Paolo Desario - Venus con Drappo

Paolo Desario - Venus with Drapery

In his interpretation of the female body, Paolo Desario seeks the essence, the archetype. The study of form is united with that of the pose, always in balance. Shaping the raw material, clay, the artist gives life to a body and a pose crystallized in time. Yet, the female body exudes freedom.

Technical info:
- Year: 2010
- Total dimensions: 68x24x18
- Material: Terracotta patinated with black aniline
- Base material: Wood
- Shipping: the work is shipped with adequate packaging

The artistic and multifaceted talent of Paolo Desario shines impetuously from his works, releasing a vitality almost tangible. His inspiration begins with an inner search that bears ancient and primordial echoes, as suggested by the sinuous female torsos and the winged figures. He manages to combine reality and transcendence through ever-new insights, knowing how to create an original synthesis between the individual predilection for the essentiality of forms and the most attentive contemporary sculptural research.

Sculptor and painter, Paolo Desario was born in Barletta, in Apulia, and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bari in the sculpture school of Amerigo Tot. He lives and works in Barletta, has taught Plastic Disciplines at the State Artistic High School "Sacro Cuore" of Cerignola and at the Artistic High School of Corato. He boasts an artistic career started almost 50 years ago, dedicating himself to sculpture and painting, participating in numerous national and international solo and group exhibitions.