Devil Spirits
Devil Spirits is an original drawing in ink on paper realized by Sergio Barletta in 1962.
Applied on passepartout: 49 x 35 cm.
Hand-signed on the lower right and dated.
Titled on the rear on the detailed description paper.
In very good conditions.
Sergio Barletta (1934) is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator, who has also published some humorous and political satire books. From the age of 22 is active in Rome, where he worked as an illustrator and art director in some monthly magazines like “Costume”, Diners Club house organ, BP Review, IBM, and others. In 1965 started the joint-working with Marino Gallery in Rome, and in 1966 in Milan with Humour Graphic’s group, at Levi Gallery and others in the following years.
Devil Spirits is an original drawing in ink on paper realized by Sergio Barletta in 1962.
Applied on passepartout: 49 x 35 cm.
Hand-signed on the lower right and dated.
Titled on the rear on the detailed description paper.
In very good conditions.
The artwork represents the devilish creatures in a well-balanced composition, created skillfully through quick and confident strokes, resembling the Cobra movement painting, in which experimentation was essential. according to the movement, experimentation was the symbol of unfettered freedom, which, according to the Cobra movement was ultimately embodied by children and the expressions of children. The artist's efforts indicate the perfect applying of aesthetic features. Sergio Barletta (1934) is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator, who has also published some humorous and political satire books. From the age of 22 is active in Rome, where he worked as an illustrator and art director in some monthly magazines like “Costume”, Diners Club house organ, BP Review, IBM, and others. In 1965 started the joint-working with Marino Gallery in Rome, and in 1966 in Milan with Humour Graphic’s group, at Levi Gallery and others in the following years.
In these years graphic work and illustration are mixed with painting and photography, also with satirical drawings for Rinascita, weekly of the Italian communist party; Azione Sociale, weekly of ACLI Catholic Workers Association; movie posters, advertising for Gucci, some writings for Popular Photography Italiana, lay-outs, writings and illustrations for Avinews, bimonthly for tour operators and so on.
During the eighties he starts a long co-operation with satirical weekly “Il Sale”, complemented by a book with Ottaviano edizioni in Milan and others publications in Turin and Rome, all of satirical drawings. In this period he collaborates with Linus, the most important Italian comics monthly, and Harakiri, a humour weekly published in France.
Personal and group exhibitions of paintings, collages, drawings, photographs
Galleria Marino – Roma, 1965
Galleria Levi – Milano, 1966 Galleria Petronio – Bologna, 1967
Galleria d’arte moderna Villa Reale – Milano, 1967
Palazzo Costanzi – Trieste, 1967
Galleria del Naviglio – Milano, 1967
Galleria Marino – Roma, 1967
Galleria Libreria Renzo Cortina – Milano, 1968
Galleria Libreria Renzo Cortina – Milano, 1969
Society Art’s Club – Messina, 1970
Galleria Marino – Roma, 1970
Galleria Libreria Renzo Cortina – Milano, 1972
Galleria Marino – Roma, 1972
Galleria Il Diaframma – Milano, 1973
Galleria Libreria Renzo Cortina – Milano, 1974
Galleria Il Ventaglio – Firenze, 1975
Galleria Marino – Roma, 1975
Bedford House Gallery – London, 1977
Galleria Apicella – Bonn, 1979
Civico Museo Archeologico – Milano, 1980
Palazzo Barberini – Roma, 1981
Palazzo delle Stelline – Milano, 1981
Castello Sforzesco Biblioteca Trivulziana – Milano, 1982
Civico Museo Archeologico – Milano, 1983
Biblioteca Sormani – Milano, 1983
Club Migros – Milano, 1985
Centrodomus – Milano, 1985
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele – Milano, 1988
Galleria d’Arte ex libris – Roma, 1989
Civico Museo Archeologico – Milano, 1989
Palazzo delle Stelline – Milano, 1990
Palazzo d’Arte – triennale Milano, 1991
Galleria Molica Guid’Arte – Roma, 1991
Molica Gallery, West Broadway – New York, 1991
Civico Museo Archeologico – Milano, 1992
Palazzo Mediceo – Serravezza, 1994
Lalit Kala Akademi – New Delhi, 2005
Birla Academy of Art and Culture – Calcutta, 2005
Galleria Marino – Roma, 2011
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