Sculpture 'Gesu fate luce', Ischia Porto
On the San Girolamo square has an interesting monument (на карте), the name of which can be translated as "Jesus giving light".
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The author of this work is a self-taught artist Lello Esposito (1957г), native of Naples. By the way, I peeked by his studio on Via San Biagio Dei Librai in Naples a couple of days ago.
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Esposito began his career as a sculptor at the age of 16 making masks Pulcinella - the traditional character of the Italian Comedy del Arte. This image occupies the main place in his subsequent work, in 1990 the artist became a laureate of the international masks exhibition at the mercadante theater. Pulcinella was followed by other images of Neapolitan culture - from volcanoes to St. Januarius.
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The sculptor uses a variety of materials and technologies-wrought iron, bronze and aluminum casting, clay, wax, paint oil paintings with the addition of acrylic.
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Sculpture Gesu fate luce was bought by the famous writer Domenico Rea and donated to the municipality of Ischia Porto.
![Sculpture 'Gesu fate luce', Ischia Porto Sculpture 'Gesu fate luce', Ischia Porto](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4427/26384437.3de/0_dc9a6_7d1bf2d5_XXXL.jpg)