Alfredo Sosabravo (b.1930 Cuba) 1996 ceramic tile mermaid in a boat 11x12 - $8,976 - (New York, NY)
Alfredo Sosabravo (b.1930 Cuba) ceramic tile, an image of a mermaid in a boat 11x12 Signed Sosabravo 96 Tile measures 11 x 12, in very good condition, no chips or cracks Translated from Wikipedia: The artistic history of Alfredo Sosa Bravo (in "Sosabravo" art) was born when twenty years fascinated in front of the artistic works of another great Cuban plastic artist: his countryman Wifredo Lam. In 1965 also he begins to know and to experience the art of ceramics that are passionate and that will take him to Italy Albisola, In 1966 he began a new phase of growth and artistic experimentation in his work through the use of canvas or shredded tissue paper and then reassembled and met with countless stitches that make the work of particularly rich in novelty and charm Art . Its exuberant artistic creation yet found an outlet on the bare, brightly colored terracotta with the creation of the famous "mural" of Sosabravo. From the seventies to the present day realized around the world a number of works composed of ceramic parts assembled in the wall and a real ceramic sculpture gallery of various sizes, representing mechanical contraptions and subsequently forms of anatomical allegories. Master Alfredo Sosabravo works Nineties Alfredo Sosabravo often travels in Europe ... In Italy, in Marzabotto Bolognese, in a municipal elementary school gym wall Pian di Venola, the summer of 1993, with the collaboration of many young men and women participating in the Civil Service international, paints an impressive mural entitled "Peace and War at Monte Sole", (and other anti-war mural paints them in Sardinia). Albissola (Savona) - world-renowned center of ceramics - in 1998 he made a hundred ceramic plates. In Murano (Venice) manufactures a series of glass sculptures inspired by the Man and other creatures of nature (fish, sirens, etc.). The works of Alfredo Sosabravo are different and original: a genuine personal expression, attentive to the eternal questions of life: nature, man and…
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