O.k. -- there's not really 500 of them (only 488)and not all of them are bad
(especially the one shown above,
by Francesco Messina )(whose admirers have made another website for him here
But Messina (1900-1995) comes from the great generation
of European sculptors -- and almost everyone else on
this site
is at least 50 years younger.
(note: an explanation for this site
can be found here , but my Italian is too primitive to translate it)
Rino GianniniAnd actually -- there's several more
that I liked from the site,
although most of them, like this sculptor ,
are at least as old as I am
Rino GianniniA full length, nude self portrait
at the age of 40 ?!?!
He's a bolder man than I am !
(and also quite a technician,
since this standing figure is terracotta)
Vanni PenoneA rather obvious homage to a similar piece by the great Martini
Marcello GiannozziI really like this piece,
but as happened so often on this site,
it's the only piece by him that I enjoyed.
Marco CorniniI guess this story is rather obvious,
but I like obvious
(and I hope it's not the girl's father
who picks up the phone)
Mario Pecoraino
Massimo GalleniFor whatever reason,
Italians have always been nuts about marble,
and many will still commit themselves
to achieving a high level of proficiency
Francesco Stefan
Giacomo Ceccarelli
Gino Molisano
Adriano Bozzolo
Adriano Bozzolo
Alberto Inglesi
Anna Maria Ferrari
Anna Maria FerrariAnna Maria seems to be my favorite
of the younger (born after 1950) sculptors shown on this site.
Alba GonzalesAnd finally, I chose this one to
speculate on all the stuff that I didn't like.
Because I'm sure that Alba could make something
that pleases me,
but he feels this insane compulsion
to make something bizarre,
i.e. recognizably contemporary.
Some of Anna's stuff is a bit more than just quite sensuous is it not? This is my favourite one of hers:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ferrari-am.it/gallery8.html
"Bad" also has that connotation of "really cool" -- so it took a moment to realize that you were writing what I was thinking. Kudos for investigating, nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteUm, if I turn out to be #501(geographically speaking), you'll be nice, right?
Amanda, if I had seen those two small portraits of yours up on this site -- they would have been included in the above group (of ones I like)
ReplyDeleteAnd now I realize that -- hipster that I am -- I've never used the word "bad" when I really meant "good"
...mmm don't you like my works?
ReplyDeleteI love comments positive or negative.. they make me a better worker..
...sorry for my english
giacomo ceccarelli
No -- wait -- Giacamo -- your "Fanciullo" was one that I liked !
ReplyDelete(and I wish you'd show a larger picture of your altarpiece -- and if you send me one - I'll put it on my website