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Giacomo Cuttone (Marsala, 1958) completed his studies at the Art School and the
Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo. He has participated in the artistic life since 1972
exhibiting, by invitation, in numerous group exhibitions. He has to his credit several
personal exhibitions held in the national territory. He illustrated poetry books and literary
magazines. In the 1980s he founded, together with other Sicilian artists, the Cultural
Center of Visual Arts of Marsala and, together with the Poet Antonino Contiliano, as part
of the cultural promotion of the Municipality of Petrosino, he gave life to a Review of
Contemporary Art and a Poetry Prize. He is the co-author of some collective poetry texts
with intersemiotic editing. In 2013 he published, together with Gianmario Lucini, Song of
lost children, Edizioni CFR, Piateda (SO). He lives in Mazara del Vallo and teaches Art
and Image in lower secondary schools.
Analysing the artistic life of Giacomo Cuttone, we will be much impressed and
overwhelmed by his contributions born in three is major periods of phases of his life.

First period - until 1989 Second period- "ideogrammatic
Giacomo Cuttone lyrically expressed abstraction" (until 2009)
the real of the imaginary as an Magical signs embrace and radiate infinite
essential dimension of life and where space, where Giacomo Cuttone wove his
he sought the expressive immediacy of infinite canvas, a labyrinth of memory and
travel, joy, strength; a language that creativity; a sudden painting full of
claimed the civil commitment of art; chromatisms, projected into the world of the
Typical work is well said by, Nel mondo fantastic, shattered into irregular geometric
della luna, mixed on paper 35x50. figures;

2001, The word trade center, acrylic and
sand, 80x80 demonstrates the second period.