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Male figure
An ancestor of mine, The Ancestors Series.
Studio for the Olivetti showroom in New York
The meditation room
New York
The pergola-village, vined Orani
Sketch for the Mutual of Hartford Insurance Company
Sketch of the Monument to the mason of Orani (building blocks series)
Beach
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Beach
Bed
Due figure
Argia dancer
Male figure
An ancestor of mine, The Ancestors Series.
Studio for the Olivetti showroom in New York
The meditation room
New York
The pergola-village, vined Orani
Sketch for the Mutual of Hartford Insurance Company
Sketch of the Monument to the mason of Orani (building blocks series)
Beach
Seneca
The Unbelievable City
Beach
Bed
Due figure
Argia dancer

Sketch of the Monument to the mason of Orani (building blocks series)

Costantino Nivola

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Nivola Museum

Nivola Museum

Via Gonare, 2 (Museo Nivola), Orani

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In his project to transform Orani into a “village-pergola”, Nivola foresees in the center of the main square a monument dedicated to the profession - typical of the village - of the bricklayer, a profession that had belonged to his father and to which he himself had been educated. With the project - never completed - for the monument to the bricklayer of Orani, the series of Building blocks (building blocks) is inaugurated. Inspired by the principles of cubist collage, these are figures composed of interlocking overlapping concrete blocks. Nivola had conceived the Building Blocks as gigantic structures, as tall as buildings, with which he could fully achieve the fusion of sculpture and architecture. While failing to make them in the expected size, the artist creates several models for the series.
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Title: Sketch of the Monument to the mason of Orani (building blocks series)

Author: Costantino Nivola

Date: 1955

Technique: Cement carving

Displayed in: Nivola Museum

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