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PONGOLINI GIUSEPPE
Italian sculptor forging contemporary iron public and functional sculptures.
43010 TRECASALI PARMA ( Italy ) tel. fax. +39 0521 873030
e-mail: gpongolini@yahoo.it
Welcome
You are watching a selection of my latest works. The material I use to express myself is iron, the technique is hot forging. I am not going to say anything about my art; I wish my works had the power to communicate emotions, needless of words which are often resctrictive and useless. I will only resctrict myself to quote here some master's thoughts that are reflected in and have inspired my works.
"Expression will never come out from uncultured hands. Only if you fully have the skills and know-how you may sometimes meet the dream." G.Manzù
"It is easy to draw curve or parallel lines, visual or imaginary shapes. It is difficult to brand them, to give them expression." A.Magnelli
"Let's try, once in a while, to introduce ourselves stark naked, without sins of youth, without curricula. Let's try not to involve people with other but our works. Who watches must be neither dazed nor struck, but must only get in touch with the works." M.Maccari
__________________________________________________ "THE UNUSUAL EXPRESSIVENESS OF PAIN"
Pain as revolutionary part of a tamed society.
PROCESSION contemporary wrought iron art sculpture height cm.62
CRUCIFIXION contemporary wrought iron sculpture height cm.35
A PRESENT FOR YOU contemporary wrought iron sculpture height cm.50
NAILS contemporary wrought iron monumental sculptures height cm.330
DOOR OF THE DREAMS contemporary wrought iron monumental sculpture height cm.380
IRON-1 contemporary wrought iron sculpture height cm.46
DOOR OF THE MOON contemporary wrought iron sculpture height cm.32
DOOR OF THE SKI contemporary wrought iron sculpture height cm.35
SHIATSU contemporary wrought iron sculpture height cm.57
KING AND QUEEN contemporary wrought iron sculpture height cm.46
LOVERS (1) contemporary wrought iron art sculpture height cm.40
LOVERS (2) contemporary wrought iron art sculpture height cm.45
MARA contemporary wrought iron art sculpture height cm.46
ONE wrought iron wall sculpture cm.150X85
TWO wrought iron wall sculpture cm.150X85
THREE wrought iron wall sculpture cm.150X85
FOUR wrought iron wall sculpture cm.150X85
FIVE wrought iron wall sculpture cm.150X85
"THE UNUSUAL EXPRESSIVENESS OF PAIN"
Pain as revolutionary part of a tame society.
Giuseppe Pongolini uses nails and pincers as essential elements of his sculpture. Also tools and means of pain and blood. He investigates the components of dreams and feelings, he moulds the less shown artistic themes, in so doing dissociating from the classic concept of beauty. His intention is finding parameters to define the recovered dialectic, belonging to either pain or aesthetics, either to pleasure moments or fleeting freedom. His technique of forging is very careful, occasionally, the colour equidistantly appears to develop the plasticity, stressing the look assumed by the sculpture in the occasion. He loves essentially expressionist themes, he moulds his ideas in a demoniacal way, especially in their formal aspect. He is interested in manipulating icon-elements to give them a more incisive power than actually possessed. He advances solemnly in the theme of wounds and pain as suppressed suffering and compressed anxiety. He forges the other reality in iron, meaning the account of a violent and latent life characterized by a contained power always in the point of exploding. All that heavily emphasizes the deep result of his opera spreading a sensation of suspension and painful loneliness. Whit no elegance but only with an occult feeling of anger and powerlessness towards: "the powerful horses of destruction."
Joan Lluís Montané Member of the International Association of Art Critics
Thank you for your kind attention. Your visit to my workshop would be kindly accepted.
For any further information don't hesitate to get in touch with me. e-mail: gpongolini@yahoo.it
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