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Gian Carlo Riccardi (Frosinone, 21 October 1933 - Frosinone, 7 February 2015) was an Italian artist, painter, theatre director, sculptor and writer.

Gian Carlo Riccardi
BornOctober 21, 1933
Frosinone, Italy
DiedFebruary 7, 2015(2015-02-07) (aged 81)
Frosinone, Italy
NationalityItalian
Education
Movement
AwardsCritics' Prize Locarno 1973
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Biography

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Gian Carlo Riccardi was born on 21 October 1933. In 1961 Gian Carlo Riccardi graduated with honours in set design from the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome[1] on Via Ripetta[2]. After a few years, he obtained a diploma in Theatre and Film Direction at the Experimental Centre in Rome.

 
The artist Gian Carlo Riccardi (left) and the art critic Enrico Crispolti (centre). Theatre performance "Why Lorca" 1977, Teatro Spazio Uno, Rome.

He has been described by the art critic Enrico Crispolti[3] as a "multimedia artist"[4] and has worked with writers and artists such as Achille Bonito Oliva[5], Alberto Moravia[6], Cesare Zavattini. Writers and journalists such as Angelo Maria Ripellino[7] e André Pieyre de Mandiargues[8].

 
Gian Carlo Riccardi (right) with Libero De Libero (bottom) and Cesare Zavattini (left), 1977.

Between the 1960s and 1970s he worked as a set designer and director at RAI[9]. He is also editor of satirical magazines such as Il Travaso delle Idee, Marc'Aurelio, Simplicissimus and Il Borghese. He was part of the Roman Theatre Avant-garde, collaborating with Pino Pascali, Carmelo Bene[10], Memè Perlini and others[11].

These experiences led him to open the Gruppo Teatro Laboratorio Arti Visive in Frosinone[12] in 1961 and later, in 1962, the Teatro Club[13], where he staged artistic performances and plays with various actors.

The director's plays and performances focus on gestures and the need to express the condition of contemporary man, imprisoned in the daily routine and contradictions of life. The theatrical events are directed towards a recovery of public space as a place of active dialogue with the spectator, who actively collaborates in the construction of the staging.

In 1997, he founded the Teatro dell'Immagine. Gian Carlo Riccardi's theatre became a concert theatre[14].

 
Gian Carlo Riccardi and the actors of the Teatro Laboratorio Arti Visive, 1974.

Riccardi's pictorial production deals with various themes such as the grotesque, the double, irony, but also the world of childhood[15], through drawing[16], caricature and abstract painting[17]. His works have been exhibited at solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad, such as the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome (1968), the ArtExpo Review in Geneva (1984)[18], the British Art Fair in the City of London (1985), the Centre International D’art Contemporain in Paris (1988)[19] and the Fundació Antoni Tàpies in Barcelona (1999)[20].

In his sculptures, Riccardi uses poor materials such as plexiglas, paper, wood and iron.

The Rooms[21], realised since the 1980s[22], are installations always made with simple and salvaged elements (mainly wood and iron)[23]. These are examples of site-specific[24][25] works capable of building a dialogue with the surrounding space and the observer[26][27]. They are realised using walls coloured according to abstract patterns, fragments of wood and everyday objects[28].

Riccardi exhibited his installations at the European Parliament[29] in 1991, at the 45th Venice Biennale in 1993[30], and at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto in 1995[31].

He writes theatre scripts, prose and poetic texts[32]. In the latter, various themes emerge (already addressed in painting, theatre and sculpture) concerning the surreal, the improbable, memory[33] and childhood.

He disappears on 7 February 2015 in his home town[34] .

References

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  1. ^ "Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma".
  2. ^ Pietro, Roccasecca. Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma : centoquaranta anni di istruzione superiore dell'arte in Italia. ISBN 978-88-6557-395-2. OCLC 1085693552.
  3. ^ Crispolti, Enrico (1978). Fernando Rea (Carte segrete ed.).
  4. ^ Perdicaro, S. (2004). L'élite 2004. Selezione arte italiana. Varese: L'elite.
  5. ^ "L'artista Gian Carlo Riccardi sull'Enciclopedia Treccani". FrosinoneToday (in Italian).
  6. ^ "Frosinone, l'artista d'avanguardia Riccardi inserito nella Treccani". www.ilmessaggero.it (in Italian).
  7. ^ Angelo Maria Ripellino. "Eden di Riccardi".
  8. ^ Codingest. "Gian Carlo Riccardi, storia del disincanto e del rifiuto". WordNews (in Italian).
  9. ^ Castellani, F. (2002). Carello Editore (ed.). Atlante Italiano dell’Arte. Catanzaro. p. 151.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ^ "Frosinone – Il prof. Riccardi citato sulla prestigiosa enciclopedia Treccani | TG24.info" (in Italian).
  11. ^ Riccardi, Gian Carlo (2001). Gian Carlo Riccardi. 1960-2001. p. 185-196.
  12. ^ "Comune di Frosinone - La Saletta delle Arti". www.comune.frosinone.it (in Italian).
  13. ^ "Comune di Frosinone - Teatro Club". www.comune.frosinone.it (in Italian).
  14. ^ "Francesco Riccardi". www.francescoriccardi.it.
  15. ^ Zani, Rocco. "Il Viaggio di Gian Carlo Riccardi. Sulle tracce dell'infanzia strappate all'oblio".
  16. ^ "Galleria Giraldi | Livorno" (in Italian).
  17. ^ Bevilacqua, Antonio. Arte e poesia in terra ciociara. OCLC 898505205.
  18. ^ Pieyre, André (1984). Presentazione in catalogo, Rassegna d’arte ArtExpo di Ginevra.
  19. ^ Riccardi, Gian Carlo. Gian Carlo Riccardi. 1960-2001. p. 185-196.
  20. ^ "Riccardi, Gian Carlo nell'Enciclopedia Treccani". www.treccani.it (in Italian).
  21. ^ Riviello, Vito; Riccardi, Gian Carlo. Gian Carlo Riccardi: la stanza del padre. OCLC 955258616.
  22. ^ Riviello, Vito (1998). Dizionario Enciclopedico d’Arte Contemporanea. Roma: Unedi.
  23. ^ "Chi era Costui - Scheda di Gian Carlo Riccardi". www.chieracostui.com.
  24. ^ Perelli, Lorenza. Arte che non sembra arte: arte pubblica, pratiche artistiche nella vita quotidiana e progetto urbano. ISBN 978-88-917-5189-8.
  25. ^ Ferris, Lesley. Contemporary Ekkeklemas in Site-Specific Performance.
  26. ^ Facci, Dario. "Vorrei servisse a discutere un po'".
  27. ^ Birrozzi, Carlo; Pugliese, Marina. L'arte pubblica nello spazio urbano : committenti, artisti, fruitori. ISBN 978-88-6159-018-2. OCLC 494724609.
  28. ^ Costantini, Costanzo. "Tutti gli Uomini (e le donne) delle "cantine"".
  29. ^ Perna, Vittorio (1991). Dalla Ciociaria intorno all'arte.
  30. ^ "La Biennale di Venezia". La Biennale di Venezia (in Italian).
  31. ^ "Festival dei Due Mondi".
  32. ^ Bonaviri, Giuseppe (1979). Catalogo degli artisti Lazio. Roma: Unedi.
  33. ^ "Comune di Frosinone - Passeggiata nella memoria". www.comune.frosinone.it (in Italian).
  34. ^ Ilverdastro. "ilverdastro.it: Un artista ciociaro conosciuto in ambito nazionale". ilverdastro.it.
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