Salvatore Pica | |
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Born | Naples, Italy | 7 January 1939
Died | 25 April 2022 Naples, Italy | (aged 83)
Pen name | Pick&Paik |
Occupation | Entrepreneur, cultural operator, writer |
Salvatore Pica (7 January 1939 – 25 April 2022) was an Italian art and design entrepreneur. He was one of the first to promote design and contemporary art culture in post-war southern Italy. [1] [2]
In 1968, the Centro Ellisse opened in Naples, [3] a city with many antiquarian furniture shops and restorers. Pica proposed selling modern Italian-designed products from manufacturers like Driade, [4] Alessi and Kartell, and displaying them in a house-like setting. Following this innovative showroom style, the shop changed to sell artworks by contemporary Neapolitan artists [5] and ones from his friend Lucio Amelio's Modern Art Agency.
'Centro Ellisse' was a sponsoring partner of Naples' Academy of Fine Art, producing competitions and exhibitions for art students. [6] Ellisse published books on design, art, theatre, and anthropology under the editorial project "Quaderni Ellisse". Its authors included Giulio Baffi, [7] Stefano De Stefano, and photographers including Fabio Donato. [8]
At the Pica Gallery, Pica worked as curator and gallerist, supporting young artists amongst whom were Lino Fiorito, Gennaro Castellano, Adriana De Manes, Matteo Attruia, [9] and Pierre-Yves Le Duc. [10] He also helped re-discover artists he had promoted in the past including Renato Barisani and Sergio Fermariello. [11]
Together with Lucio Rufolo, Pica was the formal founder of "Accademia della catastrofe", [12] a situationist movement which involved Neapolitan writers.
Pica wrote about anthropology in an autobiographical and ethnographical style. [12] He wrote about metropolitan anthropology, women, and Neapolitans in books published by houses including Dante & Descartes and Colonnese. [12]
Pica died in Naples on 25 April 2022, after contracting COVID-19. [13]
Salvatore Pica | |
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Born | Naples, Italy | 7 January 1939
Died | 25 April 2022 Naples, Italy | (aged 83)
Pen name | Pick&Paik |
Occupation | Entrepreneur, cultural operator, writer |
Salvatore Pica (7 January 1939 – 25 April 2022) was an Italian art and design entrepreneur. He was one of the first to promote design and contemporary art culture in post-war southern Italy. [1] [2]
In 1968, the Centro Ellisse opened in Naples, [3] a city with many antiquarian furniture shops and restorers. Pica proposed selling modern Italian-designed products from manufacturers like Driade, [4] Alessi and Kartell, and displaying them in a house-like setting. Following this innovative showroom style, the shop changed to sell artworks by contemporary Neapolitan artists [5] and ones from his friend Lucio Amelio's Modern Art Agency.
'Centro Ellisse' was a sponsoring partner of Naples' Academy of Fine Art, producing competitions and exhibitions for art students. [6] Ellisse published books on design, art, theatre, and anthropology under the editorial project "Quaderni Ellisse". Its authors included Giulio Baffi, [7] Stefano De Stefano, and photographers including Fabio Donato. [8]
At the Pica Gallery, Pica worked as curator and gallerist, supporting young artists amongst whom were Lino Fiorito, Gennaro Castellano, Adriana De Manes, Matteo Attruia, [9] and Pierre-Yves Le Duc. [10] He also helped re-discover artists he had promoted in the past including Renato Barisani and Sergio Fermariello. [11]
Together with Lucio Rufolo, Pica was the formal founder of "Accademia della catastrofe", [12] a situationist movement which involved Neapolitan writers.
Pica wrote about anthropology in an autobiographical and ethnographical style. [12] He wrote about metropolitan anthropology, women, and Neapolitans in books published by houses including Dante & Descartes and Colonnese. [12]
Pica died in Naples on 25 April 2022, after contracting COVID-19. [13]