Sculpture "La Greca", bonded bronze version
Sculpture "La Greca", bonded bronze version
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ars mundi Exclusive Edition | limited, 299 copies | numbered | signed | certificate | bonded bronze + shell limestone | patinated | size incl. pedestal 84 x 30 x 23 cm (h/w/d) | weight approx. 42 kg
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Sculpture "La Greca", bonded bronze version
Mongini's beautiful Greek woman combines self-movement and being moved. But she does not reveal her secret: does she show the promise of the foam-born Aphrodite, or does she want to be the symbol of earthy ecstasy?
Original sculpture. Size incl. shell limestone base 84 x 30 x 23 cm (h/w/d). Weight approx. 42 kg. ars mundi Exclusive Edition as cast, cast by hand, finely patinated. Limited edition 299 copies (limited total edition 398 copies, 99 copies made of bronze), numbered, signed and with certificate.
About Costanzo Mongini
1918-1981
From his earliest youth, the sculptor and painter Costanzo Mongini, born in Milan in 1918, confidently steered his artistic steps away from the art academies. For him, they seemed to be merely places of exaggerated self-expression. Mongini wanted to preserve his own approach to art and went his way as an autodidact.
Without fumbling experimentation, Mongini grasped what corresponded to his nature: the creation of a volcano-like explosive moment charged with symbolic content, based on the study of the great art of the past and the precise observation of nature. "What calls itself avant-garde today does not interest me," the sculptor freely admitted. Success proved him right: his triumphant bronze church portal in Portofino has become a Mecca for art lovers from all over the world.
Mongini does not see his sculptures as static, but as exalted and intensely provocative. The statue of Cardinal Ottaviani is in the Vatican's private collection.
Exhibitions held in cities like Beirut and Munich brought Mongini worldwide fame. He is especially known and loved by collectors in Italy, Germany, England, Australia, the USA and Japan. The artist died in 1981.
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Collective term for the painters and sculptors of the 20th century, such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall and others, whose works are the most recognized in our times.
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Artist's multiples have been called the most accessible and affordable art on the market.
A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures from wood, ivory or stone are made directly from the block of material, in bronze casting a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.
The prime time of sculpture after the Greek and Roman antiquity was the Renaissance. Impressionism gave a new impulse to the sculptural arts. Contemporary artists such as Jorg Immendorf, Andora, and Markus Lupertz also enriched sculptures with outstanding works.