About this Work
About the Artist
Italian
b. 1933 Castelfiorentino (FI), ItalyPaolo Buggiani was born in 1933 in Castelfiorentino, in the heart of Tuscany. In the early 1950s he moved to Rome to pursue his study of contemporary art. In 1955, he participated in the national competition: Incontri della Gioventù where he won first place, along with the painter Romagnoni. Soon after, he was invited to the first Salone d’Estate along with 31 other artists of the Roman Avant-garde. In 1956, Buggiani had his first one-man show at the Schneider gallery of Rome presented by Corrado Cagli. He moved to New York in 1962 and in 1968 received a Guggenheim Fellowship for his experimental method of sculpture called the Vacuum Forming System. During this period he was also researching the concept of time as it relates to art. He returned to Italy in May, 1968, and was active both in Rome and Milan.Buggiani returned to New York in 1978 and began his work on Reptiles and Urban Mythology. These images placed into the urban environment brought him popularity as one of the most important members of the Street Art Movement, along with Keith Haring, Richard Hambleton, Ken Hiratsuka, Linus Coraggio, and R.V. (Robin Vanarsdol). In 2017-2018, Buggiani and his close friend Keith Haring were subjects of an important exposition at Florence’s Palazzo Medici Riccardi, entitled Made in New York. Keith Haring, Paolo Buggiani and co. The true origin of Street Art.
b. 1933 Castelfiorentino (FI), ItalyPaolo Buggiani was born in 1933 in Castelfiorentino, in the heart of Tuscany. In the early 1950s he moved to Rome to pursue his study of contemporary art. In 1955, he participated in the national competition: Incontri della Gioventù where he won first place, along with the painter Romagnoni. Soon after, he was invited to the first Salone d’Estate along with 31 other artists of the Roman Avant-garde. In 1956, Buggiani had his first one-man show at the Schneider gallery of Rome presented by Corrado Cagli. He moved to New York in 1962 and in 1968 received a Guggenheim Fellowship for his experimental method of sculpture called the Vacuum Forming System. During this period he was also researching the concept of time as it relates to art. He returned to Italy in May, 1968, and was active both in Rome and Milan.Buggiani returned to New York in 1978 and began his work on Reptiles and Urban Mythology. These images placed into the urban environment brought him popularity as one of the most important members of the Street Art Movement, along with Keith Haring, Richard Hambleton, Ken Hiratsuka, Linus Coraggio, and R.V. (Robin Vanarsdol). In 2017-2018, Buggiani and his close friend Keith Haring were subjects of an important exposition at Florence’s Palazzo Medici Riccardi, entitled Made in New York. Keith Haring, Paolo Buggiani and co. The true origin of Street Art.
