Maurizio Nannucci

Maurizio Nannucci was born in 1939 in Florence, where he lives and works.

A key figure of Italian analytical and conceptual artistic movements, affiliated with Fluxus, Maurizio Nannucci has been exploring the relationship between art, language and image since the 1960s. In 1968, he founded the Exempla publishing house and Zona Archives Edizioni in Florence, prior to co-launching Zona (1974 - 1985), an artist-run centre for creativity. He has organised more than two hundred exhibitions and events there, with Italian and international artists. In 1981, he created Zona Radio, a station devoted to sound creation, poetry and experimental music.
 
An artist in a category all of his own, and a tireless experimenter, Maurizio Nannucci has produced a multi-disciplinary body of work which endlessly questions nature and the role of art.

Maurizio Nannucci
Red Line, 1969

 Visual arts  Installation, meeting

Maurizio Nannucci has been exploring the relations between art and language since the 1960s and began working with neon in 1967, producing his first illuminated and scriptural works.
At the end of a straight line of red glass tubing the words "Red Line" appear, in a self-description of the work. This tautological and polysemous red line forms a way for the artist to subvert exhibition conventions, while inviting the viewer to question the nature of the work.

Work on exhibit from Wednesday 3 to Saturday 6 May, at 7pm
Presented to the public by the artist on Saturday 6 May at 7pm