Sonny Insinna - BALANCE #10
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Sonny Insinna's Balance #10 is a mixed media sculpture in resin and gold leaf on a burned wood base, measuring 18 cm high by 15 cm wide by 10 cm deep, in edition 15/300, signed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, created in 2026.
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Balance #10
Sonny Insinna
With Balance #10, Sonny Insinna continues his ongoing exploration devoted to the theme of balance, transforming the figure of the elephant into a powerful metaphor for the precarity of our time.
The elephant, an animal symbolizing wisdom, memory and immense power, is depicted in a seemingly impossible condition: its massive weight is supported by a small sphere, which in turn is balanced on a base of burnt wood.
The scene thus becomes a reflection on the fragility of equilibrium. Even what seems strong and majestic can find itself in a precarious position. The elephant, despite its grandeur, is forced to continually seek a point of stability.
The sphere represents the world we inhabit: a fragile reality, marked by fractures and tensions. The gold leaf applications emphasize these fractures as if they were precious wounds: they do not hide fragility, but reveal it and, at the same time, affirm its value.
The base of burnt wood introduces a further symbolic element. It is the earth transformed by human intervention, a material that bears on its surface the sign of destruction yet continues, despite everything, to sustain life.
In Balance #10 the animal is not simply depicted: it becomes a message. As in Sonny Insinna’s pursuit, animals are often used as protagonists of a symbolic language through which the artist speaks about humanity, nature, and the increasingly fragile relationship between the two.
The elephant thus appears to be in a suspended moment, between the possibility of falling and the possibility of regaining its balance.
A metaphor of our condition: we are all balancing on something fragile, and the responsibility not to let it collapse belongs to all of us.
Details of the work
Title: Balance #10
Artist: Sonny Insinna
Subject: Elephant
Technique: Mixed media, resin, gold leaf
Base: Burnt wood
Dimensions: 15 × 10 × 19 cm
Edition: n. 15 of 300
Base: 10 cm
Width: 15 cm
Height: 19 cm
Authenticity
Original sculpture belonging to the Balance series, produced in a limited edition of 300 copies.
Copy no. 15/300.
The work is accompanied by an Authenticity Certificate signed by the artist.
Seller's Story
Active since 1998, Sonny Insinna trained at the Almeyda Art High School and earned a degree in Painting (First and Second Level) from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo. His works are in public collections and museums,
He has exhibited in numerous institutional contexts in Italy and abroad. In 2011 he founded the Libera Scuola delle Arti Visive “Mialò Art.” In 2024 he published the manual Colors in Equilibrio.
For years he has focused his research on the languages of contemporary art, with particular attention to figuration and the symbolic dimension.
Translated by Google TranslateBalance #10
Sonny Insinna
With Balance #10, Sonny Insinna continues his ongoing exploration devoted to the theme of balance, transforming the figure of the elephant into a powerful metaphor for the precarity of our time.
The elephant, an animal symbolizing wisdom, memory and immense power, is depicted in a seemingly impossible condition: its massive weight is supported by a small sphere, which in turn is balanced on a base of burnt wood.
The scene thus becomes a reflection on the fragility of equilibrium. Even what seems strong and majestic can find itself in a precarious position. The elephant, despite its grandeur, is forced to continually seek a point of stability.
The sphere represents the world we inhabit: a fragile reality, marked by fractures and tensions. The gold leaf applications emphasize these fractures as if they were precious wounds: they do not hide fragility, but reveal it and, at the same time, affirm its value.
The base of burnt wood introduces a further symbolic element. It is the earth transformed by human intervention, a material that bears on its surface the sign of destruction yet continues, despite everything, to sustain life.
In Balance #10 the animal is not simply depicted: it becomes a message. As in Sonny Insinna’s pursuit, animals are often used as protagonists of a symbolic language through which the artist speaks about humanity, nature, and the increasingly fragile relationship between the two.
The elephant thus appears to be in a suspended moment, between the possibility of falling and the possibility of regaining its balance.
A metaphor of our condition: we are all balancing on something fragile, and the responsibility not to let it collapse belongs to all of us.
Details of the work
Title: Balance #10
Artist: Sonny Insinna
Subject: Elephant
Technique: Mixed media, resin, gold leaf
Base: Burnt wood
Dimensions: 15 × 10 × 19 cm
Edition: n. 15 of 300
Base: 10 cm
Width: 15 cm
Height: 19 cm
Authenticity
Original sculpture belonging to the Balance series, produced in a limited edition of 300 copies.
Copy no. 15/300.
The work is accompanied by an Authenticity Certificate signed by the artist.
Seller's Story
Active since 1998, Sonny Insinna trained at the Almeyda Art High School and earned a degree in Painting (First and Second Level) from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo. His works are in public collections and museums,
He has exhibited in numerous institutional contexts in Italy and abroad. In 2011 he founded the Libera Scuola delle Arti Visive “Mialò Art.” In 2024 he published the manual Colors in Equilibrio.
For years he has focused his research on the languages of contemporary art, with particular attention to figuration and the symbolic dimension.
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Era
After 2000
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Country of origin
Italy
Style
Contemporary
Material
Resin, Wood
Artist
Sonny Insinna
Title of artwork
BALANCE #10
Signature
Signed
Edition
15/300
Year
2026
Condition
Good condition
Height
18 cm
Width
15 cm
Depth
10 cm
Weight
390 g
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