Arturo Schwarz bought some of his works, and in 1965 organized a one-man exhibition, introduced by
Gillo Dorfles on the catalogue
In 1966, he started a long-term relationship with Naviglio Gallery of Milan that represented him exclusively and in 1973 published a wide monographic book by
Gillo Dorfles
In 1966, he was invited to exhibit some works at the Biennale di Venezia, and in 1970 he had a dedicated space at the Biennale
Afterwards there was a period when he worked and studied in the Mediterranean countries of Africa and in the USA, where he introduced himself with a one-man exhibition at the Bonino Gallery in New York
In 1967, he was invited to exhibit his works at the Biennale of Sao Paulo and, in 1968, at the Biennale of young artists
In 1967, he produced some environmental paintings such as
Blu Abitabile for the exhibition
Lo Spazio dell’Immagine, in Foligno (Italy), and
Grande Nero for his one-man exhibition at the Museum am Ostwall of Dortmund In 1979, within the exhibition, supervised by
Francesca Alinovi and
Renato Barilli, he produced the work
Dal giallo al bianco e dal bianco al giallo, where the environment, considered as a human activity, is analyzed as a primary activity, thus psychological The same concept was present again in 2002 when he produced
Ambiente Bianco – Spazio trattenuto e spazio invaso, at the Fondazione Guggenheim of Venice
In 1980, under the supervision of
Flavio Caroli and
Gillo Dorfles, the Lombardy Government organized a wide review of his entire production at the Palazzo Te of Mantua
In 2001, the National Academy of San Luca awarded
Agostino Bonalumi with the
Republic President Prize for his works as a sculptor On this occasion a retrospective exhibition was held at the Accademy site, accompanied by a monographic book by
Achille Perilli
He was also interested in stage design In 1970, he designed and produced the scenes and costumes for the ballet
Partita for the Teatro Romano in Verona, with music by Goffredo Petrassi and choreography by Susanna Egri
In 1972, he designed and produced the scenes and costumes for the ballet
Rot at the Teatro dell’Opera of Rome, with music by Domenico Guaccero and choreography by Amedeo Amodio
He produced artist books in collaboration with Edizioni Colophon, Belluno and with Edizioni Il Bulino, Roma
Collections of his poetry works have been published by Colophon, by Book Editore and by Edizioni Poli Art
Despite a long term illness,
Bonalumi follows on working assiduously on the development of his research, reaching the outstanding results of the latest years
He also completes the production of a cycle of bronze sculptures based on projects developed on the late sixties
Bruxelles, Moscow, New York, Singapore are few of the world capitals hosting one-man expositions during his latest activity period
During the summer of 2013, he enthusiastically collaborates at the realization of his important exhibition in London, which vernissage, unfortunately, he will never see
Agostino Bonalumi dies on September 18th, in Monza Just a week before, he was working in the place in the world where he felt the best: his studio
From Archivio Bonalumi site: http://wwwarchiviobonalumicom/AgostinoENG
