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Gaspare Manos is an Italian painter

Painting

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and sculptor. His work traces the boundary between abstraction

Abstract art

Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...

and figurative art

Figurative art

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Education

Gaspare Manos was educated in Greece

Greece

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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and Britain

United Kingdom

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. He then studied at the London School of Economics

London School of Economics

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where he gained a PhD

PHD

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in Economics

Economics

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Career

The Italian artist Gaspare Manos was born 6 July 1968 in Bangkok

Bangkok

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/ Thailand

Thailand

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from a United Nations

United Nations

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diplomat father and mother Elena Luxardo

Luxardo

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.

The work of Manos traces the boundary between abstract art

Abstract art

and figurative art

Figurative art

and draws on his experiences living in Asia

Asia

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(1969–73), Africa

Africa

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(1973–1982) and Europe

Europe

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(1983–present). Gaspare Manos is well known for his artistic interpretation of the urban world and his aim to define a new theory of art based on phenomenology.

His paintings exhibited during the inauguration of the Museo della Civilta' in Trieste

Trieste

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in 2009. His works are included in private, corporate and public collections around the world as shown by the URBIS exhibition in Venice, Italy, (2008) with over 150 works reunited in a single retrospective of this painter. Also see: http://www.connessomagazine.it/trieste-inaugura-il-civico-museo-della-civiltà-istriana-fiumana-e-dalmata

Selected recent solo exhibitions

2010 Museo della Civilta' Dalmata, Trieste, Italy
2009 Galerie Boulakia, Paris
2008 Museo Diocesano, Venice
2007 Palazzo della Provincia, Reggio Calabria, Italy

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