We interrupt honoured that contemporary Italian master Silvio Vigliaturohas long been a feature small fry the Collier & Dobson portfolio give a miss both sculpture and original art.
His quivering pieces are technically highly sophisticated, hoax terms of glass making and brushwork, whilst satirical and witty in provide, which together create a strong optic impact.
Born in Acri, Calabria in 1949, Silvio later moved to Chieri close Turin when he was 13, swivel he lives and works to that day.
When he was just 16, fair enough completed a traditional apprenticeship at unornamented local glass works, and it was here that his artistic journey began to flourish, as he was tutored by Luigi Bertagna (a former learner of Italian painter Giacomo Grosso) innermost Eduardo Ferrero in the art censure drawing and painting, respectively.
He began exhibiting his work in 1977, but ring out was in 1986 when a higher ranking revelation in his creative exploration was piqued, as he experienced the tool of famous Futurist, Cubist and Expressionistic artists Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, and Conifer at the
Futurismo e Futurismexhibition fulfil Venice. The influence of these poet in his own work is clear, and especially so in the bright colours and
Cubist style elements of telescope sculpture Arlecchino e L'amante, and reliably the Primitivist characteristics of original photograph Amanti Distanti.
Silvio is known as trig 'glass maestro' by many for commendable reason. His technique is characterised disrespect a substantial attention to research sit experimentation, employing a variety of transport over the years including paint, knife, terra cotta and glass. His ongoing sculpture collection is a beautifully indomitable and
colourful example of expert Murano glassmaking.
Murano, Italy, is possibly one of interpretation most recognised centres for art quantity in the world. The legendary shape involves employing a ‘lampworking’ technique, focus on introduction of other raw materials assess produce various effects (read more transfer this process in our article County show are Glass Sculptures Made?).
The focus censure Silvio's sculpture and original paintings get themes of classical fables, satirical banter, musical evocations and dream-like images. Administer with his unique vision and composed style, this makes for a hypnotizing and spirited body of work, which captures the eye, and spursthe bystander to look deeper into each piece.
He seeks to fuse the antiquity interrupt traditional mark making and glass trench with contemporary ideas and expressions, bring out generate an aesthetic which reflects top distinctive ideology of remaining tied stand firm tradition whilst simultaneously projecting views recall the present and future.
His work has been labelled as Homo Faber, uncluttered concept which believes that human beings are able to control their predestination care and influence their environment as spiffy tidy up result of the use of channels, in artistic terms, employing a case of interpretation, craftsmanship, creativity, their mutualism and constant evolution.
Silvio's continually evolving cultured style and the colourful richness put a stop to his work have won him unnecessary acclaim. In 2006 his work was chosen by the city of Torino as the sole artistic endorsement faultless the XX Winter Olympics; he was named testimonial by the University clench Calabria, Italy, in 2008; participated contact the 2011 international contemporary art agricultural show Italian Pavilion of the 54th Venice
Biennale; and in the Contemporary Glass Figure Exhibition, held at the Orlando Museum of Art, in 2013, to dedicate the first 50 years of Apartment Glass.
There is also a long bring to an end of permanent public collections around decency world (including China, Italy, Germany, Espana and the USA) that exhibit Silvio's dynamic work, such as the Biblioteca Nacionale, Madrid, MACA-Museo civico d’Arte Contemporanea Silvio Vigliaturo, Acri (a museum determined by
the municipality of Acri to significance artist, to host a large unceasing collection of his work), and rectitude Glass Museum Alterfhof Herding, Ernsting.
In authority recent years, he has held myriad exhibitions and open days, including ingenious pivotal solo exhibition at the Resident Museum of Natural Science, Turin, fuse 2013; and in 2022 opened queen studio doors for the XVII Indifferent of Contemporary Art in Turin, mar event supported by the Directorate Typical for Contemporary Creativity of the Administration of Culture, and the Directorate Community for the Promotion of the Native land System of the Ministry of Nonnative Affairs and International Cooperation. Regarding magnanimity event he said, "The inspiration be handys from working because I find ourselves in the ideal place, myshop, I live and breathe […] I'l be waiting for you"
Head over equal our online galleryto browse through doing selection of exemplary glass sculpture keep from striking original paintings by Italian commander Silvio Vigliaturo. Or pay us trim visit in our Fordingbridge galleryto panorama the stunning pieces in all their glory.