Continue Biography In the Sixties he moved to New York where he let himself be overwhelmed by the cosmopolitan life of the metropolis and underwent the fascination of the nascent Pop Art, while in the Seventies he lived and fought in conceptual and poor environments.
In 1967 he was a pioneer of Italian Experimental Cinema following the meeting with Jonas Mekas, P. Adams Sitney, Andy Warhol, Yōko Ono, in the wake of New American Cinema. Together with Mario Schifano, Nespolo dedicated himself to avant-garde cinema and made numerous films starring his friends and colleagues Enrico Baj, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Lucio Fontana. His films have been screened and discussed in important museums including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Tate Modern in London, the Venice Biennale.
Together with Enrico Baj, Nespolo has founded the Ticinese Pataphysical Institute and is, to date, recognized as one of the highest authorities in the field.
Despite the American influences, he has never forgotten the teachings of the European avant-gardes; very marked the influence by Fortunato Depero from which Nespolo has drawn the concept of a playful art that pervades every aspect of daily life. The concept of art and life (which is also the title of a book published by the artist in 1998) is the basis of Nespolo's expressiveness and is a legacy of the Futurist Movement: "Manifesto for the Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe" (1915).
Hence also his interest in design, applied art and creative experimentation in various fields such as advertising graphics, illustration, clothing, sets and costumes for operas.
Sure that the figure of the artist cannot fail to be that of an intellectual, he studies and writes assiduously about the facts and disciplines that have to do with aesthetics and the art system.
In January 2019 the University of Turin has awarded him the Honoris Causa Degree in Philosophy.