Pinuccio Sciola Sound Stones on the waterfront of Golfo Aranci: the magic of the sound of the stones makes them true natural musical instruments
Pinuccio Sciola In Golfo Aranci
Giuseppe "Pinuccio" Sciola was born in 1942 in San Sperate near Cagliari in Sardinia. He is a famous Sardinian sculptor known internationally for his natural works. Sciola is a complete artist who, by traveling and experimenting in the world, creates sculptures that reflect the deepest and most ancestral aspects of nature.
Pinuccio Sciola celebrates art as an integral part of society and everyday life. An artist with avant-garde ideas, a man who creates works of art that evoke deep emotions. Admiring his works helps to rediscover the truest nature of the world and of the human being. The works of Pinuccio Sciola establish and maintain contact with reality and traditions through a journey of rediscovery and enhancement of popular culture, sounds, and materials.
Sciola Sound Stones In Golfo Aranci
From a superficially inert material, Pinuccio Sciola creates genuine works of art that can be played by anyone. Referring to Sardinian monoliths, thus taking up ancient artistic traditions, the sculptor creates true musical instruments. Means through which it is possible to create sound waves that stir deep emotions.
In Golfo Aranci, during a simple walk along the waterfront, the “Pinuccio Sciola Sound Stones” are present, playable and admirable.
The Sails: Environmental Art For Everyone
Promoter of culture in society, he becomes a pillar and spokesperson of the recovery and preservation of popular traditions through the enhancement of materials and natural environments.
Research and experimentation animate his life as a complete artist; living art as inclusion and enhancement of the beauty of nature is the cornerstone of the artistic movement that carries Pinuccio Sciola's work throughout the world.
On the waterfront of Golfo Aranci, you can see “The Sails of Pinuccio Sciola” and also play them.
Photos of Sound Stones Pinuccio Sciola
The Artist Pinuccio Sciola: Life and Works
Sciola's sculptures in Golfo Aranci are accompanied by informational panels. Here is the photograph and the printed text on the infographics from the Municipality of Golfo Aranci positioned next to the installations.
Born into a farming family, in 1959 he participated as a self-taught artist in a competition exhibition for students of all ages and levels of education, winning a scholarship that allowed him to attend the Art Institute of Cagliari. In 1961 and 1962, he visited the major Italian art cities several times, such as Florence, Rome, Venice, Ravenna, Naples. In Florence, in 1964, he then attended the Master of Art and in Salzburg the International Academy (Sommerakademie), where he took courses with Kokoschka, Minguzzi, Vedova, and seminars with Marcuse. Traveling across Europe, he met various artists including Aligi Sassu, Giacomo Manzù, Fritz Wotruba, and Henry Moore. In 1967, he won a scholarship to attend the University of Moncloa in Madrid, where he studied the cave paintings of Altamira. In May of '68, he was in Paris. In the same year, after returning to his hometown, he decided to transform San Sperate into a "Museum-Village." Thus, on the walls of the houses in the village, newly painted entirely in white lime, murals were painted, and various sculptures were set up in the squares. This initiative involved a large part of the population and gained considerable following, not only among his fellow villagers but also among numerous artists, such as Foiso Fois, Gaetano Brundu, Primo Pantoli, Giorgio Princivalle. In the same year, he obtained a chair in Sculpture at the Art Institute of Cagliari. The activities in the museum-village of San Sperate attracted the attention of UNESCO, which in 1973 invited Pinuccio Sciola to Mexico. There, he met the muralist master David Alfaro Siqueiros, learned the secrets, and collaborated on the large murals in the bustling Tepito neighborhood. In 1976, he participated in the Venice Biennale, causing quite a stir among critics for the exhibition in St. Mark's Square of Le Canne and the Cadavers, wooden sculptures that he had previously exhibited in various towns in Sardinia and that he would later exhibit in Bologna as well. In his hometown, he started the International Sculpture School in 1978. In 1983, he was invited to the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto. In 1984, he was in Milan for the exhibition at the Rotonda della Besana: Pinuccio Sciola: a sculptor for a school. In 1985, in Piazza Affari in Milan, he set up a large nativity scene; in Cagliari, he painted an enormous mural with stones on an entire wall of a building in Piazza Repubblica (In September 2013, renovation work was carried out that led to the destruction of this mural). He is present with his works at the Quadriennale in Rome, in Barcelona, Paris, Vienna, etc., and between 1986 and 1987 in modern art museums in various cities in Germany. Near Stuttgart, in the historic center of Kirchheim Unter Teck, one of his sculptures was laid as the cornerstone of the European Parliament. His works, particularly sculptures, are part of public and private collections and are exhibited in various museums and placed in squares, parks, and places mainly throughout Europe: in 1986 in the public gardens of Arnhem in the Netherlands; in 1994 in the Castle Park of Hooidonk in Belgium; in 1996 in the Trianon Palace in Versailles; in 1997 in the Park of the Kunst Project Center in Barndorf Bei Baden near Vienna. "Source Wikipedia" http://www.pinucciosciola.it/
Where to See Pinuccio Sciola's Works: Sound Garden
The sculptures and works of Pinuccio Sciola are scattered all over the world.
To see some of his works, just stroll along the seafront of Golfo Aranci where Le Vele and Le Pietre Sonore are present.
In San Sperate near Cagliari, you can visit the “Sound Garden” – the PS Museum curated by the Fondazione Sciola. The Sound Garden hosts Sciola's works and embodies his principles. While walking through the village of San Sperate, you can admire over 400 murals and over 100 permanent installations.
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