SCULPTURE
Knots, 2007 | installation detail
Unique work hand-carved by the artist without a preliminary model, directly in marble
Manifesto Principio, monumental sculpture in the public collection of the Municipality of Chiaramonte Gulfi, RG Sicily.
The work was inspired by the celebrated Altarpiece of the Deposition from the Cross by Rosso Fiorentino.
Tribute marking five hundred years of Rosso Fiorentino’s Deposition from the Cross. Exhibition curated by Antonio Natali and Elisa Gradi.
"RUBEUS ET ALII", double solo exhibition by Elena Mutinelli and Ugo Riva.
Exhibition venue: Pinacoteca Museo Civico di Volterra, Volterra, PI, (21.06/21- 31.08/21).
"Manifesto Principio", 2021, marble 300x250x250 cm.Marble work by Elena Mutinelli, Garden of the Pinacoteca Civica of Volterra.
Photo by Francesco Bertola
ELENA MUTINELLI
In the history of Sculpture
between Avant-gardes and Contemporary
"CANOVA BETWEEN INNOCENCE AND SIN"
From an idea by Vittorio Sgarbi
Curated by Beatrice Avanzi and Denis Isaia.
Mart, Rovereto
2021 An exhibition conceived by the president of the MART in ROVERETO Vittorio Sgarbi and curated by Beatrice Avanzi and Denis Isaia, on the occasion of the second centenary of his death, celebrates the legacy of one of the greatest masters of sculpture of all time: Antonio Canova (1757–1822). A show in which a body of works by the leading sculptor of Neoclassicism engages in dialogue with contemporary artists, exploring the relevance of his work from photography to the most recent sculptural experiences, highlighting links, continuities and contrasts. The theme of the dialogue is the body and its many expressions of beauty.
Institutional exhibition that brought into dialogue the Neoclassicism of CANOVA and the historical avant-gardes, HELMUT NEWTON, ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, IRVING PENN, up to the contemporary, IGOR MITORAJ, ELENA MUTINELLI AND FABIO VIALE and the photographers who captured the imperfect body MIROSLAV TICHÝ; JAN SAUDEK, JOEL-PETER WITKIN, DINO PEDRIALI and those who mythologized Canova’s work itself, from ALINARI TO LUIGI SPINA, UP TO MUSTAFA SABBAGH.
VITTORINO ANDREOLI
Exhibition presentation
"ENCOUNTER AND EMBRACE
in 20th-century Sculpture from Rodin to Mitoraj"
Exhibition presentation
"ENCOUNTER AND EMBRACE
in 20th-century Sculpture from Rodin to Mitoraj"
Padua, Palazzo del Monte di Pietà, 16 November 2019 - 9 February 2020.
Exhibition of 130 sculptures, from Auguste Rodin (Le Bourgeois pleurant) to Igor Mitoraj (The Angel’s Kiss). Some highlights, such as Alma del Quijote (Salvador Dalì), Prière de toucher (Marcel Duchamp), Visage aux deux mains (Fernand Lèger). Or by renowned artists such as Helping Hand (Pablo Picasso), Two Figures (Henry Moore), The Thinker (Ernesto Bazzaro), The Rape of the Sabine Women (Luciano Minguzzi). Many original works, such as Knotted Hand (Soler Etrog) and Reflections (Novello Finotti), or representative of the themes addressed: The Awakening of Adam (Francesco Messina), Tantalus (Jorge Borras Llop), Despair (Toni Boni). Finally, sculptures well known to art history, yet rarely accessible to visitors: The Prodigal Son (Arturo Martini) and Abyss (Pietro Canonica), Centaurs (Elena Mutinelli). In addition, the works of some German Expressionists are sure to surprise: Der Abschied/Farewell (Käthe Kollwitz), Der Schreitende/Striding (Ernst Oldenburg), Gedankenkopf/Head of Thoughts (Rainer Kriester) and Verwüstung/Desolation (Hans Kastler).
