Stefano Di Stasio recalls Maurizio Calvesi and the birth of Anacronismo

In a personal recollection published by Artribune, Italian painter Stefano Di Stasio recounts his first encounter with art historian and critic Maurizio Calvesi in 1980. Di Stasio, who had begun developing a figurative narrative painting style in the late 1970s, was noticed by gallerist Plinio De Martiis and invited to join his legendary gallery La Tartaruga in Rome. Just before his first two exhibitions—a group show and a solo show—De Martiis brought Calvesi to Di Stasio's studio. Calvesi was immediately intellectually drawn to the work and soon coined the term "Anacronismo" to describe this return to figurative painting that defied the avant-garde orthodoxy of the time. Di Stasio acknowledges the controversies and limitations of the label but admits that Calvesi's definition captured the essence of a movement that sought creative force "outside of time." The article also includes promotional mentions of Artribune's newsletters and services. The source URL is an Artribune article from August 2020, likely published upon Calvesi's death.