Ivo Sassi (1937-2020) - Vase - Height: 50 cm - Ceramic

Vaso branded Ivo Sassi (Faenza) 1937-2020

Dimensions: 50 cm high x 10 cm top diameter x 20 cm center diameter x 11 cm base diameter

Glazed red ceramic with polychrome drawings

Brand and signature written on the bottom

Ivo Sassi was born in Brisighella in 1937. In 1950 he began attending the State Institute of Art for Ceramics in Faenza, with sculptors Anselmo Bucci and Angelo Biancini as teachers and, as colleagues, Nanni Valentini and Carlo Negri. In 1954 he worked in the workshop of Carlo Zauli, a relationship that ended in 1959 when he opened his own studio in Faenza. In 1965 he created three large polychrome majolica panels for the motor ships “Angelina” and “Achille Lauro.” In 1968 he won the first prize at the IV National Competition of Ceramics and Sculpture “Francesca da Rimini” and the Gold Medal at the VI Ceramic Art Competition in Cervia; in 1969 the First Prize at the XI International Competition of Gualdo Tadino and in 1970 the “Premio Faenza” at the XXVIII International Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art in Faenza.

In the same year he received the Sculpture Prize at the International Biennale of Vallauris. Among his works installed in public spaces are: the Grande ala (Great Wing) of 1988-89 at the Ravenna Branch Bank in Faenza, the Grande Nike of 1988-89 in Brisighella, the Grande Fuoco (Great Fire) of 1990-91 in Faenza, the Colonna Rossa (Red Column) of 1996 in Bagnacavallo, the Grande Stele (Great Stele) of 1999 at the Bargellini Art Museum in Pieve di Cento, the Stele of Life of 1996-2002 at the Ravenna Chamber of Commerce, Verticale Rossa (Red Vertical) in Cesena in 2002, also in Cesena the two Towers for the large roundabout and Sculpture in 2007 at the Cefla plant in Imola.

Since 1965 his work has acquired a precise form and formal autonomy: up to 1971 he developed the Era tecnologica cycle, using mainly white majolica and, from this date, began the E.T. Genesis cycle in which he fused geometric elements with an largely informal organicism using black, gold, and third-fire plating.

Parallel to his activity as a sculptor, Sassi collaborated with tile manufacturing companies: Ceramica Artistica Italia 68 of Fiorano Modenese (late 1960s), Ceramica L’Astorre of Faenza (1970s and 1980s), Ceramica Del Conca (2002).

Internationally he was invited to the most important exhibitions in Hamburg, Madrid, Nagoya, Moscow, Japan, Innsbruck, Lucerne, Kecskemét, Lisbon, Lima, Kyushu, Athens, Budapest, Limoges, Stoke-on-Trent, Selb-Plossberg, Schweich-Gmünd.

In 2007 the Municipality of Faenza organized a major solo show at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni di Faenza with the publication of a volume edited by Franco Bertoni.

In the same period, to celebrate his seventieth birthday, the International Ceramic Museum in Faenza dedicated a show to all of his works, owned by the International Ceramic Museum in Faenza.

Original object and in good condition

Insured shipping and careful packing with a wooden crate