Ronnie Cutrone

Ronnie Cutrone was born in 1948 in New York City, where he studied art at the School of Visual Arts. There, he came into contact with the New York avant-garde art scene and later worked as an assistant to Andy Warhol at the Factory from 1972 to 1982. Cutrone belonged to the first generation of American artists whose visual education was shaped by television, Hollywood myths, coloring books, advertising, and rock ’n’ roll. His Pop-inspired work began in 1982 with paintings depicting cartoon characters such as Felix the Cat and Pink Panther, symbols of his personal way of observing human nature while emphasizing the social and political implications of American society. In Italy, he held several exhibitions in museum settings. Among the most comprehensive were those hosted at Palazzo Bricherasio in Turin in 1999, at the Museo Civico di Castel Nuovo in Naples, and at the Chiostro del Bramante in Rome in 1997. In 1998, the artist was invited to several South American cities, including Curitiba, Salvador, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro, where he participated in various exhibitions. In 2004, he took part in the major Pop Art exhibition held at the Triennale Milano. In 2006, Cutrone inaugurated a new exhibition at Lorenzelli Arte, followed in 2009 by exhibitions at the Milk Gallery and Mazzoleni. His works are included in the collections of some of the world’s most important museums, including the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Ronnie Cutrone passed away in 2013.