Turi Simeti (1929-2021) is one of the most renowned exponents of the Italian art scene of the mid-20th century. Simeti began working as a self-taught artist when he arrived in Rome in the 1950s, but it was not until the mid-1960s, already installed in the heart of the Milan art scene, that his style began to mature and define itself, generating a turning point in his career. Simeti would establish his studio there with the help of the sponsor Felice Valadè, and of all the group of artists of the Milan circle, he was perhaps the one who was closest to the minimalist assumptions. He was part of the Azimuth group in Italy (Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, Enrico Castellani, Dadamaino, etc.) and of the ZERO group in Germany (Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Günther Ueker, Yves Klein, Yayoi Kusama, etc.).
Light, shadow, space, color and the perception of volume were the constants that marked his work, as well as the search for difference in repetition through rhythm and structure.
His work is included in some of the world’s most prominent collections, including the MAM in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the Museo d’Arte Moderna, Bolzano; the Galleria Civica, Turin; the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome; the Museo del Novecento, Palazzo Reale, Milan; the Mittelrhein-Museum, Koblenz; the Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch and the Wilhelm- Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
