Ettore Spalletti (26 January 1940 – 11 October 2019) was an Italian artist. He exhibited at Documenta in 1982 and 1992 and represented Italy at the Venice Biennale in 1997. Spalletti was mostly known for his light blue monochrome paintings that he created on different surfaces and for his creative use of light. Spalletti lived and worked for all his life in his birthplace Cappelle sul Tavo in Abruzzo.
Selected exhibitions
1982: Documenta VII
1991: Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1992: Documenta IX
1993: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (with Haim Steinbach) 1997: 47th Venice Biennale 2009: Museum Kurhaus Kleve 2014: Jointed exhibition at MAXXI, Rome; Museo d'arte contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples; and Galleria civica d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Bergamo.