“My painting is based on the fact that only what can be seen there, is there. It really is an object.” ~ Frank Stella

 

When we think of Italians and art, how many think of Minimalism, an art movement that appeared in the 1960s which embodied simplicity in content and form, intending to exclude signs of personal expression. Instead of Minimalism, some of us might associate Italians and Italian-Americans with traditional artisti, such as Michelangelo and Botticelli. 

 

This contemporary Italian-American artist has been creating notable pieces of art for over six decades and the San Francisco Bay Area has a rare opportunity to view a retrospective of his stellar art at San Francisco’s de Young Museum through February 26, 2017. Although his larger outdoor public pieces will not be on display, you can see from these photographs the breadth of his unique style.