 In 1982 he was guest of the Venice Biennale and of the London Hayward Gallery with the exhibition "Italian Art 1960–1982".Suddenly, towards the end of 1983, Devalle dropped photography, which he had begun to find too restrictive a partner and reverted to drawing with a model, recovering pre-avant grade historical movements working techniques, thus trying to find his personal position between traditional and modernity.He then began a new cycle of work