Roberto Depangher

Roberto Depangher prefers to define himself not as a conceptual artist, but as a “concept developer.” He works with a team of artisans to create his pieces, using a variety of techniques and starting from an idea that is then developed collaboratively. Depangher’s aim is to challenge banality and hypocrisy—a call for more imagination in the art world. His works provoke, confront, and stimulate critical thinking.
He began his artistic journey quite late—twenty years after Cattelan, even though he’s older than him—but the satisfaction of seeing the “ASTONISHED FACE” of someone viewing his work is, he says, just as rewarding.
His entire career, since his twenties, has been driven by the desire to surprise: in the shops and public spaces he designed, every detail was meant to amaze. Even today, many in his region still remember those successes. Roberto Depangher has a deep knowledge of Contemporary Art and its key figures, and offers something that, in a way, is missing from today’s artistic landscape.