Sandro Nocentini
Sandro Nocentini (born 5 February 1966) is an Italian artist, living and working in Australia. He is a figurative painter, whose work is "cubist-futurist".[1] He is a winner of the Sir John Sulman Prize.[2]
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[edit] Life and work
Sandro Nocentini was born in Rome, Italy. His early artistic influences were from his artist mother, Alba Pratesi, and his mentor Aldo Bandinello.[1]
He arrived in Australia in 1993, and graduated with a degree in Fine Arts at the National Art School.[3] The new environment of Australia had a significant effect on his work.[3] He staged his first solo exhibition in 1996.
In 2005, Nocentini was awarded the $10,000 Sir John Sulman Prize for his painting My Son Has Two Mothers.[2][4] The work was exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[5] The inspiration for it came from the artist's "assisting two lesbian friends to conceive a child"; Nocentini has shown himself as a harlequin, a reference to Picasso, whose influence is apparent in the work.[1]
That year he was the judge, with Judith Blackall, of Inner West Cultural Services' Walking the Street art prizes.[6]
In 2006, he was one of the contributing artists to the fund-raising Changing Nature 06 Greenpeace exhibition and auction in Sydney.[7]
His painting of Princess Diana was included in the book, Diana in Art, compiled by Mern Mehmet (Pop Art Books), and described by the Daily Mail as "a somewhat Picasso-like view of the Princess".[8][9]
He describes his style as "cubist-futurist"[1] and said of his work:
| “ | The accurate description of physical reality is not as important to me as depicting people through their most intimate and silent moments... I paint only about feelings.[3] | ” |
Simonne Jameson said about Nocentini, "Even a brief sampling can suggest the quality, at once poetic, rationale of Nocentini's mind."[1]
Nocentini lives and works in Sydney, where he is a member of the Art Gallery of New South Wales Volunteer Task Force.[3]
[edit] See also
Media related to Sandro Nocentini at Wikimedia Commons
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b c d e "Sandro Nocentini", Wentworth Gallery. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
- ^ a b Morgan, Clare. "Olsen has two smiling faces", The Age, 30 April 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ a b c d "About us: Tutors", Pine Street Creative Arts Centre. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ Higson, Rosalie. "Olsen's ode to old age wins an Archie", The Australian, 30 April 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ "2005 Sulman Prize winner", Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
- ^ "Walking the street 2005", Inner West Cultural Services. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
- ^ "Greenpeace presents... Gala Art Auction for climate change action", Greenpeace, 22 November 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
- ^ "Queen of all our arts: Portraits of Diana", Daily Mail, 15 August 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ "Los retratos nunca vistos de Diana de Gales", ¡Hola!, 16 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
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