Giuliano Vangi

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The encounter in Rastatt

Giuliano Vangi (born March 13, 1931 in Barberino di Mugello , Province of Florence ) is an Italian figurative sculptor.

Career

Vangi grew up in Florence , where he studied with Bruno Innocenti at the Accademia di Belle Arti (Florence) . From 1950 to 1959 Giuliano Vangi taught at the Instituto Statale dell'Arte in Pesaro . He stayed in Brazil for the next four years; his first solo exhibition took place in 1959 at the Ambiente gallery in São Paulo . After his return to Italy he settled in Varese and taught at the Istutito de ll'Arte in Cantù .

Vangi has lived in Pesaro since 1978 and has a studio in Fano . He works u. a. with the materials wood, marble and metal. He often combines different materials.

He was awarded the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize in 1998 and in 2002 the Japanese Praemium Imperiale Prize in the field of sculpture , which is endowed with 15 million yen (approx. 129,000 euros). This art prize with the highest endowment in the world is considered the Nobel Prize for the Arts.

In 2002 the Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum opened in Mishima , Japan.

Works (excerpt)

  • Man with a mask, 1974, entrance area to the theater on Goetheplatz in Bremen .
  • The encounter, 1991, on Faneser Platz in Rastatt
  • Altar, ambo, crucifixus and statues of the city patron in the Cathedral of Padua , 1997
  • Varcare la soglia, 1999

Exhibitions (selection)

Due to partnerships between the cities of Rastatt and Fano as well as the district of Rastatt and the province of Pesaro and Urbino , exhibitions were also held in Rastatt.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catalog for documenta 6 : Volume 3: hand drawings, utopian design, books; Kassel, page 180, 1977 ISBN 3-920453-00-X
  2. ↑ Vangi Museum Biography  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on January 6, 2014@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.vangi-museum.jp  
  3. ↑ The State Hermitage Museum Sculptor Giuliano Vangi accessed on January 6, 2014 (English)
  4. ↑ Archi Magazine, Giorgio Segato Giuliano Vangi retrieved (Italian) on 7 January 2015
  5. ↑ Praemium Imperiale Giuliano Vangi ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on January 7, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.praemiumimperiale.org
  6. ↑ Harald Besinger: meeting with Giuliano Vangi. In: Heimatbuch 1995, Landkreis Rastatt , ISBN 3-925553-10-X , pp. 69–78
personal data
SURNAME Vangi, Giuliano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Barberino di Mugello , Italy