Giacomo Ravagli Vulgata VI

After dealing exclusively with marble in his early collections, Ravagli chose to confront other, more pliable, materials for his own mental sanity. Plaster, as seen in the base of Vulgata VI, was often used as a secondary material by historic sculptors and so seemed a natural choice for Ravagli to continue to develop his practice.

The near transparent mica sheets of the lampshade add to the artwork’s white nature, as if bleached by the sun.

The artist has always been motivated by a need to create, which he describes as both a calling and a responsibility. He understands his own power to liberate a deeper meaning from his materials, and bring his subject somewhere new.