Dreyfoos School of the Arts Charity Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Dreyfoos School of the Arts Charity Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Silvio Vigliaturo
Maternita
Lot Closed
February 28, 08:11 PM GMT
Estimate
4,200 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Silvio Vigliaturo
b. 1949
Maternita
Executed 2012.
Glass sculpture
39 2/5 x 15 3/4 x 8 3/5 in.
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Acquired by the donor on 10/14/2022.
Silvio Vigliaturo glass works have been exhibited across the world in Barcelona, Tokyo, New York, Paris, and Hong Kong. Memorable expositions include: a 1997 show with Sandra Chia, one of the world’s leading contemporary artists, and Kiki Kogelnik, Austria’s important pop-related artist who delved into glass later in her career, and a showing in 2002 at the princely Palazzo Falcone in Arci, Italy, his hometown.
In 2006, Vigliaturo’s work was chosen, along with other exceptional artists, to represent the city of Turin at the XX Olympic Winter Games. He created pieces for each winning athlete and many honored guests for the occasion. Later that year, he received another great tribute when the Museum of Contemporary Art of Acri was dedicated to him, complete with a collection of over two hundred examples of his respected art.
Vigliaturo’s skill and ideology in glass fusion are distinctive; his dedication to glass as a medium showcases modern imagination while holding on to the traditional feelings invoked by admirers of this traditional channel of expression.