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RICHARD LAURENZI
CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE
INSPIRED BY ARCHETYPICAL ART OF THE PAST
THE BODY OF MY CURRENT WORK, MAINLY IN CERAMICS, PAYS HOMAGE TO THE ART OF THOSE ANCIENT CULTURES WHICH I LOVE -- THE PRE-COLUMBIAN SCULPTURE OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND TO MOST PARTICULARLY, EARLY GREEK AND ETRUSCAN POTTERY WHERE I ESSAY IN CLAY THE VARIOUS GENRES TYICAL OF THOSE ARTIFACTS FOUND IN EARLY MEDITERRANEAN CULTURES -- THE FIGURINES, MASKS, AND THE CHARACTERISTIC VESSEL SHAPES OF THE URNS, ALABASTRONS, AND AMPHORAE USED IN THOSE CIVILIZATIONS AND WHICH I REPRESENT AS FEMALE BODIES , REFLECTING THE ARCHETYPICAL IDEA OF WOMAN AS VESSEL. THE PIECES RANGE IN SIZE FROM 8" TO 16" AND ARE AVAILABLE WITH WOODEN OR METAL STANDS. THEY CAN BE ENLARGED TO ANY SIZE IN A VARIETY OF MATERIALS BY COMMISSION AND HAVE A REAL AUDIENCE IN THE COLLECTORS AND ART LOVERS OF ANTIQUITIES.
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RICHARD LAURENZI'S ARTISTIC TRAINING INCLUDES A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, PHILADELPHIA, PA, AND A MASTER OF FINE ARTS DEGREE FROM VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, VILLANOVA, PA. HE STUDIED THEATRE DESIGN AT YALE UNIVERSITY AND WAS A RECIPIENT OF A U.S. FULBRIGHT FINE ARTS TO ITALY AND HAS WORKED IN A VARIETY OF MEDIUMS. IN LUCCA, ITALY, HE STUDIED STONE SCULPTURE WITH THE EMINENT MASTER CARVER ROBERTO BERTOLA AND HERE IN THE U.S. WITH THE MASTER STONE ARTISAN RENE LAVAGGI. HIS SCULPTURE IS REPRESENTED IN BOTH PRIVATE AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS HERE IN THE U.S. AND IN EUROPE.
HIS CURRENT MEDIUM OF CHOICE AS A SCULPTOR IS HIS WORK IN CERAMICS, FOCUSED ON ESSAYING HIS PERSONAL CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATIONS OF THE ART OF THE ANCIENT CULTURES . HIS PROFESSIONAL CREDITS AS A SCULPTOR AND SCENIC ARTIST MEMBER OF UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS OF AMERICA INCLUDE WORKS EXECUTED FOR FILMS, TV, BROADWAY, AND THE METROPOLTAN OPERA. HE IS ALSO THE FOUNDING MEMBER OF THTE ITALIAN-AMERICAN VISUAL ARTISTS' NETWORK (IAVANET). HE LIVES IN BROOKLYN, NY
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EXHIBITIONS - Solo and Group
Salmagundi Gallery, New. York City, 2017
Greenwich House Gallery. New York City, 2017, 2016, 2015
Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo' NYU, New York City, 2017
Con Artists Gallery, New York City, 2017, 2016, 2015
Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo' New York City, 2015
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, Staten Island, 2014
Casa Belvedere Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, 2012
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, Staten Island NY, 2010
School of Visual Arts Exhibitions, 2006-2009
Diane Boisvert Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2004-2005
Ludmilla Baczinsky Gallery, NYC, 1997
Paoli Sculpture Atelier, Pietrasanta , Italy, 1997
Kohn Pederson Fox Architects, NYC, 1994 -1995
Pindar Gallery, NYC, 1990 - 92
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
National Bank of Australia, New York City Headquarters
American Insurance Products, Hartford, Connecticut
University of The Arts, Philadelphia, Pa
Harvey Guild Collection, Brooklyn, NY
Robert Picardo Collection, Pasadena, CA
Andrianidou Collection, Salonika, Greece
Loren and Carol Kelley Collection, Monroe, NJ
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