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Valerio Adami

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b. 1935, Italy

Valerio Adami is an Italian painter and printmaker known for his fragmented scenes that allude to literary themes. Influenced by British and American Pop art and a little by French Cloisonnism, Adami's works obliquely suggest parts of figurative images using shapes of flat, saturated colour bordered by black lines.

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His work was seen as a foil to Abstract Expressionism, being regarded as a form of Neo-Figuration. Because of his use of recognisable imagery, Adami is linked to the Narrative Figuration (French Pop) movement, popular in France in the 1960s with artists like Jacques Monory, Erró, and Gérard Schlossler.

Early Years

Raised in Bologna, Adami studied drawing and painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan (1951—1954) when he was only 16, after having previously received encouragement from Oskar Kokoschka in Venice. Adami then went to Paris in 1955, where he met Wilfredo Lam and Roberto Matta, and initially became interested in Surrealism and Expressionism.

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Collections

Adami's work is held in the collections of Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museo d'Arte Moderna, Rome; and Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Text courtesy Dep Art Gallery.

Recent Exhibitions

Contemporary art exhibition, Valerio Adami, Immagine e Pensiero at Dep Art Gallery, Milan, Italy Closed 1 February–14 April 2022 Valerio Adami Immagine e Pensiero

Recent Artworks

(Folk dance) Si balla all'est la libertà by Valerio Adami contemporary artwork painting
Valerio Adami (Folk dance) Si balla all'est la libertà, 1994 Acrylic on canvas
116 x 89 cm
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Obliquo e verticale (scene d'appartamento) by Valerio Adami contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Valerio Adami Obliquo e verticale (scene d'appartamento), 2005 Acrylic on canvas
198 x 147 cm
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C'est pour mieux te manger mon enfant! by Valerio Adami contemporary artwork painting
Valerio Adami C'est pour mieux te manger mon enfant!, 2005 Acrylic on canvas
198 x 147 cm
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Damas by Valerio Adami contemporary artwork painting
Valerio Adami Damas, 1993 Acrylic on canvas
146 x 114 cm
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Club privato Momenti Piccola ginnastica da camera by Valerio Adami contemporary artwork painting
Valerio Adami Club privato "Momenti" Piccola ginnastica da camera, 1970 Acrylic on canvas
198 x 147 cm
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