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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
Seneca
The Unbelievable City
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

Due figure

Costantino Nivola

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Nivola Museum

Nivola Museum

Via Gonare, 2 (Museo Nivola), Orani

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Already at the beginning of the seventies Nivola developed what he called an appetite for marble and bronze: the desire to use the noble materials of sculpture to approach "pure" art, independent of architecture. “For some time now, a simple, essential force has been increasingly defined in my sculpture. Here spirit and senses collaborate in the commitment to give shape and meaning to the material. There is a feminine form as a result, but not necessarily as a starting point. The pot-bellied wall of the rustic house, in my magical childhood age, always hid a treasure: the flat and thin bread that swells in the heat of the oven, a promise to satisfy the usual hunger. Likewise, the pregnant woman hides the secret of a wonderful child in her womb. " Thus Nivola explains the meaning of the great Mothers - icons of his late maturity.
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Title: Due figure

Author: Costantino Nivola

Date: 1981- 85

Technique: Carrara marble

Displayed in: Nivola Museum

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