Giò Pomodoro

Italian sculptor, goldsmith, engraver, and set designer. Considered one of the most important abstract sculptors of the 20th century. After studying surveying, he learned the art of chasing in the workshop of an elderly goldsmith in Pesaro. After moving to Milan, he began exhibiting his works, later showing in various Italian cities. In the 1950s, he devoted himself to sculpture and informal experiments with line. He focused on the cycles of matter, void, and geometry. He worked in bronze, creating large floating areas, and sculpted massive blocks of marble or stone. Sunlight penetrates the carefully designed empty spaces in his works, which he imbues with precise meaning. From the late 1950s, he also gained international recognition, being invited to exhibit multiple times, especially in Germany, Paris, and the United States.

Works on display:

• The Game of the World, chess set, steel and bronze, 1981