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that same year, Carlo Levi invited him<br />

to exhibit his works at the Congress of<br />

Immigrants in Rome on whose poster<br />

one of the artist’s drawings appeared.<br />

He subsequently tackled the themes<br />

of the Sessantotto (protest movement<br />

of 1968) with a painting manner<br />

which was provocative and influenced<br />

by Pop <strong>Art</strong>. He then took on<br />

the world of cinema in 1978. In the<br />

80s, starting from alternative punk<br />

youths, he started the series “Gioventù<br />

in fermento” (Youth in Turmoil).<br />

To remember “Discovirus” and “Tell”<br />

amongst the most important thematic<br />

moments.<br />

His last big exhibition took place in<br />

1989 at the Kunsthaus of Zurich.<br />

Mario Comensoli died from a heart<br />

attack in his studio in Zurich on the<br />

2nd of June, 1993.<br />

AVANT-GARDE ART MARIO COMENSOLI

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