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Place of Birth: Frattaminore, Campania, Italy
About Mafonso (artist)
- Marino Alfonso (born November 12, 1948), better known as Mafonso, is an Italian painter and sculptor He held his first exhibition in Rome at the gallery Agenzia Arte Moderna of Paolo Sprovieri e Gianni Sampietro.
- In the late 1970s, was one of the founders of the group "Cosa Mentale" presented at the gallery AAM (Architettura Arte Moderna) curated by the art historian Maurizio Fagiolo Dell'Arco, Roma (1979).1986 "Un Panorama di Tendenze" Castel Sant'Angelo Rome Editor Luciano Luisi Publisher Newton Compton. In 2005 participated in the group exhibition "13x17: artisti per un'indagine eccentrica sull'arte in Italia, curated by Philippe Daverio, published by Rizzoli(2007) and Pittori figurativi italiani della seconda metà del xx secolo, at the Mole Vanvitelliana di Ancona curated by Armando Ginesi. 2011 he was invited to the Venice Biennale 54.
- Pavilion Italy.
- Pavilion Campania (Vittorio Sgarbi Stato dell'arte: Regioni d'Italia published by Skira)
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