Gorilla, the hope is bronze. Need to save 80 thousand
'AAA sponsors wanted. " This
the heartfelt plea of \u200b\u200bthe activists of the group 'Watching the skies'
engaged in the recovery of two gorillas
Seggiano.
The two statues of plaster in fact, had been abandoned for some time
in a yard near the station
station by the same author.
The group, based in Treviglio,
charmed by the impressive work
decided to take action to safeguard
and replace it in another place, perhaps at a city park
.
"We already have the first estimates
to make a bronze cast
- said Alfred Breitman,
one of the founding members of the group
-. The foundry Salvadori
art of Pistoia, one of the most prestigious
of Italy, spoke of
about 80 thousand euro. We understand
account which is a very high figure,
but we hope to be able to find
sponsors that allow us to complete this work,
that we decided to call
"The force of life."
but the "DEAR" Bronze is not
not the only solution: "You could
restore the plaster, trying to recover
those parties most affected - said Alfred
-.
This operation would be much cheaper, around
to 5-6 thousand euro.
This type of procedure, however, could be done
if the statues were placed in a
indoors and not outdoors.
The work, however, would be affected in
strength and, when exposed outdoors,
could be the victim of acts of vandalism
. The cast bronze
coated
remains the best procedure for quality and durability. " For
sponsor has already thought of
Crodino that as a testimonial of his campaigns
actually uses a friendly gorilla.
But local authorities and companies
the area are welcome:
"The Esselunga, the Rotolito maanche the bank or Cariplo Popular
referents could be perfect."
MAYOR Pioltello, Antonello
Concas, has meanwhile confirmed that there has never been
a decision to dismantle the work, as
is owned by the sculptor.
also then stated that the Administration also
was worried about the fate of two
gorilla. "I personally asked the technical office of 3M
Italy, a leading industry
headquartered in our city, to perform chemical analysis to study
a possible solution for their
coating.
We found that this is a very expensive
that at this moment we can not support.
thank the promoters of this initiative because it will help
to request the intervention of some private so you do
load restoration. We still care about
conservation of artistic heritage of our city
and offer maximum availability to act as mediators between the owner
work and those who want to
involved in this recovery, "concluded Concas.
Jennifer Marfia
www.ilgiorno.it
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