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Indepth Arts News:
"Bruno Lucchesi: New Sculpture"
2003-12-12 until 2004-01-31
Forum Gallery
Los Angeles, CA,
AD Andorra
Forum Gallery presents the first one-person exhibition in Los Angeles by the Italian-American sculptor Bruno Lucchesi. Long celebrated for his mastery of the human form, Lucchesi combines the great tradition of Italian sculpture with insightful observations of contemporary life. New Sculpture will consist of over twenty unique terra cotta and editioned figurative bronze works. The timeless beauty and resilient inner life in Lucchesi's figures is evident in every work. New Sculpture will present, for the first time, twelve new studio works as well as the maquettes for Lucchesi's recently-completed monumental commission, Spring of Achievement, executed over a sever-year period for Spring Industries in Fort Mills, North Carolina.
Bruno Lucchesi was born in the village of Lucca, Italy, in 1926. His early exposure to the extraordinary sculpture of the Italian Renaissance, seen in churches throughout Italy, formed the genesis of his artistic vision. He studied the human form, apprenticed as a carver and modeler, and came to America in 1960 to pursue a career as a sculptor. His works are thoroughly imbued with the passion for everyday life he observed in his native Italy and in his adopted home, America. The vigorous flowing forms of his sculpture are reminiscent of the Baroque tradition, his graceful nudes have allegiances to eighteenth and nineteenth century Romantic and Neoclassical sculpture, and his "street people" look to the realism of Daumier.
Forum Gallery has exhibited Bruno Lucchesi's work since 1961 and has presented ten one-person exhibitions. His works are included in public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Hishhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Brooklyn Museum, as well as in many others. Lucchesi has been the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship Award and has won Gold Medals from the National Sculpture Society and National Academy of Design. He also holds Honorary Doctorate Degrees from Cedar Crest College and Lyme Academy of Fine Arts.
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