DANILO VITALI
Artist
Born in Bellano, on Lake Como, on 4 September 1935, he grew up in a family of fishermen.
He worked in the fish trade until 1972, when he decided to teach himself repoussé and chasing techniques on copper sheets, creating decorative panels based on designs by painters and architects.
Following a period of artistic research, he embarked on a new phase, creating three-dimensional works of his own. His first solo exhibition was organised by the Municipality of Bellano in collaboration with Itaca Comunicazione in 2013 at Spazio San Nicolao Arte Contemporanea, attracting a large audience and considerable press interest.
On the first floor of San Nicolao Arte Contemporanea, a former church that reopened to the public in October 2024 following careful restoration, a permanent collection of Danilo Vitali’s works is on display. The artist donated the works to the municipal administration to enrich the town’s cultural heritage and make them accessible to everyone. Suspended from the ceiling, the works seem to float lightly through the space: the copper fish, the main focus of the installation, drift through the air like a “suspended aquarium”, accompanied by other figures that evoke a dreamlike universe of fruit, leaves, trees and a site-specific bestiary.
