If we were to define Paolo Buggiani with an element it would be, without doubt, fire. His parable begins in Castelfiorentino, near Florence, where he was born in 1933, and continues in New York, where Paolo Buggiani moved in 1962 and where he became an integral part of that movement that began to be called Street Art, as reported in the book published by Allan Schwartzman in 1985. His production of those years, partially displayed in this exhibition, consists of sculptures, performances and photographs, which he exhibits both on the street and in the galleries, alongside other artists he meets and with whom he bonds: Keith Haring , Richard Hambleton, Ken Hiratsuka and Barbara Kruger. Despite the passing of the years his loyalty to disobedience and fire remained immaculate, almost as much as his recurring to mythological figures of Antiquity such as Trojan Horses, sword-wielding Minotaurs or the Icarus speeding in traffic on roller skates.
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