Mauro Staccioli
Mauro Staccioli ( born February 11, 1937 in Volterra ) is an Italian sculptor.
- 2.1 works in public space (selection)
Life
In 1960 he moved to Sardinia Staccioli and taught in Cagliari. In 1963 he settled in Milan, where he in 1968 at the Art School Brera taught, whose rector he was 1974/75 and 1978/79. He then managed the art school of Lovere.
1976 and 1978 he was invited as a representative of Italy for the Venice Biennale. On the latter found his provocative work Muro attention: an 8-meter high concrete wall that obstructed the view of the entrance to the Italian Pavilion.
Staccioli is an associate member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, and member of the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome.
Staccioli lives and works in Milan and Volterra.
Solo exhibitions (selection )
The marked with "K" shows a catalog was published.
Work
His artistic career began Staccioli with painting and engraving. For the sculpture he came in the late 1960s, where he very early began to exhibit sculptures in public spaces, such as the 1972 sculture in città in Volterra. With its so-called sculptures interventions that are specifically adapted to the geographical site, it aims at a change in the perception of the place in the eye of the beholder. An exhibition in Vigevano 1977 headlined because even Lettura di un ambiente ( Reading the environment).
Frequently Stacciolis work based on a simple geometric shape such as a circle or ring - arch or a triangle. It often used as materials of concrete or steel.