Paolo Camporese - Presentando Lucio

ONE-OF-A-KIND PIECE.
The sculpture will be shipped wrapped in bubble wrap, placed in a padded plastic box which, in turn, is placed inside a cardboard box. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Technical Data Sheet of the Work
• Artist: Paolo Camporese
• Title: Presentando Lucio
• Material: Polychrome glazed terracotta
• Height: 46 cm
• Width: 11 cm
• Depth: 11 cm
• Condition: Excellent. The work is intact in every part, with glaze and pigments perfectly preserved (as documented in the photographic details).
• Signature: Present on the base of the sculpture.
Description of the Work
As visible in the photographic overview, the work depicts a nude female figure, standing, captured in a solemn and hieratic presentation posture. The woman, characterized by a slender and sinuous silhouette, holds in her hands, at the level of the womb, an oval element in chromatic contrast with the rest of the body.
The entire surface of the figure is coated with a refined matte moss-green coloration, applied in a way that adapts to the vibrant modeling of the earth pressed by the artist. This monochrome treatment enhances the plastic texture of the body and the hair, giving the figure a classical elegance while also an aura of timelessness.
Critical and Aesthetic Analysis: The Homage to Fontana
The conceptual and emotional core of the work resides in the precious “object” that the woman offers to the viewer’s gaze.
The bright pinkish-pale oval, enclosed by a dark border, contains inside it a deep and tactile vertical crack. This is an explicit, refined reference to the famous "Cuts" (Spatial Concept) by Lucio Fontana.
The artistic operation of Camporese in this sculpture is twofold and substantial:
• The dialogue between two-dimensionality and three-dimensionality: Fontana’s famous “cut,” born to break the two-dimensionality of the canvas and to seek space beyond it, is here absorbed and reinterpreted within the pure three-dimensional plasticity of the terracotta sculpture.
• The sacredness of the gesture: The female figure acts as guardian and “priestess” of modern art. In presenting us the cut – a symbol of the end of traditional painting and the birth of Spatialism – the woman performs a nearly mystical act of unveiling, merging the figurative plasticity of Camporese’s sculpture with Fontana’s conceptual abstraction.
The bold contrast between the deep green of the body and the vivid pink of the crack inevitably draws the eye to the essence of the message: art that celebrates art, matter that bears the space of the infinite.
Curriculum vitae
Paolo Camporese, lives and works in Padua and for several years has dedicated himself to sculpture; the primary material used is terracotta.
He learned to model in the 1990s in his hometown at the studio of a sculptor enlarging sculptures of famous authors (F. Léger, S. Dalí).
The use of glazes and engobes he learned at a ceramic workshop in the city of Este.
Critical reviews: Ugo Suman, poet, writer and journalist; Paolo Tieto, writer and art critic; Giuseppe Coccato, painter and poet; Leda Cempellin, Lecturer of Visual Arts at South Dakota University, USA; Silvana Weiller Romanin Jacur, art critic and journalist; Licia Cherchi, art critic.
He has worked with the following galleries: Minarte Treviso, Artequadri Camposampiero (PD), Galleria XXI secolo Padua, Viaducadiarte Bologna, and Galleria occhio quadrato of Argenta (Fe).
Recent Exhibitions:
1997 Padua, Centro d'arte C.C.A.U., Palazzo Polcastro, "Mistero Rilievi e sculture", group show curated by P.J. Art Diffusion.
1998 Padua, Centro d'arte C.C.A.U., Palazzo Polcastro, "Sculture", curated by P.J. Art diffusion.
2002 Vernice della Galleria XXI secolo 6 June 2002
2002 Bolzano Art Fair 12-20 October.
2003 National Painting Prize of Campagnola di Brugine (30/8-7/9 2003) out of competition.
2004 Art Form First Sculpture Biennale. Padua 22 May – 18 June 2004, Villa Breda.
2005 Vicenza arte. Galleria Minarte.
2005 Arte Parma. Galleria Minarte.
2005 Padua Antiquarian Fair. Galleria Minarte.
2005 Borgoricco 8-13 July, Sculpère Tempum: exhibition of Venetian sculpture competition. Out-of-competition exhibition of four sculptures. Galleria Artequadri.
2005 Reggio Emilia 8-11 December, contemporary art fair presented by Edizioni dell’acquario.
2006 Vicenza arte. Galleria Minarte.
2006 Padova art form Biennale of sculpture, second edition (20/5-16/7 2006). Glass Museum of Montegrotto Terme (PD).
2006 Longarone art fair. Galleria Minarte.
2007 Cibarti (the body, the soul, the nourishment). Paolo Capovilla Cultural Association. Second exhibition of independent artists. Padua, ex Macello 14-31 July 2007.
2008 Riciclarti. Paolo Capovilla Cultural Association. Third exhibition of independent artists. Padua, Bastione Alicorno 5-18 May 2008.
2008 Diversamente “Art and Difference” 22 September- 1 October. Fornace Carotta Padua.
2008 33rd European Studies Conference, October 2-4, 2008, University of Nebraska-Omaha. Paper No 3 “Solitude and vulnerability, destructions and New beginnings: six Paduan artists.” Presentation by Leda Cempellin, Assistant Professor in the History of Art, University of South Dakota.
2008 MoMart, first edition 2 November 2008, Padovan artists’ market. Piazza Capitaniato Padua.
2009 “Between individual and collective memory: six paduan artists” 10 January 2009, 7th Hawaii international conference on arts, Honolulu. Presentation by Leda Cempellin, Assistant Professor in the History of Art, University of South Dakota.
2009 Astrarti emozione, arte e scienza. 2009 Galileo Year. Padua ex Macello 5-28 June 2009.
2009 Disomogenea. 14 artists compared. 14 August-6 September, Pescheria vecchia di Este.
2009 Italia Sud America art rally 23-29 November 2009, Multi-purpose hall C.d.Q. 4.
2010 Individuarti collective Ass. Capovilla 13/03 – 5/04 2010 Padua ex Macello.
2010 “The metropolis of man”, RAM and surroundings, Padua Bastione Alicorno 15-31 October 2010.
2011 International sculpture prize finalist “Zurich Club top 30”
2011 “Pragmatica” collective Ass. Capovilla 9/09-2/10 2011 Padua ex Macello.
2011 “The power of seduction” artistic transitions 2011, Padua Bastione Alicorno 20/9-15/10 2011.
2012 “Bridge to the East” Hall “Rigoni Stern” Ponte S. Nicolò (PD) 21/4-28/4 2012.
2012 “Journey” (inside, outside, through) Ass. Capovilla 28 July-26 August 2012 ex Macello Padova
2012 “ArtCibò” Ass. “A&T Design 15 September-13 October 2012 Galleria La Rinascente Padova
2013 “Nel mio piccolo” 6-29 June 2013 Galleria D.P. Arte, Piazza Severi 34, Padua.
2013 “Transformations” 2/8-15/9 Padua, ex macello, Via Cornaro 1a.
2014 “Tabula rasa” 24/7-24/8 Padua, ex macello, Via Cornaro 1a.
2015 “Sculpture and design Masterpiece” 14/2 – 10/3 Galleria Dino Piccolo. Piazzetta Severi 34, Padua.
2015 “San Sebastiano between sacred and profane” 21/3 – 15/4 Nemesio Orsatti Hall, Via Risorgimento, 4 Pontelagoscuro (Fe).
2017 “Smack” 14/7-10/8 2017 Padua, ex macello, Via Cornaro 1a.
2018 “Codice rosso” collective Centro culturale S. Gaetano 25 November – 2 December 2018 Padua.
2020 Solo show Galleria Occhio Quadrato Argenta (Fe) 20 October - 31 December.
2022 BAF “Bergano art fair, 25-27 April 2022 Galleria Artequadri
2022 “(Un)fair” Milan 8-10 April 2022 Galleria Artequadri.
2023 “Donna, vita libertà” collective show Chioggia 3 June 2024.
2024 “Donna, vita libertà” collective show. Town Hall of Turriaco 3-15 November 2024.
2025 “Against War” exhibition of the Artisti indipendenti association, Villa Breda Ponte di Brenta (PD)
2026 “Anni deliri vanità” exhibition of the Artisti indipendenti association, 18 April - 10 May 2026 ex macello via Cornaro 1 Padova.