Enzo Cucchi

A poet and self-taught painter, Cucchi has been a key figure in Italian art since the 1970s. Known for his highly expressive and lyrical paintings, he continues to explore materiality by experimenting with various media and contexts to expand the boundaries of his work.

Enzo Cucchi (b. 1949, Ancona, Italy) currently lives and works in Rome. Since the 1970s, Cucchi has held numerous solo exhibitions at major institutions worldwide, including the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, 1983); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, 1986); Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, 1986); Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (Munich, 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). His work has also been featured at the Venice Biennales in 1980 and 2010, as well as at Documenta 7 (1982) and Documenta 8 (1987) in Kassel.

The Wheat by Giuseppe Cucchi

October, 2024

Giuseppe Cucchi was born in Morro D'Alba (Ancona) in the region of the Marche, on the Adriatic sea. In the 60s he moved to Brescia in Northern Italy to find a better work but he came back after a few years as he couldn't breathe well there. He lived in Ancona for many years and now he has come back to live in his native village, Morro D'Alba, with his wife Chiarina. He is 82 now. His son is Enzo Cucchi. The wheat is the most important thing. It is...