{"id":635,"date":"2009-03-28T12:32:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-28T10:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thatsarte.com\/blog\/?p=635"},"modified":"2009-03-28T12:32:13","modified_gmt":"2009-03-28T10:32:13","slug":"nino-caruso-donates-60-ceramic-sculptures-to-torgiano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/highlights\/nino-caruso-donates-60-ceramic-sculptures-to-torgiano\/","title":{"rendered":"Nino Caruso donates 60 ceramic sculptures to Torgiano"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Italian<\/a>On March 13th a grand opening celebrated the permanent exhibition of 60 works by Nino Caruso, donated by the artist to the city of Torgiano (Umbria).<\/p>\n

Caruso is Italy\u2019s most renowned contemporary ceramic artist, internationally acclaimed both for his works and for his studies.<\/p>\n

The collection is an ideal overview on his evolution as an artist since the Fifties, when he started to use traditional shapes \u2013 steles, columns, vases, oil lamps – as references for modern contemporary ceramic art.<\/p>\n

In a very distinctive way, Nino Caruso breaks with Italian ceramic traditions while reflecting in his works a thorough understanding and appreciation of those traditions. Similarly, he embodies the European humanism while freely using forms and techniques from Japan such as haniwa and raku.<\/p>\n

He really makes people look at clay in a new way, always ready to point out its endless expressive possibilities. Tradition, improvisation and intuition are the factors that better describe his works. All the techniques he uses \u2013 even the ancient Japanese Raku technique \u2013 are revised based on his personal knowledge and taste.<\/p>\n

After many \"Italian<\/a>years spent working on modular sculptures made through slipcasting, Caruso has recently gone back to hand shaping. His \u201coniric\u201d works are inspired by memories, fragments of real events, places visited, imagination. Symbolic human faces, enigmatic architectural structures, soft lines combined with sharp geometries, artful combinations of light and shade are the trademarks of his latest works, where silvery effects and precious shades with metal reflections are carefully blended thanks to a perfect control of the firing process.<\/p>\n

Some facts from his biography:
\nNino Caruso career as an artist started in 1956. Ever since his works have been exhibited all over the world and they have been awarded many prizes. Here is a selection of his exhibitions:<\/p>\n