Ernesto Lamagna
Ernesto Lamagna (* 1945 ; Naples ) is a contemporary Italian sculptor and painter. After completing his classical studies, he was trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples , but has lived and worked mainly in Rome for many years .
Life
Lamagna was Secretary of Sculpture at the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Literature from 1998 to 2003 and headed the sculpting class of the artists employed in the Pantheon .
He is the creator of the processional route "Hammer and Cross", which was made in 2000 for the Great Jubilee of the Holy Year and is now in the treasury of the Vatican Museums .
Other works by Lamagna include the design of various medals, for example for the conclusion of the city partner agreement between Paris and Rome in 1992 or for the 25-year pontificate of Pope John Paul II in 2003, here also with the sculpture Ecce mater dulcinesse .
Between 2004 and 2006 Lamagna created the sculptures for the “De Humanitat” exhibition in the European Parliament in Brussels. Since the beginning of 2009 he has been working - as part of a contingent of the Italian military - as an art teacher for Afghan civilians in Herat , Afghanistan.
In the Italian cities of Rome, Turin and Milan there are permanent exhibitions of works by Ernesto Lamagna.
Exhibitions
From the 1960s until the end of the 20th century, Lamagna showed his monumental bronze sculptures in factory exhibitions in Germany , the Netherlands , France , England , the USA and Japan . He also took part in numerous group exhibitions with sculptures - but also with a painting ( Quasimodo ).
- After 2000 (selection)
- May / June 2005: Ernesto Lamagna - Miserere in Verona
The focus here was on his numerous angel sculptures - June / July 2007: Ernesto Lamagna - Ora Nona in the Palazzo Venezia in Rome
- October / November 2010: The Poetry of Artists
77 works by various artists based on selected poems, in Longiano - March – May 2010: Art for the Temple of Zeus
50 works of contemporary art, installed on the archaeological field in the Valley of the Temples.
Some works of art were also shown in 2011, such as that of the Polish artist Igor Mitoraj .
Works (selection)
In Italy
- Bronze entrance doors of the Basilica of Santa Maria della Vittoria ;
- Bronze doors in the atrium of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Bonaria in Cagliari in Sardinia;
- Angel of Peace for the atrium of the CNR (Italian National Research Council) in Rome;
- bronze door of life for the Mariano sanctuary in Rodi Garganico in Foggia ,
- Bronze doors for the San Filippo Neri Oratory in Molfetta ,
- Angel of Light in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome
- Angels of the third millennium in Barletta ,
- Monument to St. Benedict the Mohr in San Fratello , Messina in Sicily;
- complete artistic equipment of the Chiesa dello Spirito Santi (Church of the Holy Spirit) in Torremaggiore near Foggia;
- 2009: Happy old acrobat in the exhibition “Art, Genius and Madness. Day and Night ”in Siena
- 2010: Angels in the Valley of the Temples
Abroad
- Furnishings for the baptistery and the five-meter-high Madonna (Notre Dame du Liban) for the Maronite church in Sydney , Australia;
- two angel sculptures for the Blafford-Owen Collection in Houston ;
Publications
- with Antonio Rosato: Le porte della pontificia basilica di San Vito dei Normanni. Il Cigno Galileo Galilei publishing house, ISBN 978-88-7831-109-1 .
- as editor: Ernesto Lamagna. Ora Nona. Il cigno Galileo Galilei 2007 publisher, ISBN 978-88-7831-210-4 .
- with Claudio Strinati: Ernesto Lamagna. Opere dal 1967 al 2000. Il Cigno GG Edizioni publishing house, 2002, ISBN 88-7831-125-1 .
Web links and main source
- Lamagna website (Italian)
- Brief insight into the artist's workshop in Naples (duration 3:24 min) on you-tube
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lamagna, Ernesto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sculptor and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |