The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
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Fausto Melotti PUBLICATIONS
1901 Rovereto, Italy - 1986 Milan, Italy. Known for: Constructions, wire sculpture, abstraction.
The following text is from The New York Times. "Italian Sculptor Attuned to the Harmonic Occupation of Space". By Karen Rosenberg, May 8, 2008 . Moving freely among plaster, ceramics and metal, the... Read full biography
The following text is from The New York Times. "Italian Sculptor Attuned to the Harmonic Occupation of Space". By Karen Rosenberg, May 8, 2008 . Moving freely among plaster, ceramics and metal, the Italian artist Fausto Melotti (1901-1986) defied the convention of the sculptor invested in a single... Read full biography
The following text is from The New York Times. "Italian Sculptor Attuned to the Harmonic Occupation of Space". By Karen Rosenberg, May 8, 2008 . Moving freely among plaster, ceramics and metal, the Italian artist Fausto Melotti (1901-1986) defied the convention of the sculptor invested in a single medium. His work has been linked to the cagelike Surrealist constructions of Alberto Giacometti, the early wire sculptures of Lucio Fontana, the paintings of Giorgio de Chirico and even the playful... Read full biography
The following text is from The New York Times. "Italian Sculptor Attuned to the Harmonic Occupation of Space". By Karen Rosenberg, May 8, 2008 . Moving freely among plaster, ceramics and metal, the Italian artist Fausto Melotti (1901-1986) defied the convention of the sculptor invested in a single medium. His work has been linked to the cagelike Surrealist constructions of Alberto Giacometti, the early wire sculptures of Lucio Fontana, the paintings of Giorgio de Chirico and even the playful mobiles of Alexander Calder. Melotti’s art has appeared sporadically in group shows of Italian sculpture, but he has never had a solo exhibition in New York. The first major Melotti retrospective in this country, organized by the independent curator... Read full biography
The following text is from The New York Times. "Italian Sculptor Attuned to the Harmonic Occupation of Space". By Karen Rosenberg, May 8, 2008 . Moving freely among plaster, ceramics and metal, the Italian artist Fausto Melotti (1901-1986) defied the convention of the sculptor invested in a single medium. His work has been linked to the cagelike Surrealist constructions of Alberto Giacometti, the early wire sculptures of Lucio Fontana, the paintings of Giorgio de Chirico and even the playful mobiles of Alexander Calder. Melotti’s art has appeared sporadically in group shows of Italian sculpture, but he has never had a solo exhibition in New York. The first major Melotti retrospective in this country, organized by the independent curator and art advisor Elena Geuna, fills two floors of the Acquavella Galleries town house with sculptures, from his plaster works... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pages