Danilo Bucchi
Danilo Bucchi, Man in charge, 2013, aluminium fusion 1/9, 60x30x30 cm
Danilo Bucchi (born in Rome, 1978) completed his studies in Rome, where he attended the Accademia di Belle Arti focusing on the techniques of drawing, painting and photography.
The artistic universe of Bucchi is characterized by a gesture that generates abstract-sign forms, born from a chromatic domination of the colors black and white. In his paintings the abstract element made from traces of writing coexist with a gestural path and the figurative element taken from the collective imagination of childhood. In the Dolls series, he tends to express his most reflective and emotional matrix in which the melancholic dolls that, with their imposing eyes characterized by an enchanting sensuality, embody a playful and feminine aspect.
In the works of Danilo Bucchi, the pictorial gesticulation is accompanied by a connection between drawing and sound. In fact, Bucchi's paintings can be defined as a stereophonic: where music and movement intertwine in order to compose an artistic imagination of humanized signs. There have been several works born from a combination of art and music: for example, the 2017 performance of the Lunar Black project, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva at the MACRO in Via Nizza in Rome.
His artistic debut came in 2003, when he began participating in several exhibitions in international cities such as: Amsterdam, The artist of Rome, Supper Club (2003); Baku, Cleopatra, from Michelangelo to contemporary art, Embassy of Italy (2004); Buenos Aires, Contemporanea Recoleta Impronte, curated by Domenico Giglio, Museum of Contemporary Art (2005); Paris, Figures 547, Institute of Italian Culture (2007); Cairo, Paraboles Exhibition, Gezira Art Center (2008) and Singapore, The Dolls, curated by Sabiana Paoli, Sabiana Paoli Art Gallery (2012).
Among Bucchi’s main exhibitions we recall: in 2008 Senza titolo, curated by Morgan Morris, Contemporary Arts Society, Rome; in 2011 Signs the black line, curated by Giorgia Calò and Domenico Scudero, MLAC, Rome and Danilo Bucchi, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, Spoleto; in 2012 The Dolls, Sabiana Paoli Art Gallery, Singapore; in 2013 Danilo Bucchi, curated by Gianluca Marziani, EMMEOTTO Gallery, Rome; in 2014 Monochrome, curated by Angela Madesani, Galleria Poggiali e Forconi, Florence; in 2017 Roma Europa Digitalife, Kiz art section, curated by Raffaella Frascarelli for Nomas Foundation, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome.
Between 2014 and 2015 Danilo Bucchi was invited to carry out three major urban redevelopment projects: the permanent work called Paese dei Balochi in 2014 at the Museo dell’Altro e dell’Altrove; Assoloin 2015 for Big City Life, he was chosen to represent Italy at the Venice Biennale (15th Architecture Exhibition in the Italian Pavilion), and finally Minotauro, for Emergenze Festival. In 2018 he took part in the Macro ASILO with the project in a space-atelier, called Autoritratti.
2019
Paesaggio sospettato, site-specific installation for the fifth edition Skin Taste #5, curated by Adriana Rispoli, Porto Fluviale, Rome
2018
Autoritratti, artistic residence, Macro Asilo, Rome
2017
Roma Europa Digitalife, Kiz art section, curated by Raffaella Frascarelli for Nomas Foundation, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
2016
Lunar black, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, MACRO, Rome
#danilobucchi#ilpontecontemporanea, curated by Giuliano Matricardi, introduces Achille Bonito Oliva, il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome
2015
Big city life-assolo, curated by Stefano Antonelli and Gianluca Marziani, VIIIth City Hall, Rome
Emergenze festival-silos-minotauro, curated by Giuseppe Stagnitta, Silos, Port of Catania
2014
Monochrome, curated by Angela Madesani, Galleria Poggiali and Forconi, Florence
Antonio Marras + Danilo Bucchi Insieme siamo altro, curated by Francesca Alfano Miglietti, Circolo Marras, Milan
Il paese dei balocchi, curated by Giorgio De Finis, MAAM - Museo dell’altro e dell’altrove, Rome
2013
Antonio Marras + Danilo Bucchi Insieme siamo altro, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, Spoleto
Danilo Bucchi, curated by Gianluca Marziani, EMMEOTTO Gallery, Rome
2012
The Dolls, curated by Sabiana Paoli, Sabiana Paoli Art Gallery, Singapore
Collicola on the wall-social cube, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, Spoleto
2011
Danilo Bucchi, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, Spoleto
Signs. The black line. Off, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Galleria Soligo, Rome
Signs the black line, curated by Giorgia Calò and Domenico Scudero, MLAC, Rome
Tema sacro, curated by Federica Fabbro and Roberto Martorelli, Museo del Risorgimento, Bologna
2009
Sinfonia di immagini e suoni, curated by Giuseppe Stagnitta, ROOM 26, Rome
Danilo Bucchi, curated by Mauro Vigneti, Castello Orsini, Rome
2008
Senza titolo, curated by Morgan Morris, Contemporary Arts Society, Rome
2007
Da come a come io, curated by Giovanni Faccenda, C30 Contemporary Art Gallery, Bologna
2006
La stanza del dialogo, curated by Serena Dell’Aira, Micro & Deomedea Arte, Rome
2005
Pagine di taccuino, curated by Serena Dell’Aira, Micro & Deomedea Arte, Rome
2004
Bucchi per Patty Pravo, curated by Barbara Tosi, Galleria Ta Matete, Rome
The tape, curated by Raffaella Guidobuono, Tad Lab Gallery, Rome
2019
Impronte dell’Arte. 2RC 1963-2018, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome
2017
Et Et, curated by Giuseppe Stagnitta, CONVITTO DELLE ARTI MUSIUM, Noto
Works on Paper, curated by Galleria Pack and FL gallery, Spazio 22, Milan
Home sweet home – Gallery becomes home, curated by Giuliano Matricardi, Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome
2016
BIG CITY LIFE, curated by Tam Associati, BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 15° mostra di Architettura, Italian Pavilion, Venice
2014
Contaminazioni 014, curated by Maurizio Scudiero, Museo di storia nazionale archeologica, Costanza, Romania
Distric 913, curated by Giorgio De Finis, Ex Convento di San Francesco Della Scarpa, Lecce
Contaminazioni 014, curated by Maurizio Scudiero, Varna City Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
La metamorfosi e il simbolo animale, curated by Graziano Menolascina, Spazio Nea, Naples
2013
Dal futurismo ai percorsi contemporanei, curated by Maurizio Scudiero and Anna D’Elia, Museo Navale Nazionale, Port of Tivit, Montenegro
Milky way The Luminous Galaxy of the 20th Century, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Partners & Mucciaccia Gallery, Singapore
Novanta artisti per una bandiera, curated by Sandro Parmigiani, Chiostri di San Domenico, Reggio Emilia
OPEN the generation of future, curated by Graziano Menolascina, BLUORG, Bari
Hic et Nunc, un segno d’artista, curated by Graziano Menolascina, Centro per l’arte contemporanea open space, Catanzaro
2012
Open space 2, curated by Fabio De Chirico, Carmelo Cipriani, Palazzo Arnone, Cosenza
Change revolution starts in the street, curated by Francesca Briganti, Palazzo Condotti, Foligno
Il labirinto del fauno, curated by Graziano Menolascina, Masseria il Brigantino, Fasano
2011
Scarico a carico, curated by Giuseppe Stagnitta, Torre Vignazza, Giardini, Naxos
2010
Carte d’identità, curated by Graziano Menolascina, Galleria Graziano Menolascina, Rome
Martedì critici, curated by Alberto Dambruoso and Micol Di Veroli, Rome
2009
Black and white, curated by Maurizio Calvesi, Galleria La Nuvola, Rome
Titled/Untitled, curated by Alberto Dambruoso and Micol Di Veroli, Galleria Wunderkammer, Rome
Scanning, curated by Stefano Elena, Galleria Studio Soligo, Rome
2008
Impronta globale, curated by Daniele Arzenta, Istituto Superiore Antincendi, Rome
Falce e martello, curated by Daniela Arzenta, Giorgia Calò, Roberto Gramiccia, MUASPAC, L’Aquila
Paraboles Exhibition, Gezira Art Center, Il Cairo, Egypt
Paraboles Exhibition,Creativity Center, Alessandria d’Egitto, Egypt
Arte senza tempo, curated by Raffaella Bozzini, Galleria Edieuropa, Rome
2007
Sagome 547, curated by Domenico Giglio, Ministero Degli Esteri, Collezione della Farnesina, Rome
Sagome 547, Istituto di Cultura Italiano, Paris
Mediaarte, Galleria Garage, Palermo
Comtemporaneamente, curated by Giuseppe Stagnitta, Giardini Naxos, Siracusa
2006
10° Biennale Internazionale, Il Cairo, Egypt
Vespignani per Pasolini: omaggio, curated by Carmine Siniscalco, Galleria Studio-S, Rome
2005
The Dream, curated by C. Crescentini, L. Monachesi, F. Papale, C. Mosillo, Archivio Centrale, Rome
Premio Mario Razzano, Chiostro Museo del Sannio, Benevento
Roma: luoghi e colori, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome
Contemporanea Recoleta Impronte, curated by Domenico Giglio, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Outcomeout, curated by Patrizia Ferri, Galleria Fuoricentro, Rome
Sagome 547, curated by Paola D’Andrea, Via Nazionale, Rome
2004
Cleopatra, da Michelangelo all’arte contemporanea, Ambasciata d’Italia, Baku, Azerbaijan
Nel segno della solidarietà, curated by Lucrezia De Domizio and Vittoria Urbano Giuli, Fabriano
Generazionale, curated by Alberto Dambruoso, Palazzo dei Congressi, Rome
2003
The artist of Rome, Supper Club, Amsterdam
Upperground, curated by Emilio Leofreddi, University of Vienna, MACRO, Rome
Impronte, MACRO, Rome
Minotauro, Emergenze festival, Port of Catania, Italy
Assolo, Big City Life, Rome, Italy
Collezione Farnesina, Ministero Degli Affari Esteri, Rome, Italy
Il paese dei balocchi, MAAM museo dell’altro e dell’altrove, Rome, Italy
Collicola on the wall, Palazzo Collicola arti Visive, Spoleto, Italy
True Lies, Copelouzos Art Museum, Athene, Greece
Prato Contemporanea Bastione Delle Forche, Collezione Museo Pecci, Prato, Italy
Tema Sacro il Cristo di tutti, Museo del Risorgimento, Bologna, Italy