ISBN: 978-88-95618-38-8
Gastone Biggi. La pittura si fa sul serio
Curated by Flaminio Gualdoni
With this catalogue, the gallery pays tribute to Gastone Biggi (Rome, 1925 – Tordenaso di Langhirano, Parma, 2014), a central figure in Italian painting of the second half of the twentieth century. A cultured, restless, and rigorous artist, Biggi traversed the seasons of contemporary art with a constant ethical and intellectual tension, making painting a field of absolute inquiry.
As Flaminio Gualdoni recalls, Biggi was a “nomadic and curious” artist, able to explore diverse languages while remaining faithful to a radical conviction: “painting is a serious matter.” From the experiences of Gruppo 1 to the cycles of Skies, Fields, and Cosmocromies, his work drew nourishment from an ongoing dialogue with music, philosophy, visual perception, and the spiritual dimension of color.
The volume traces the artist’s entire creative trajectory, revealing the depth of a journey that turned painting into an act of thought and responsibility. Through a lucid and insightful analysis, Gualdoni highlights Biggi’s coherence and vitality—his ability to face each new phase as a beginning, with the courage of one who refuses formulas and seeks, in every mark, the truth of painting.
A catalogue that invites readers to rediscover the relevance of Biggi’s work and the enduring power of a painting that continues to question the present.
