Ernesto Lamagna

Ernesto Lamagna (* 1945, Naples) is a contemporary Italian sculptor and painter. After classical studies, he was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, but lives and works since many years mainly in Rome.

Life

Lamagna was from 1998 to 2003 secretary of Sculpture of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, and headed the sculpture class of employees employed in the pantheon of artists.

He is the creator of the Processional Way "Hammer and Cross", which was prepared for the year 2000 for the Great Jubilee of the Holy Year and is now in the treasury of the Vatican Museums.

Further work by Lamagna include the design of various Medals example, the completion of the twinning agreement between Paris and Rome in 1992 or the 25 - year pontificate of Pope John Paul II in 2003, also with the plastic Ecce mater dulcinesse.

Between 2004 and 2006 Lamagna created the sculptures for the " De Humanitat " exhibition in the European Parliament in Brussels. Since 2009 he works - under a quota the Italian military - as an art teacher for Afghan civilians in Herat, Afghanistan.

In the Italian cities of Rome, Turin and Milan, there are permanent exhibitions of works by Ernesto Lamagna.

Exhibitions

From the 1960s until the end of the 20th century at the invitation Lamagna showed his monumental bronze sculptures in their body of work in Germany, the Netherlands, France, England, the USA and Japan. He also took with sculptures - but also with a painting ( Quasimodo ) - in many Community exhibitions.

  • May / June 2005: Ernesto Lamagna - Miserere in Verona The focus was on here its numerous angelic sculptures
  • June / July 2007: Ernesto Lamagna - Nona Ora at the Palazzo Venezia in Rome
  • October / November 2010: The poetry of the artist 77 Works of various artists by selected poems, in Longiano
  • March-May 2010: Art for the Temple of Zeus 50 works of contemporary art, situated on the archaeological field in the Valley of the Temples Some works were also shown in 2011 as the Polish artist Igor Mitoraj.

Works (selection)

In Italy

  • Bronze entrance doors of the Basilica of Santa Maria della Vittoria;
  • Bronze doors in the atrium of the Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria in Cagliari in Sardinia;
  • Angel of Peace for the atrium of the CNR (Italian National Research Council ) in Rome;
  • Bronze door of life for the Mariano sanctuary in Rodi Garganico in Foggia,
  • Bronze doors for the San Filippo Neri Oratory in Molfetta,
  • Angel of light in the Santa Maria degli Angeli Basilica in Rome
  • Angels of the third millennium in Barletta
  • Monument to St. Benedict the Moor in San Fratello, Messina in Sicily;
  • Entire artistic decoration of the Chiesa dello Spirito Santi ( Church of the Holy Spirit ) in Torre Maggiore in Foggia;
  • 2009: Happy old acrobat in the exhibition " Art, Genius and madness. Day and Night " in Siena
  • 2010: Angels in the Valley of the Temples

Abroad

  • Equipment for the Baptistery and the five -meter-high Madonna ( Notre Dame du Liban ) for the Maronite Church in Sydney, Australia;
  • Two angel sculptures for the Blafford -Owen Collection in Houston;

Publications

  • Ernesto Lamagna, Antonio Rosato: Le porte della Pontificia basilica di San Vito dei Norman; Publisher Il Cigno Galileo Galilei, ISBN 9-788878311091
  • Claudio M. Strinati (ed.): Ernesto Lamagna. Ora Nona.Verlag Il cigno Galileo Galilei 2007, ISBN 9-788878312104
  • Claudio Strinati, Ernesto Lamagna: Ernesto Lamagna. Opere dal 1967 al 2000; Publisher Il Cigno GG Edizioni, 2002, ISBN 9-788878311251

Web links, and main source

  • Lamagna website ( Italian)
  • Ernesto Lamagna and his works in pictures and photos
  • A Brief Introduction to the workshop of the artist in Naples (duration 3:24 min) on you- tube
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