ARTISTS

IGOR MITORAJ was born in Oederan, Germany in 1944. He returned to Poland, his mother’s homeland and studied at Cracow Art School and Cracow Academy of Art, where he received a classically based education painting with Tadeus Kantor. In 1968 he moved to Paris to continue studying at the National School of Fine Arts. He moved to Italy in 1983 and since then he divides his activity between Italy and France. The classic style of his sculptures its view with the eyes of a modern artist who pretends to express himself with a richness perspective, a magical vision, surreal, fantastic and even traumatic. In his works, oneself can appreciated an exquisite treatment of the sculptural material, sensuality of the shapes, metaphorical surfaces with torture wrinkled condition, care for the patina and the light. Outstanding for their monumentality and magnificence, they are very appreciated for open air public exhibitions.