HORSE’S HEAD / TESTA di CAVALLO Sculpture

An element from the installation “l’Acqua” / “The Water” ( a flowing stream of horses emerging from the ground, rhythmic repetition of five forms ). Originally realized for the international exhibition “Il Sogno dell Cavallo” / “The Horse’s Dream”, held in the castle at Grosetto, under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Italy. This installation was subsequently requested and increased in dimension, to create a rhythmic matrix for the 39th Exhibition of Artistic Ceramics at Castellamonte, Turin. 1999 . The horses have appeared in various subsequent exhibitions in installations of varying form. “The horses emerge from the ground as though they are crossing a deep river, as though in migration. The head is severely stylized, it could itself be the movement of the water, a ripple, a wave, or have been formed itself by the constant passage of water, just as rock is eroded and smoothed in the bed of a stream or underground in caves. The head is impressed with a faded ancient cuneiform-like script, the horse appears archaic, it carries an information the significance of which has been lost in the mists of time. The eye pierces the head so the horse observes the viewer from beyond, from the depths of time, severely.” Realized in terra-cotta, surface smoothed and waxed. To give stability for outdoor installation the heads are weighted internally with sand. Signed underneath.