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#Willy Verginer
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April 30, 2024
Kate Mothes
Whether or not deep in slumber or perched on decorative pedestals, Willy Verginer’s daring, whimsical sculptures (beforehand) invite us right into a surreal dream world. His newest sequence, The Misplaced Backyard, attracts on the paradisiacal notion of Eden and the alpine panorama and animals of the Dolomite Mountains close to the artist’s house in northern Italy.
Verginer makes use of linden, or basswood, to chisel life-size sculptures of birds, bears, and human figures who merge with their pure environment. For instance, in “Il fiume e la notte,” or “the river and the night time,” a toddler sleeps atop a thicket of branches, concurrently calm but balancing precariously on skinny helps. And in “Fiore del giardino,” or “backyard flower,” a toddler’s head and shoulders are tightly enveloped with magenta flowers like a cloak.
Like a lot of Verginer’s work, The Misplaced Backyard attracts correlations and contrasts between society’s shortly advancing applied sciences and the way in which our reliance on telephones or vehicles additional separates us from nature. The artist’s sculptures stand like totems or nostalgic emblems, calling on a need for a extra interconnected world.
Verginer is working towards a solo exhibition at Studio d’Arte Raffaelli in Trento, Italy, this autumn. Discover extra on his web site and Instagram.
#animals
#sculpture
#Willy Verginer
#wooden
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