Gilbert Valentin
BRUNO GAMBONE (BORN 1936) IS A PROTAGONIST OF CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS. AFTER STARTING TO WORK IN HIS FATHER’S CERAMICS WORKSHOP IN FLORENCE, IN 1963 HE MOVED TO NEW YORK AND BECAME A CLOSE FRIEND OF POP ARTISTS LIKE RAUSCHENBERG, LICHTENSTEIN AND WARHOL. HE LATER MOVED BACK TO ITALY, IN MILAN, AND CONTINUED TO WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS INCLUDING FONTANA. A MULTI-FACETED ARTIST HIMSELF, GAMBONE EXPERIMENTED COLORS, FABRICS, GLASS AND PAINTING, EMPLOYING SEVERAL TECHNIQUES, LED BY THE IDEA OF THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INNOVATION AND MATERIALS.