Colloquio col vento

Maria Cernuschi Ghiringhelli 1990

Consagra, Pietro

1962 - 1962 - XX

610

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 48; Larghezza: 41

scultura in acciaio inox

Scultura nella città - Spoleto - 1962<br>Astrattismo in Italia nella raccolta Cernuschi Ghiringhelli - Villa Croce, Genova - 1985

After his studies and years of apprenticeships in the artisan workshops of his country, Consagra moved to Rome in 1944 where he met Renato Guttuso who introduced him to the artistic environment of the capital. Consagra's sculpture follows his declared programme: to express the dramatic rhythm of today's life with plastic elements that should be the formal synthesis of man's actions in contact with the gears of this society. The work ‘Colloquio con il vento’ is part of the series Colloqui developed by the artist between 1952 and 1962 . The welded stainless steel sheet creates an almost two-dimensional surface with an anti-monumentalist intent, alluding to the fact that the openings determined by the overlapping steel sheet cuttings can enter into a dialogue (colloquio) not only with the wind that passes through them but also with the space that the sculpture occupies in its outdoor installation.