Draft:Filippo Biagioli

Filippo Biagioli
Born	February 9, 1975 Pistoia, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Movement	Art Brut
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Filippo Biagioli (February 9, 1975, Pistoia, Italy), is an Italian artist, also known under the pseudonym of Analphabeta.

Biography

Serravallino by adoption, he began painting in 1997, during a long convalescence caused by a road accident. Biagioli first dedicated himself to graphic art, comics and tattoos, the ritual meaning of which he began to independently study. The meeting (1999) and subsequent friendship with the Pistoia artist Romolo Romano constitutes a turning point for his career, to which Biagioli attributes great importance, since Romano had a great influence in Biagioli's growth as an artist and as a person, writes the latter in his book "Art on the River".

In 2006 a new phase of his career began. Biagioli tries his hand at drawing, sculpture, calligraphy and photography. He begins to sign his works with the abbreviation of his initials, FPP. Subsequently he began to make himself known under the pseudonym of "analphabeta", inspired by the Analfabetic Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, and by Jean Dubuffet's Art Brut. Spontaneity is the basis of this art, but it presents quite a few differences depending on the countries of origin. During an interview in 2012, Biagioli stated:

«Jean-Michel Basquiat was the founder of Illiterate Art, he laid his foundations in New York in the 80s (1980). I have always been attracted by his spontaneity, immediacy and graphic style. I drew a lot of inspiration from him, but my cultural roots cannot be the same. Serravalle Pistoiese (a small Italian municipality), where I have lived since 2000, and New York are perfectly at the "extremes"

The year 2007 is considered to be a major turning point in his career. In addition to studying Picasso's styles, he is fascinated by African Art, whose esoteric and ritual aspect fascinates him. Thus he began his long journey dedicated to sculpture and fabrics, inspired by the African Asafo flags (Ghana). From this moment on his works can be divided into two different areas: on the one hand painting (which he sees as a sarcastic diary with which to tell the world), on the other Tribal and Ritual Art ( with which to tell a more spiritual and intimate aspect). From 2014, following a new accident, he decided to work non-profit on projects to spread culture around the world and support the fight against disability.

Works in museums and collections

The Rights Office Archive of the Vatican Apostolic Library in Vatican City, the Library of the British Museum Images Department in London, the Fondazione Musei Torino Library in Turin, the Museo del Prado Archive in Madrid, the Library of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, the Library of the Tate Library Gallery in London, the MUSPAC Experimental Museum for Contemporary Art in L'Aquila, the Library of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, the Library of the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints of the Uffizi in Florence, the Library of the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, the Library of the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia of Madrid, possess a hand-made copy of the work "Treatise of demonology, Summa verborum, numeri, temporis et spatii" made in all, in 24 copies.

Remaining in the field of handmade books in unique copies, the Girolamini Library and Monumental Complex in Naples has a book created inside a mandorla using poems by Francesca de Masi. The Hovhanness Toumanian Museum in Yerevan in Armenia has a volume dedicated to the fairy tales of the national writer Toumanian; while the Hemp Museum of Sant'Anatolia di Narco has a handmade book entirely made of hemp, entitled "Legendario della Valnerina". The Library of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection has a handmade book in wood and paper that tells the importance of Tribal Art through a tale by Biagioli. A Ligurian church from the 1700s has the Book of Devotions to the Madonna della Misericordia.

As part of the works containing metal, the Museum of Contemporary Art in the city of Kapan in Armenia has in its collection a Sword and a Crown dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The church of Santo Stefano in Serravalle Pistoiese houses a cross in wood and pewter, in the Baptismal Font, dedicated to the Passion of Christ and finally the 500 Museum in Garlenda (Savona) permanently displays the side of a Fiat 500 in iron and fabric.

The Civic Museum Setificio Monti of Abbadia Lariana (LC) owns a silk-on-silk embroidery depicting the Legend of Grigna, while the MOCA Museum of Montecatini Terme owns an embroidered fabric representing the Church of the Assumption and a graffitied photograph depicting a street in the city[14]. The Museum of San Valerio in Occimiano (Alessandria) has a cloth embroidered with the face of the saint of the same name.

Finally, the Museum of Contemporary and 20th Century Art in Monsummano Terme has three large works by the artist. And the Museum of Enlightenment in Casale Monferrato exhibits in its collection of works dedicated to the Chanukkia, one by Biagioli, made of gold leaf and wood.