Artist: Sandro Chia

Artwork: Babbo (2003)

Material: bronze

Weight: 150 kg

Measures: 195 x 55 x 55 cm

Sandro Chia was born in Florence on 20th April 1946. Having studied at the Istituto d'Arte, he enrolled at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, gaining his diploma in 1969.

He travelled extensively in India, Turkey and throughout Europe before settling in Rome in 1970. He continued to work in the conceptual field, exhibiting many times in Rome and in Europe during 1970s.

Having obtained a scholarship from the city of Mönchengladbach in Germany, he worked there from September 1980 until August 1981, and then moved to New York (1981-82) and worked between New York and Ronciglione.

In the 90's he bought Castello Romitorio in Montalcino, home of the Brunello, and now lives and works between New York City, Montalcino, and Rome.

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Artist: Fabrizio Plessi

Artwork: The Four Evangelists

Materials: LED, wood, glass mosaics 

Fabrizio Plessi was born in Reggio Emilia in 1940. He studied at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Venice and in 1970 his work was exhibited in the experimental pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Ten years later, he took part in the Venice Film Festival with "Underwater", a French production: for the first time electronic media were included at a Film Biennial. Water was the central element of his research, the subject of photomontages, performances and videotapes where it was frequently associated with colours and other elements, such as fire.

In the 1980s he started to examine spatial conditions and the options they offer for video art, incorporating three-dimensionality into his work by means of installations. In 1987, at the Documenta 8 in Kassel, he showed the monumental installation "Roma", which represented his international breakthrough. In 1992 he designed the electronic scenographies for Titanic and conducted an international workshop for UNESCO on the subject of Babel.

Having shown his work at the most important art fairs in Europe and the United States, he now lives and works in Venice and Mallorca.

The Four Evangelists

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