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Marino Alfonso Mafonso

Marino Alfonso Mafonso (Born 1948) is active/lives in Italy.  Marino Mafonso is known for Painting.

Born in Frattaminore (Na) in 1948, lives and works in Caserta.

Self-taught, began his artistic career in the early 70s living between Switzerland (Altdorf) and Italy (Rome - Milan).

In those years ('72-'74) he made a series of works focused on the recovery of artifacts through the use of colors using a paint brush and an instinctive -lyrical-primitivism painting style (cycle of works entitled Alla maniera degli altri).

He referred to Leonardo da Vinci when he said that the painting is a mental thing and also to Picasso, De Chirico, Campigli and Mondrian (first mode).

In the late 70's, he was in Rome, and was one of the founders of the group COSA MENTALE; presented from Maurizio Fagiolo Dell'Arco at the Architecture of Modern Art gallery in Rome in via Del Vantaggio.

In '79 he moved permanently to the City where he frequented the artists of the so-called Pop-ltaliana (Festa-Angeli-Schifano) at the Gallery Studio Soligo, and with them h   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2406 characters.]  Artist bio

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