Alfred Breitman is an Italian artist of Jewish origin, born in the late 1950s. He has put on shows and performances in Italy and abroad covering pop art, conceptualism, video installations, land art, comic book design, advertising and photography, as well as painting and traditional engraving.
In 1975 the painter Mario Schifano introduced Breitman to the American artist Andy Warhol in Milan. During a brainstorming session with other young artists...
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Alfred Breitman is an Italian artist of Jewish origin, born in the late 1950s. He has put on shows and performances in Italy and abroad covering pop art, conceptualism, video installations, land art, comic book design, advertising and photography, as well as painting and traditional engraving.
In 1975 the painter Mario Schifano introduced Breitman to the American artist Andy Warhol in Milan. During a brainstorming session with other young artists, the "Pop Art Crisis" project was conceived, which proposed inserting cultural and social values into pop imagery. Breitman has often worked with the marketing departments of major firms, creating pop images capable of reaching the public, not only in art galleries, but also from shop windows and through major retailers. Gatto cinese (Chinese Cat) and Slot Machines for Hoover; Stelle Virtuali (Virtual Stars) for IBM; Icone Pop (Pop Icons) for Schering-Plough etc.
In the 1980s he met the master of graffiti art Keith Haring at Fiorucci in Milan...
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