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Mixed media (oil on canvas on filling material) Italy, 1966 Agostino Bonalumi (1935-2013) - Italian artist Each signed and dated in pen on verso, 'ABonalumi 66' Dimensions: each 27 x 27 cm Good condition Provenance: German private collection Agostino Bonalumi was a member of the important artist group ZERO. His works from the 1960s have sold for up to 200,000 euros in the international auction market The present wall objects are the works of the Italian artist Agostino Bonalumi, and date from 1966. They were executed at a time, in which Bonalumi had already joined the ZERO group. ZERO was founded in 1958 by Heinz Mack and Otto Piene. The ZERO artists searched for alternatives to the former art values, especially to the informel and tachistic art. In this manner, ZERO designated the 'zero hour', an intermediate zone, in which an old state becomes a new one. The works of the ZERO artists are situated somewhere between painting and sculpture and characterized by a minimalist aesthetic. The present wall objects are typical and very early examples of Bonalumi's oeuvre. His monochrome color surfaces on haptic image substrates are among his most sought after works. With these 'painting-objects' ('pittura-oggetto' in Italian), Bonalumi fitted the painting with a three-dimensionality. In doing so, he followed the ideas of his great mentor Lucio Fontana. The paintings are each signed and dated in pen on verso, 'ABonalumi 66'. They are overall in good condition with slight wear marks. The blue work shows minor nicks to the corners and a fine scratch mark in the left half of the painting. The white work is somewhat brownish due to its age, and shows slight craquelé and superficial dirt. The dimensions are 27 x 27 cm. Agostino Bonalumi (1935-2013) Agostino Bonalumi's apprenticeship began with a training as a draftsman at the 'Istituto Tecnico Industriale' in Vimercate near Milan. Between 1957 and 1958, he visited the studio of Enrico Baj in Milan. There he met Piero Manzoni and Enrico Castellani, with whom he exhibited several times, as well as founding the magazine and gallery 'Azimuth'. Influenced by Lucio Fontana and the informel art, he mainly created reliefs and three-dimensional spatial arrangements. In 1960, the founders of the Azimuth gallery separated, and Bonalumi and Manzoni joined the 'ZERO' group. The following year, Bonalumi was a co-founder of the group 'Nouvelle École Européenne' in Lausanne. Since 1970, the artist also worked as a stage and costume designer for various theaters in Italy. Bonalumi has participated in a number of national and international exhibitions and biennials. His works are on display in major museum collections, including the Galleria Nazionale d' Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome, and the Walker Art Center in Minnesota. Due to the legal obligation for the resale royalty in the art market the following applies: As a result of its membership in the AV Kunst, Auctionata charges additionally to the hammer price the contribution to the AV Kunst of currently 2.1% of the revenues from the sale of fine arts and photographs pro rata towards the buyer. More information about royalty right in our T&C.