"SALVATEi gorilla."
in the jungle but not those two impressive sculptures are at
Seggiano
Pioltello, near the railway station
. The appeal is
group "Watching the skies of Segrate,
engaged in the recovery of forgotten works of art.
artists who are part of, in fact, would
save the two large statues of plaster from a possible dismantling
and place them back elsewhere. The two gorillas
, 2.10 meter tall each, are located within a
site of an old foundry that will soon be demolished. "Passing on a chance
railroad
Pioltello
we came across these two large sculptures - says
Alfred Breitman,
one of the artists who founded the group
Watching the sky -. It seemed like just a work
magnificent and imposing,
of great emotional impact.
The animals were made in a life-size
position. We understand that
behind the creation of this
there must have been a very thorough study. We are informed about the fate of
two gorillas and a worker who worked in the yard
told us that the work would soon
dismantled, because the artist,
that in the meantime had moved elsewhere, had decided
to leave it there. "
The two gorillas in the meantime
have become a real landmark in
Pioltello,
especially for children who admire them in all their majesty
. The activists of the group would recover
artistic works, already damaged
wear of time and weather, making a
cast bronze. "Probably the artist had made these shapes in
plaster and then a merger
bronze. Perhaps the cost of this procedure consideration
forced the sculptor to abandon the idea
and later work - continues
Alfred Breitman -. We
we decided to give it a name
calling it "the power of life
," as a symbol for what
Yeah.
The idea would be to place them at a park
Pioltello, places
three quarters, with a ball under
symbolizing the world. With the help of the town
we would try to contact the Crodino, to suggest sponsorship
work. " Mayor Antonio Concas
said that at present has not been any decision on
dismantling
also because the works are not owned by the City
but the sculptor who has made the
: "The administration already
long had been interested
topic - remember Concas -.
I personally asked the technical office of 3M Italy,
industry leader based
in our city, to perform analysis of
chemical and in-depth study
a possible solution for the coating.
I am satisfied that this is a very expensive
.
In this moment, with the cuts imposed by the Government
,
we are forced to make choices and we had to focus
essential services for our citizens, which is
our priority. We
heart
artistic heritage of our city and we
maximum availability to act as mediators between the owner
work and those who want to engage in this operation
recovery, "concluded the Mayor . If
Pioltello should not do
do artists Watching the sky
ensure that you have already alerted
Massimiliano Finazzer Flory,
culture commissioner of Milan,
to propose to place
gorilla in the gardens of Porta Venezia.
Jennifer Marfia
www.ilgiorno.it
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