GIO' POMODORO
(Orciano di Pesaro 1930 - Milano 2004)
Sole
marble, white, 43x35x35 cm
punched and numbered, ex. 40 \ 50
Pomodoro was born in Orciano di Pesaro on November 17, 1930. After graduating as a surveyor, he learned chiselling in the workshop of an elderly goldsmith. After his father's death he lived in Florence where he met the architect and future wife Gigliola Gagnoni but soon he moved to Milan. Already since 1955 he exhibited his works in Florence, Milan, Venice, and Rome. He collaborated in the magazine "Il Gesto" and began to make known his work. Together with his brother Arnaldo and artists like Lucio Fontana he presented his works at the exhibitions of the group "Continuità".
Giò Pomodoro was the first Italian ever to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award in Contemporary Sculpture from the International Sculpture Center's Boar. An important recognition received in 2002, two years before his death