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ARTURO LINI was born in Volterra in 1948, one of the most fascinating medieval Italian place. Later the family moved to Versilia, on the Tuscany coast, where he lives up to the mid-seventies when he moved to Florence, in the historic district of Santa Croce.
He graduated from the Institute Paladini, in Lucca, and from Advertising Academy School in Rome. In love with the poetic word he has participated in the experimental poetry of the seventies. Subsequently has taken part in the artistic movement of visual poetry, coming to a painting composed of primordial signs and pictographs. He has participated in prestigious exhibitions, artistic events and performances. In 2003 he has founded Poesianet.it, a site dedicated to the digital poetry.

Curriculum (PDF)
Catalogue online


       Portfolio
  • IL GRANDE VETRO: The magazine on which pages I had the pleasure to publish poems and literal texts. These, with presentation of Dino Carlesi, were published in n. 60, March 1984. The page in pdf.
  • POEMS TO WEAR: in collaboration with the stylist Veronica Marchetti, for "I luoghi dell'utopia", Viareggio (LU), 2008
  • ARTE S.O.S: "Art SOS" is the title of this work with which I attended an international exhibition on contemporary art.
    Viareggio, November 2004.
  • CORPO D'ARMATA: with this photo I attended the third number of BAU, container of contemporary art, which had the theme "Army Corps". In the spring 2006.
  • IL SOGNO DEL POETA: "The dream of the poet". It consists of a text that reflects a real dream, and a bottom made of shells on which are engraved the letters.
    PDF version
  • SOUVENIR PHOTO: Carla Roncato Arte Contemporanea, Milano, 2010.
  • I LUOGHI DELL'ANNUNCIAZIONE: "The Places of the Annunciation" Personal show developed in a cloister of the Renaissance, near the church of S. Agostino, in Pietrasanta (LU), in 2001.
    Here in digital format
  • PARAGONE: One of the most prestigious Italian literary magazines that in the spring of 1998 housed some of my poems.
    PDF version
  • LA PAROLA MOSTRA IL SUO CORPO: Ivrea (Italy) June 2008. On display paintings, engravings, maps, tables, books of poetry, by the most important Italian artists engaged in this unique and unpredictable compartment of the contemporary culture.
  • THE SOUND OF THE WORDS: for "Klang, suoni contemporanei", Civici Musei di Villa Paolina, Viareggio, 2009
  • L'ULTIMA ONDA: Performance dedicated to P. B. Shelley whose body was cremated on the beach near Viareggio in the August 1822.
    On the lectern, placed on the sea front, the text of the English poet's poem: Love's Philosophy.
    Viareggio, October 2006.
  • ALFABETISMO. Catalogue of the itinerant exhibition, curated by Nicola Micieli, on the relationship between sign and word in the visual arts, which took off in August 2000
  • TRACCE: Historical writing poetry magazine. In n.12, July 1985, hosted one of my poems: The rose
  • EXIL: a book of poems by Luciano Roncalli. He asked me to design the book cover. I used an incision based on previous work of visual poetry: "Distance of the Io"
Il grandevetro


IL GRANDE VETRO
1984
i LUOGHI DELL'UTOPIA


POEMS TO WEAR
2008



ARTE S.O.S
2004


CORPO D'ARMATA
2006


IL SOGNO DEL POETA
2005



SOUVENIR PHOTO
2010


I LUOGHI DELL'ANNUNCIAZIONE
2000


PARAGONE
1998
Carale Accattino

LA PAROLA MOSTRA IL SUO CORPO
2008


THE SOUND OF THE WORDS
2009
Klang suoni contemporanei

THE SOUND OF THE WORDS (part.)
2009


L'ULTIMA ONDA
2006


ALFABETISMO
2000


TRACCE


EXIL
1994