Sonny Insinna - BALANCE #3
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Sonny Insinna’s signed mixed-media sculpture Balance #3, made with resin, gold leaf and burnt wood, is edition 100/300 and dated 2026.
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Sonny Insinna
Balance #3
With Balance #3, Sonny Insinna continues his investigation into the theme of balance, transforming the pufferfish figure into a metaphor for human resilience and adaptability.
The pufferfish, an animal known for its ability to inflate as a defense mechanism, is depicted here in an apparently impossible condition: its globular body, bristling with spines, is supported by a small sphere, itself balanced on a burnt-wood base. Its organic form, despite an apparent clumsiness, finds a precarious but vital point of stability.
The scene thus becomes a reflection on fragility and the necessity of balance. Even what appears defensive, static, and isolated can be in a position of precariousness. The pufferfish is forced to continually seek a point of connection with the external world.
The sphere represents our world, our reality: a fragile environment, marked by fractures and tensions. The gold-leaf applications emphasize these fractures as if they were precious wounds: they do not hide fragility, but render it visible and, at the same time, affirm its value.
The burnt-wood base introduces an additional symbolic element. It is the earth transformed by human intervention, a material that bears on its surface the mark of destruction but which continues, despite everything, to sustain life.
In Balance #3, the animal is not simply represented: it becomes a message. As in Sonny Insinna’s exploration, animals are often used as protagonists of a symbolic language through which the artist speaks about humans, nature, and the increasingly fragile relationship between the two.
The pufferfish thus seems to be in a suspended moment, between the possibility of falling and that of regaining its balance.
A metaphor of our condition: we are all balancing on something fragile, and the responsibility not to let it fail belongs to all of us.
Details of the work
Title: Balance #3
Artist: Sonny Insinna
Subject: Pufferfish
Technique: Mixed media, resin, gold leaf
Base: Burnt wood
Edition: n. 100 of 300 copies
Dimensions (overall): 15 × 12 × 10 cm (base: 10 cm)
Base (wood): 10 cm
Width (maximum): 12 cm
Height: 15 cm
Authenticity
Original sculpture belonging to the Balance series, made in a limited edition of 300 specimens.
Edition: 100/300
The work is signed and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist.
Conditions
Great condition
Shipping
Professional packaging and tracked shipping.
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 TranslateSonny Insinna
Balance #3
With Balance #3, Sonny Insinna continues his investigation into the theme of balance, transforming the pufferfish figure into a metaphor for human resilience and adaptability.
The pufferfish, an animal known for its ability to inflate as a defense mechanism, is depicted here in an apparently impossible condition: its globular body, bristling with spines, is supported by a small sphere, itself balanced on a burnt-wood base. Its organic form, despite an apparent clumsiness, finds a precarious but vital point of stability.
The scene thus becomes a reflection on fragility and the necessity of balance. Even what appears defensive, static, and isolated can be in a position of precariousness. The pufferfish is forced to continually seek a point of connection with the external world.
The sphere represents our world, our reality: a fragile environment, marked by fractures and tensions. The gold-leaf applications emphasize these fractures as if they were precious wounds: they do not hide fragility, but render it visible and, at the same time, affirm its value.
The burnt-wood base introduces an additional symbolic element. It is the earth transformed by human intervention, a material that bears on its surface the mark of destruction but which continues, despite everything, to sustain life.
In Balance #3, the animal is not simply represented: it becomes a message. As in Sonny Insinna’s exploration, animals are often used as protagonists of a symbolic language through which the artist speaks about humans, nature, and the increasingly fragile relationship between the two.
The pufferfish thus seems to be in a suspended moment, between the possibility of falling and that of regaining its balance.
A metaphor of our condition: we are all balancing on something fragile, and the responsibility not to let it fail belongs to all of us.
Details of the work
Title: Balance #3
Artist: Sonny Insinna
Subject: Pufferfish
Technique: Mixed media, resin, gold leaf
Base: Burnt wood
Edition: n. 100 of 300 copies
Dimensions (overall): 15 × 12 × 10 cm (base: 10 cm)
Base (wood): 10 cm
Width (maximum): 12 cm
Height: 15 cm
Authenticity
Original sculpture belonging to the Balance series, made in a limited edition of 300 specimens.
Edition: 100/300
The work is signed and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist.
Conditions
Great condition
Shipping
Professional packaging and tracked shipping.
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 #3
Signature
Signed
Edition
100/300
Year
2026
Condition
Good condition
Height
15 cm
Width
110 cm
Depth
10 cm
Weight
390 g
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