Biography
Jack Clemente (b. Novara, Italy - d. 1974) graduated with a degree in literature and philosophy in Novara and then studied painting at the Milan Brera Academy before moving to Paris in 1952. He had his first solo show at the Galerie de la Muette (1953) and in 1957 exhibited at the New Art Centre, in London.
Clemente painted in an abstract style drawing inspiration from pre-historical and geological imagery. In the 1960s he abandoned oil paint and started to work with assemblages of 'non-art' objects.
