In the late 1970s, Cucchi became one of the leading figures of Transavanguardia, a name coined by critic Achille Bonito Oliva to define the reintroduction of figuration into painting and sculpture, as a reaction to minimalism and conceptual rigour. Alongside Cucchi, the group was composed by Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Nicola De Maria, and Mimmo Paladino. The movement became known internationally in 1980 with a travelling exhibition at Kunsthalle Basel, the Folkwang Museum in Essen and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and with its participation at Documenta 7 in 1982.
Enzo Cucchi was born in Morro d’Alba, Italy in 1949. Cucchi currently lives and works in Rome.
Since the 1970s, Cucchi has presented numerous solo exhibitions in institutions worldwide. Among these stand out the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1983), The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1986), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1986), Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München (1987), Wiener Secession, Vienna (1988), Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (1992), Castello di Rivoli, Turin (1993), Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo (1996), Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg (1999), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (1999 and 2001), Villa Medici, Rome (2006) and MAXXI, Rome (2023).
Il poeta e il mago
Installation view at MAXXI, Rome
May 17th - October 8th 2023
Il poeta e il mago
Installation view at MAXXI, Rome
May 17th - October 8th 2023
Il poeta e il mago
Installation view at MAXXI, Rome
May 17th - October 8th 2023
Installation view at Madragoa, Lisbon, Portugal
March 18th - May 7th 2022
Installation view at Madragoa, Lisbon, Portugal
March 18th - May 7th 2022
Installation view at Madragoa, Lisbon, Portugal
January 26th - March 9th, 2019
Installation view at Madragoa, Lisbon, Portugal
January 26th - March 9th, 2019
Installation view at Madragoa, Lisbon, Portugal
January 26th - March 9th, 2019
Enzo Cucchi/ Ettore Sottsass
Installation view at Galleria Civica d’arte Contemporanea Siracusa, Siracusa, Italy
2001
Enzo Cucchi
Installation view at Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy,
1990
43rd Biennale di Venezia
Installation view at Italian Pavilion, Venice, Italy
June 1st - November 1st, 1988
Guida al Disegno
Installation view at Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
January 18th — March 1st, 1987
PREHISTORY
Installation view at Guggenheim, New York, USA
May 6th - July 6th, 1986
PREHISTORY
Installation view at Guggenheim, New York, USA
May 6th - July 6th, 1986
PREHISTORY
Installation view at Guggenheim, New York, USA
May 6th - July 6th, 1986
Enzo Cucchi
Installation view at Centre George Pompidou — Musee national d’art Moderne, Galeries Contemporaines, Paris, France
June 4th — August 24th, 1986
Enzo Cucchi
Installation view at Centre George Pompidou — Musee national d’art Moderne, Galeries Contemporaines, Paris, France
June 4th — August 24th, 1986
Zeichnungen
Installation view at Gröninger Museum, Gröningen, Germany
September 3rd — October 10th, 1982
Zeichnungen
Installation view at Gröninger Museum, Gröningen, Germany
September 3rd - October 10th, 1982
ZEITGEIST
Installation view at Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
October 16th, 1982 - January 16th, 1983
MONTI SONO SANTI
Installation view at Galerie Paul Maenz, Kõln, Germany
September 12th - October 10th, 1980