Nik Spatari
Nicodemo "Nik" Spatari (16 April 1929 – 25 August 2020) was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and art scholar. He created the "Parco-Museo Santa Barbara", known also as MUSABA, an open-air art museum realised in the 10th century St. Barbara monastery area close to Spatari's birthplace of Mammola, in south-eastern Calabria.
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Nik Spatari
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- 1929
- Died
- 2020
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Nicodemo "Nik" Spatari (16 April 1929 – 25 August 2020) was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and art scholar. He created the "Parco-Museo Santa Barbara", known also as MUSABA, an open-air art museum realised in the 10th century St. Barbara monastery area close to Spatari's birthplace of Mammola, in south-eastern Calabria.
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Nik Spatari is recorded with the occupation architect. Recorded with the occupation gallerist. Recorded with the occupation sculptor. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded as a citizen of Italy.
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1929
Nik Spatari was born on 16 April 1929.
2020
Nik Spatari died on 25 August 2020.
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- 1.Nik Spatari and MuSaBa. Energitismo.
- 2.MUSABA. Story.
- 3.ideedituttounpo. Nik Spatari: a tu per tu il volto di Dio. 14 February 2017.
- 4.CalabriaCult. Il futuro interiore di Nik Spatari.
- 5.National Geographic Italia. MuSaBa, l'arte di Nik Spatari tra passato e futuro.
- 6.CasAnima. Nik Spatari e Hiske Maas.
- 7.CityNow. Dall'Olanda in Aspromonte per amore, alla "Vita in diretta" la storia di Nik Spatari ed Hiske Maas. 31 January 2018.
- 8.TripAdvisor. il mondo secondo Nik Spatari.
- 9.CityNow. MuSaBa a rischio: l'appello di Nik Spatari e Hiske Maas al Ministro Franceschini. 22 November 2017.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Nik Spatari, L'enigma delle arti asittite nella Calabria ultra-mediterranea, Reggio C., Iiriti ed., 2002,
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Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Nicodemo Spatari and Nick Spatari. His recorded languages were Italian and French.
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