Mauro Perucchetti
Biography1949 -
About the artist
Mauro Perucchetti (1949, Milan, Italy) is an Italian artist, who grew up in Milan. He moved to Rome where he attended classes of theatre studies. When he started acting in films, he worked along with Elizabeth Taylor and Andy Warhol in The Driver’s Seat (1974). After playing parts in several pictures he founded his own film company, but soon after he changed his mind and started a new life as an architectural designer in Londen. In 2000, Perucchetti gave up his designer’s activities and applied himself to art to become a full-time artist. He spent the next three years experimenting with materials before perfecting the ‘resin’ he wanted to use and patent. The result was a lustrous and transparent substance.
Perucchetti is at ease with an endless variety of mediums and materials, embracing classical techniques and experimental techniques as well. The ‘jelly babies’ he made from 2002 onwards show him playing with childhood associations. His work combines Conceptual Art, Minimal Art and Pop Art. Perucchetti participated in numerous art fairs. In 2009, his sculpture ‘Father and Child,’ commissioned for the headquarters of Rieben & Son, was set up in Bergen (Norway). In 2011, he presented three monumental works at the Rassegna Internazionale di Scultura di Roma. In the new Hip Pop series, Perucchetti further develops the images that have become synonymous with his work, the ‘jelly babies’, ‘skulls’, ‘heart grenades’ and ‘totems.’ These are displayed with new icons reflecting such topical issues as the global economy, environmental neglect and political unrest.
Perucchetti is at ease with an endless variety of mediums and materials, embracing classical techniques and experimental techniques as well. The ‘jelly babies’ he made from 2002 onwards show him playing with childhood associations. His work combines Conceptual Art, Minimal Art and Pop Art. Perucchetti participated in numerous art fairs. In 2009, his sculpture ‘Father and Child,’ commissioned for the headquarters of Rieben & Son, was set up in Bergen (Norway). In 2011, he presented three monumental works at the Rassegna Internazionale di Scultura di Roma. In the new Hip Pop series, Perucchetti further develops the images that have become synonymous with his work, the ‘jelly babies’, ‘skulls’, ‘heart grenades’ and ‘totems.’ These are displayed with new icons reflecting such topical issues as the global economy, environmental neglect and political unrest.
