Mermaid (2006) - painted driftwood, h 25 cm
... but the Sirens with their harmonious song bewitch him ...
ODYSSEY
Dolphin (2006) - painted driftwood and terracotta, l 270 cm
Sperm Whale (2008) - painted driftwood (oak) and terracotta, l 140 cm
Whale (2006) - painted driftwood and terracotta, l 160 cm
Swordfish (2006) - painted driftwood and terracotta, l 270 cm
Then he began to pity the great fish that he had hooked. He is wonderful and strange and who knows how old he is, he thought. Never have I had such a strong fish nor one who acted so strangely.
HEMINGWAY
Seahorse (2006) - painted driftwood and terracotta, h 90 cm, l 150 cm
Fish (2000) - fragments of drift-glass and pottery on painted wood, 55 x 25 cm
Seal (2008) - painted driftwood and terracotta, l 100 cm
Crocodile (2004) - painted driftwood (oak) and terracotta, l 260 cm
Crocodile, detail (2004) - painted driftwood (oak) and terracotta, l 260 cm
Serpent (2008) - engraved and painted driftwood, l 280 cm
Serpent, detail (2008) - engraved and painted driftwood, l 280 cm
Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
GENESIS
Seagulls (1994) - white terracotta, 35 x 25 cm
... and he hurled himself upon the waves, like the seagull,
who in the fearful deep of the tireless sea,
preying on fish, closely dips its wings in salt water...
ODYSSEY
Shoe “Leo Creazioni” (2005) - driftwood and granite, h 20 cm
The Hunchback (2005) - painted driftwood, h 50 cm
Is it worth to be alone, to be more and more alone?
PAVESE
Totò’s Misery (2004) - terracotta, h 45 cm
Cardplayers (1993) - bronze, h 25 cm
The Reader (2003) - terracotta, h 40 cm
Tribute to Van Gogh (1995) - terracotta, h 45 cm
... and this is, probably, the secret: to work long and slowly.
VAN GOGH
The Port (1998) - fragments of drift-glass and pottery on painted wood, 50 x 60 cm
Fishmonger (2003) - fragments of drift-glass, wood and pottery on painted wood, 50 x 60 cm
... as you do hurl upon the shores
amongst cork seaweed starfish
the useless rubble of your abyss.
MONTALE
Manhattan 1 (2008) - fragments of ancient Roman and modern drift-pottery, h 20 cm, l 15 cm
Manhattan 2 (2008) - fragments of ancient Roman and modern drift-pottery, h 25 cm, l 35 cm
Christ (2004) - terracotta on wood, h 45 cm
Ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
ST. JOHN
