Maurizio Cannavacciuolo

Maurizio Cannavacciuolo (b. 1954 Napoli, lives in Roma). He began exhibiting with the Lucio Amelio gallery in Napoli in the late 1970s. He has travelled extensively and worked in several countries, especially in Southeast Asia and the Americas. 

His research focuses on intercultural differences which he presents as a satirical and theatrical key to the absurd. He has often referred to his works as “Machine à penser”. Some of his works are kept in various national and international public institutions and museum collections.