Giuseppe Bergomi – Sculptures

The human figure lies at the heart of Giuseppe Bergomi’s artistic quest which, in his both his painting and sculpture, is based on the search for timeless beauty and everyday reality. In this exhibition, curated by Lea Mattarella and Claudio Strinati, this artist from Brescia presents a selection of pieces that retrace his artistic career up to his most recent creations. In the central Cathedral Square and the courtyard of the Church of Saint Agostino there will be three large works on public show for the first time, in inoxidizable and corten steel and bronze.  
The event is promoted by Pietrasanta Town Council in collaboration with Italian Factory and sponsored by Terra Moretti.

The exhibition continues inside the Church of Saint Agostino with over 60 small and medium-sized, mostly bronze sculptures, and a number of paintings. Giuseppe Bergomi narrates his present through uniting of the anthological and more contemporary chapters of his artistic career.

Biographical notes |
Giuseppe Bergomi was born in 1953 in Brescia.
After completing an MA at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brera he had his first solo exhibition as a painter in Brescia before dedicating himself to sculpture three years later. He went on to form relations with the most important national and international galleries and earned the acclaim of a number of important critics.
In 1992-1993 the Academy of Château Beychevelle invited him to live and work in Château Beychevelle. It was then that he created a large ceramic sculpture of the Allegory of Justice which won him the Grand Prix Château Beychevelle 1993.
In 1996 he took part in the Quadrennial Exhibition of Modern Art in Rome and in 1997 he won the Camera dei Deputati Prize with a solo exhibition at Palazzo di Vicolo Valdina in Montecitorio. In the same year the Principality of Monaco bought two large sculptures on show at the Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Sculpture in Montecarlo.
In 2000 he created a monumental bronze sculpture entitled Uomini, delfini e parallelepipedi (Men, dolphins and parallelepiped) for the entrance to the aquarium of Nagoya, in Japan.
From July to September in 2005 the Cloister of the Bramante in Roma hosted a large show with over 60 works.
In May 2009 the Pietro Malossi Museum in Ome dedicated an exhibition to this artist that included his most important work from 1984 to 2009.
In 2011, he was invited to take part in the 54th edition of the Biennial Exhibition of Modern Art in Venice curated by Vittorio Sgarbi and the Festival of the Two Worlds in Spoleto.
He lives with his wife Alma in Ome, in the province of Brescia.