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Cemento con due cuciture in ferro, 1961

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GAM Galleria d'Arte Moderna
Description
reinforced concrete, resin, iron, wood
Dimensions

65.35inch x 46.45inch x 1.18inch

No. Elements
1
Object Type
scultura
Credits
© Giuseppe Uncini - Courtesy GAM - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino foto di Studio Gonella - Proprietà della Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT
The Artist
Giuseppe Uncini stated that his research was always guided by “a fixed, constant idea, to build and structure.” During the mid-1950s he began to utilize materials that had been extraneous to the artistic tradition until then, such as marble or coal dust, ashes, sawdust, lime, and cement, in a series of paintings with equally unusual supports, such as cardboard, masonite, or celotex. In 1957 the artist overcame the dichotomy between possible pictorial materials and supports, identifying cement and iron as tools that would allow him to achieve autonomous works, free from any metaphorical intention, where the process coincides with the outcome. He called this series of works Cemento armato (Reinforced Concrete). [...]
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