Umberto Bignardi (Bologna, 1935; lives and works in Milan) emerged as a pioneer of vis- ual and multimedia experimentation as early as the beginning of the 1960s. At the time, he was living in Rome and was one of the leading figures in an inimitable period linked to Pop Art, which he approached with a certain self-sufficiency when it came to the imagery of his peers Schifano, Festa, Angeli and Fioroni, with whom he nonetheless associated regularly.
This exhibition realized by Galleria Bianconi, which has been promoting and studying the work of Umberto Bignardi for many years through direct collaboration with the master himself. It focuses on four specific years which were absolutely packed with experimen- tal forays and were marked by an incredibly active schedule of exhibitions in contexts today seen as essential in interpreting events in Italy and further afield in that specific period. The exhibition makes reference above all to his collaboration with Fabio Sargen- tini's L'Attico, Italy's most famous gallery in the Sixties for its avant-garde leanings, the popularity of which reached as far as America. The talk between Bignardi and Sargentini – scheduled to take place during the gallery exhibition in Milan – will be dedicated to this unrepeatable period.


Visual Experiments in Rome 1964-1967