CONTEMPORARY   SCULPTURE  from ITALY

PONGOLINI GIUSEPPE
Italian sculptor forging contemporary iron public and functional sculptures.
43010   TRECASALI    PARMA ( Italy )
 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

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"THE  UNUSUAL  EXPRESSIVENESS OF  PAIN"
Pain as revolutionary part of a tamed society.

 

CHAIR FOR SHORT VISIT 2000
The greatest obstacle to the understanding of an art work is that one of wanting to understand

 

 

PROCESSION         contemporary forged iron sculpture   26 inches (height)

 

 

CRUCIFIXION             contemporary forged iron sculpture      14 inches (height)

 

 

A PRESENT FOR YOU       contemporary forged iron sculpture      20 inches (height)

 

 

M4      contemporary forged iron sculpture      20 inches (height) 
 

 

MM-2        contemporary  forged iron  sculpture      20 inches (height) 

 

 

NAILS         forged iron public monumental sculptures     130 inches (height)

 

 

DOOR OF THE DREAMS    forged iron public monumental sculpture      150 inches (height)

 

 

DOOR OF THE  MOON        contemporary forged iron sculpture    14 inches (height)

 

 

DOOR OF THE  SKI       contemporary forged iron sculpture    16 inches (height)

 

 

SCRATCH         contemporary forged  iron   wall  sculpture          16X28 inches 

 

 

MIRROR            contemporary  wall  sculpture     47X39 inches

 

 

CONTEMPORARY CRUCIFIXION      contemporary  wall  sculpture     48X27 inches

 

 

LOVERS (1)        contemporary forged iron sculpture  16 inches (height)

 

 

LOVERS (2)      contemporary forged iron sculpture      18 inches (height) 

 

 

MARA       contemporary forged iron sculpture  22 inches (height) 

 

 

KING and QUEEN       contemporary forged iron sculpture   22 inches (height) 

 

 

THE END     contemporary forged iron sculpture   18 inches (height)

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"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. 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