The review of artists working with marble continues: from Italy to the world, new ways of interpreting and bringing to life marble, which has always been the material chosen for artistic projects in which the love of beauty and social criticism merge.

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VITO VALENTINO CIMAROSTI

An Italian sculptor from Como, Cimarosti is among the artists working with marble who graduated from the Brera Academy of Art in Milan. He has been active since 1983 and his works range from studying the human figure to representing various ideas, themes and concepts.
He is an active collaborator with numerous institutions and companies in the area and his works are on display in public and private collections in Italy and abroad.

Among his most notable sculptures there is “Eco“, made of Carrara white marble, which represents a nymph consumed by desire and left with only her voice, a symbol of the eternal sense of lack that drives us always to go beyond.

“Nuvola“, in Bianco Lasa marble from South Tyrol, symbolizes elusiveness, a characteristic of the female soul, as well as freedom from patriarchal prejudices and the freedom to explore beyond the horizon.

TEO MARTINO

Teo Martino is a young sculptor from the Piedmont region of Italy. Born in 1990, he has been working with marble since he was 17, discovering a great love for this material. From 2022 he became a full member of the group of artists working with marble, launching his artistic career and making sculptures that express fierce social criticism, ranging from war, to consumerism, to losing one’s ties in an increasingly interconnected world. The subjects are never arbitrary, carrying a message about evolution, education and spirituality.

His works include “Baby Boom America” in white and black marble, a perfect reproduction of a hand grenade, a symbol of American military power, but also of Western colonialism, of the wars that still rage in every corner of the world today.

“Can I touch your heart?” is also made of black and white marble, reproducing an object that is a symbol of modernity and consumerism: the Apple Watch. It is the machine that taught us to listen to our hearts, hearts that we rarely stop to listen to during the day because of the constant frenzy around us.

MASSIMILIANO PELLETTI

Massimiliamo Pelletti is a native of Pietrasanta, a famous town that has always been linked to the marble industry and is characterized by the presence of a large number of artisan workshops. From a very young age, he has dedicated himself to discovering the secrets of marble, following in his family’s footsteps.

His work has its origins in marble, but it has expanded to include a wider range of materials such as quartz, onyx, limestone and other stones, exploiting all the characteristic elements of the rocks that nature provides. The subjects, classic models inherited from his grandfather, are treated with rigorous compositional attention. Examples of this are works such as “Blue Wave“, a head in White Onyx and Sodalite Blue woven together to create a unique effect, or “Veiled Trust“, a veiled head made entirely of Green Onyx.

ROLAND MIKHAIL

Roland Mikhail, in addition to being a member of the artist working with marble, is a painter, educator, and sculptor. He is an artist-in-residence at the North American Sculpture Center and teaches at Pratt Institute.

The son of first-generation Egyptian immigrants, Mikhail has spent the past decade delving into his childhood and unearthing the shadowy parts of his psyche. This journey is reflected in his work, which is fertile ground for deep exploration into the realms of mythology, symbolism, and the sacred.

In the field of sculpture, his most famous works – both made of Statuary marble – are “Eclipse“, a suffering horse’s head, and “Even God’s have to be born“, a reproduction of a peacefully sleeping infant. The figure of the child recurs frequently in Mikhail’s work. It’s a symbol of everyone’s personal history, but also of the future and unlimited potential of all humanity.

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