzara. At the end of the 40s he produced various sculptures, inspired by Surrealism, of biomorphic forms and which show he was familiar with the work of Giacometti. Another of these sources of inspiration was the Art Brut of Dubuffet. Between 1949 and 1955, he taught at the Central School of Art and Design in London and, in the 60s, he experimented with printing techniques through which he produced a considerable number of works. Between 1959 and 1977, he took part in Documenta 2, 4 and 6, in Kassel and, in 1960, at the Venice Biennale. In 1964, he had a one-man show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and, in 1985, at the Ludwig Museum in Cologne. In the 80s, he produced various public sculptures and collages with the common theme of the human head.
Exhibitions
Contemporary Art from the Collection of International Minerals and Chemical Corporation Collection Mallinckrodt Group Inc., USA 01-01-1983 ~ 31-12-1983
Viagem ao Séc. XX, A Walk Through The Century EXPO 98, Portugal 12-02-1998 ~ 21-05-1998
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
A Look at The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 18-06-2000 ~ 30-09-2000
Durante o Fim - Rui Chafes Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 15-10-2000 ~ 14-01-2001
A Look at The Berardo Collection Museu de José Malhoa, Portugal 23-07-2001 ~ 26-10-2001
Colecção Berardo - Arte Pop & Ca. Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 19-04-2002 ~ 15-09-2002
Tudo o que é Sólido Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 07-06-2010 ~ 12-09-2010
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo - Art Pop & Ca., 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729742873
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Contemporary Art from the Collection of International Minerals and Chemical Corporation, 1983 Published by The Sheldon Swope Art Gallery
How Art Shapes My Life... Norman Perman, 1984 Published by North Shore
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 2004 Published by TBS Television, INC.
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
A Look at The Berardo Collection, 2000 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729742839
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