Matteo Pugliese: Sculptures

Matteo Pugliese's art over the past 20 years explores the inner torment of men trying to break free from social and family expectations. His sculptures depict the moment of greatest effort, tension, and vulnerability, recalling ancient models and material. Luigi Spinas lens enables the reader to acquire an intimate understanding of the sculpture and feel a part of the travails and vulnerability that grip all of humanity.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 176 pages
\n Publication date: 29 November 2021
\n Publisher: Five Continents Editions
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This book provides a comprehensive review of Matteo Pugliese's artistic journey over the past two decades. The Milanese sculptor's creations are distinguished by their immense power, revealing an inner torment that cannot be concealed. The men portrayed in his sculptures are all striving to break free from the wall that confines them, to shed their limitations and assert their unique value as individuals in the pursuit of escaping from the monotony of uniformity and societal and familial expectations. These individuals are engaged in a painful rebirth by fighting against the materialized restraints that seek to hinder their expression, growth, and existence. The artist chooses to depict the moment of utmost effort, of supreme tension, the instant when a man reclaims control of his life and struggles against what holds him trapped in order to restore a sense of purpose in his existence. The carefully studied poses of his figures evoke ancient models, similarly, the material from which they are fashioned is also ancient. Luigi Spina's lens knowingly lingers on these figures' troubled birth, allowing the reader, admirer, and art historian to gain an intimate understanding of the sculpture and even feel a part of the travails and inherent vulnerability that grip all of humanity.

\n Weight: 2024g\n
Dimension: 366 x 283 x 26 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9788874399567\n \n