The introduction of this catalogue was written by Gerard Xuriguera. Wikipedia: Gianni Bertini (1922-2010) From 1947, he produced abstract painting. In 1950 , he moved to Milan and made stain painings that were exhibited in October 1951 at the Galleria Numero in Florence which constituted the first examples of "nuclear art." Returning to Paris, he had his first solo exhibition (Arnaud Gallery) held in May 1952. From 1954 , he participated in the Salon de Mai. In 1957 , he was part of the "imaginary spaces" proposed by group Restany. He traveled extensively throughout Europe with solo exhibitions in Brussels , Copenhagen , Schiedam , Amsterdam. He moved to the United States where he worked with the Gres Gallery in Chicago. In 1961, he was invited to the Konsthall in Lund ( Sweden ) for a major retrospective which is then resumed at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. It is close to the New Realism and 1962 exhibited at the Galerie J "real country." He uses photographic transfers on canvas and and in1965 signed the first manifesto Mec'art. Subsequently his work will continue on this path. He participated in "daily Mythologies," " Narrative Figuration "and" The world in question, "events organized by Gerald Gassiot-Talabot. He returned to Milan and in 1970 it founded two journals visual poetry: in 1971 "Dude" and 1972 "Lotta Poetica. "He then stays Bratislava and then back to Paris . In 1984, he has a major retrospective exhibition at the National Centre for Visual Arts. In 1991 , he produced a series of works on the Gulf War entitled "Lest we forget" and in 1992 a new round of "Antonin Artaud." He died July 8, 2010 in Caen and was buried in Pisa. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.