Maurizio D'Agostini (1946)

Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) Mars (The Warbearer), 2004 Painted semire terracotta 85 x 34.3 x 36.5 cm Signature: "M D" engraved at the base of the tunic Date: "2004" engraved at the base of the tunic Other inscriptions: title ("MARTE") and dedication ("A G. HOLST") both at the base of the rune but on opposite sides Provenance: Veneto Banca SpA in LCA Bibliography: B. Buscaroli, ed, Maurizio D'Agostini. Imagination, matter and feeling, Vicenza, 2006, p. 49 M. Rossi, Matter and feeling brought together by Maurizio D'Agostini. 40 works of sculpture and pastels at LAMeC, Basilica Palladiana, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, 06/17/2006 M. Rossi, An artist who translates into form what he dreams. At LAMeC the anthological exhibition curated by Beatrice Buscaroli, in La Voce dei Berici, 09.07.2006 R. Amaglio, D'Agostini. Il fantasticare diventa scultura, in La domenica di Vicenza, 07/27/06 F. Girardello, I Pianeti, l'invenzione cosmica di Maurizio D'Agostini, in Catalogue of the exhibition at the G. B. Cima da Conegliano Foundation, 2009 G. Grossato, D'Agostini on the trail of Holst, and the planets become sculptures, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, July 9, 2009 M. Valediano, An argonaut along enigmatic routes, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, Nov. 18, 2009 C. Franchetti, ed, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Sondrio, 2011, pp. 26-27 (ill.) G. Grossato, The planets of Maurizio D'Agostini, in Artantis, Palermo, July-August 2011. G. Grossato, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini a casa dell'astronomo Piazzi, in Il Giornale di Vicenza," May 11, 2011 Aa. Vv., Encyclopedia Contemporary Artists, Rome, 2013, pp. 128-129 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, texts by, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Costa di Mezzate, 2016, pp. 9, 11, 18-19 (ill.) D. Radini Tedeschi and S. Pieralice, "Atlas of Art," Novara, 2020, sub vocem G. Maritati, The Atlas of Art 2020, in TG1, 11.06.2020 R. Ammendola, The Atlas of Art 2020, in TG2, Stories, 16.06.2020 M. Veladiano, Maurizio D'Agostini in the "Atlas of Art, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, 28.07.2020, p. 39 A. Keran, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. The metaphysical key to Matter, in Amedit, autumn 2020 Exhibits: B. Buscaroli, ed, Maurizio D'Agostini, Imagination, matter and feeling, LAMeC Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, June 17-August 27, 2006 F. Girardello, ed, The Planets. The cosmic invention of Maurizio D'Agostini, Fondazione Giovanni Battista Cima, Conegliano, May 1 - June 14, 2009 C. Franchetti, ed, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Piazzi, Sondrio, April 24 - May 15, 2011 AA. Vv., "The Seven Planets. Homage to Gustav Holst," traveling exhibition at Veneto Banca offices in Bari (Palazzo Barone Ferrara), Fabriano, Verona, Verbania, 2014 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, eds, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Veneto Banca, 2016 Conservation status. Support: 75% (small recomposed fractures at the base) Conservation status. Surface: 75% (wear on surfaces, especially eminences) The work is part of a series created by D'Agostini in the early 2000s on the planets, dedicated to Gustav Holst (1874-1934), who had worldwide success with the suite "The Planets." "I became fascinated," says the artist, who had already sketched Man of the Stars in pastel in 1999 (Buscaroli and Levi 2016, p. 11), "with the musical suite of Gustav Holst's 'The Seven Planets' at the home of friends, the Borgato couple. Paola and Luigi Borgato are piano makers. That evening they invited me to dinner. With us was also pianist Igor Roma. It was a beautiful Fall evening in 2001, and after dinner, to conclude that warm and jovial meeting, Igor took a seat at the piano (a Borgato grand piano, of course!), an exceptional instrument as black as night and as shiny as a mirror. And there, with his fingers running furiously over the keyboard, Igor introduced me to Gustav Holst's War-bearing Mars. The impact was immediate, I was literally captivated by those powerful sounds, some of which I already knew from hearing them in some action movie soundtracks. I confess that I did not know Holst, the composer, but his music, a little! I was going through a period of creative crisis, as has always happened to me, on and off. I was in a situation where I was in great need, absolute need of a spark to light the fuse of my creative imagination, and Mars the warbearer was real dynamite! That famous evening, returning home, my soul was wonderfully well. An ambitious, superb project came to my mind: I would make my seven planets based on the music of Gustav Holst. Listening to the divine Holst, my characters were born within seven years. I was intoxicated by those musics. My goal was to materialize those sounds according to my visions, to be able to create scu