Artist:
Franco Adami
Title:
L'Escalier
Year:
1990
Adress:
250, Rue du faubourg Saint Antoine
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Ne en 1933 a Pise, Franco ADAMI reçoit une solide formation classique : Instituto Leonardo da Vinci de Pise, Scuola d’Arte de Cascina, Beaux-Arts de Florence.
En 1957, il arrive a Paris. Depuis, sa vie se partage entre ses deux pays et villes de coeur, Pietrasanta et Paris. Pendant une dizaine d’annees, il travaille le bois, peaufine sa technique et affirme son style. Deux rencontres vont orienter definitivement son parcours: le sculpteur Ozzip Zadkine croise a la Grande Chaumiere, puis le sculpteur Collamarini, alors professeur aux Beaux-Arts de Paris, avec qui il se lie d’amitie et qui va influencer sa vision de la sculpture. A partir de 1970, il opte pour la noblesse des materiaux qui vont devenir sa signature : la pierre et le bronze. Installe a Pietrasanta depuis 1971, le marbre est devenu sa matiere de predilection pour son caractere perenne. Le marbre blanc de Carrare, le marbre vert des Alpes, le rare marbre noir de Belgique, l'onyx, l'introuvable porphyre lui offrent un champ d’expression en parfait accord avec ses creations grand format. Le bronze est utilise pour des oeuvres monumentales et de dimensions plus modestes, il realise egalement des tirages precieux en argent.
Le choix du materiau ne doit rien au hasard : tout est affaire d’equilibre et d’harmonie entre la forme, la couleur et le theme. Comme il le dit lui-meme : « la forme se decline a l'infini, il y a encore tant a faire… ».
A partir de 1987, plusieurs sejours en Afrique noire sont pour lui sources nouvelles d’inspiration, venant completer son pantheon. De la naitront les totems et les masques qui ont marque sa pensee. Reconnu internationalement, Franco ADAMI a reçu de nombreuses distinctions : Prix de sculpture de Cascina en 1957, Prix Fernand Dupre en 1981, Prix de sculpture de la Fondation de France en 1987, Medaille d’Or pour l'Art et la Culture remise par le President de la Republique d’Italie en 2008 pour l'ensemble de son oeuvre. La consecration a lieu en 2009-2010 en Italie : l'Opera Giacomo Puccini de Torre del Lago lui confie la realisation des decors du centenaire de l'Opera « La Fanciulla del West ».
Expose en galeries et musees dans de nombreux pays, ses pieces sont aujourd’hui dans la plupart des grandes collections privees a travers le monde, et il participe avec ses galeries aux grandes Foires d’Art Internationales : FIAC, Salon de Mars, Europart, PAN Amsterdam, TEFAF de Maastricht, Art Fair de Cologne, Art Fair de Shangai, Art Fair de Singapour, Art Fair de Miami, Art Fair de Budapest, ART Elysees Paris.
Translation
www.anagama.fr:
Born in 1933 in Pisa, Franco Adami received a solid classical training: Instituto Leonardo of Pisa, Scuola d'Arte to Cascina, Fine Arts in Florence.
In 1957 he arrived in Paris. Since then, his life is divided between the two countries and cities of heart, Pietrasanta and Paris. For ten years he worked wood, refines his technique and his style says. Two meetings will definitely steer its course: the sculptor Zadkine Ozzip crossed the Grande Chaumiere, then Collamarini sculptor, then a professor at the Beaux Arts in Paris, with whom he befriends and that will influence his vision of sculpture. From 1970, he opted for noble materials that will become his signature: the stone and bronze. Housed since 1971 in Pietrasanta, marble became his favorite material for its perennial nature. The white Carrara marble, green marble from the Alps, the rare black Belgian marble, onyx, porphyry not found offer him a field of expression in perfect harmony with its large format creations. Bronze is used for monumental works and smaller dimensions, it also carries precious prints money.
The choice of material is not by chance: everything is matter of balance and harmony between form, color and theme. As he says himself:"form is available at infinity, there is still so much to do ...".
From 1987, several stays in Black Africa are to him new sources of inspiration, complementing its pantheon. From this will be born totems and masks that marked his thought. Internationally recognized Franco ADAMI has received numerous distinctions: Cascina Sculpture Prize in 1957, Fernand Dupre Award 1981 Sculpture Prize of the Fondation de France in 1987, Gold Medal for Art and Culture awarded by the President of the Republic of Italy in 2008 for lifetime achievement. The consecration took place in 2009-2010 in Italy: Opera Giacomo Puccini in Torre del Lago entrusted Centennial achieving the scenery of the Opera"La Fanciulla del West".
Exhibited in galleries and museums in many countries, his pieces are now in most major private collections around the world, and is involved with its galleries to large International Art Fairs: FIAC, the Salon de Mars, Europart, PAN Amsterdam, TEFAF Maastricht Art Fair in Cologne, Shanghai Art Fair, Art Fair Singapore Art Fair Miami Art Fair in Budapest, ART Elysees Paris.
Ne en 1933 a Pise, Franco ADAMI reçoit une solide formation classique : Instituto Leonardo da Vinci de Pise, Scuola d’Arte de Cascina, Beaux-Arts de Florence.
En 1957, il arrive a Paris. Depuis, sa vie se partage entre ses deux pays et villes de coeur, Pietrasanta et Paris. Pendant une dizaine d’annees, il travaille le bois, peaufine sa technique et affirme son style. Deux rencontres vont orienter definitivement son parcours: le sculpteur Ozzip Zadkine croise a la Grande Chaumiere, puis le sculpteur Collamarini, alors professeur aux Beaux-Arts de Paris, avec qui il se lie d’amitie et qui va influencer sa vision de la sculpture. A partir de 1970, il opte pour la noblesse des materiaux qui vont devenir sa signature : la pierre et le bronze. Installe a Pietrasanta depuis 1971, le marbre est devenu sa matiere de predilection pour son caractere perenne. Le marbre blanc de Carrare, le marbre vert des Alpes, le rare marbre noir de Belgique, l'onyx, l'introuvable porphyre lui offrent un champ d’expression en parfait accord avec ses creations grand format. Le bronze est utilise pour des oeuvres monumentales et de dimensions plus modestes, il realise egalement des tirages precieux en argent.
Le choix du materiau ne doit rien au hasard : tout est affaire d’equilibre et d’harmonie entre la forme, la couleur et le theme. Comme il le dit lui-meme : « la forme se decline a l'infini, il y a encore tant a faire… ».
A partir de 1987, plusieurs sejours en Afrique noire sont pour lui sources nouvelles d’inspiration, venant completer son pantheon. De la naitront les totems et les masques qui ont marque sa pensee. Reconnu internationalement, Franco ADAMI a reçu de nombreuses distinctions : Prix de sculpture de Cascina en 1957, Prix Fernand Dupre en 1981, Prix de sculpture de la Fondation de France en 1987, Medaille d’Or pour l'Art et la Culture remise par le President de la Republique d’Italie en 2008 pour l'ensemble de son oeuvre. La consecration a lieu en 2009-2010 en Italie : l'Opera Giacomo Puccini de Torre del Lago lui confie la realisation des decors du centenaire de l'Opera « La Fanciulla del West ».
Expose en galeries et musees dans de nombreux pays, ses pieces sont aujourd’hui dans la plupart des grandes collections privees a travers le monde, et il participe avec ses galeries aux grandes Foires d’Art Internationales : FIAC, Salon de Mars, Europart, PAN Amsterdam, TEFAF de Maastricht, Art Fair de Cologne, Art Fair de Shangai, Art Fair de Singapour, Art Fair de Miami, Art Fair de Budapest, ART Elysees Paris.
Translation
www.anagama.fr:
Born in 1933 in Pisa, Franco Adami received a solid classical training: Instituto Leonardo of Pisa, Scuola d'Arte to Cascina, Fine Arts in Florence.
In 1957 he arrived in Paris. Since then, his life is divided between the two countries and cities of heart, Pietrasanta and Paris. For ten years he worked wood, refines his technique and his style says. Two meetings will definitely steer its course: the sculptor Zadkine Ozzip crossed the Grande Chaumiere, then Collamarini sculptor, then a professor at the Beaux Arts in Paris, with whom he befriends and that will influence his vision of sculpture. From 1970, he opted for noble materials that will become his signature: the stone and bronze. Housed since 1971 in Pietrasanta, marble became his favorite material for its perennial nature. The white Carrara marble, green marble from the Alps, the rare black Belgian marble, onyx, porphyry not found offer him a field of expression in perfect harmony with its large format creations. Bronze is used for monumental works and smaller dimensions, it also carries precious prints money.
The choice of material is not by chance: everything is matter of balance and harmony between form, color and theme. As he says himself:"form is available at infinity, there is still so much to do ...".
From 1987, several stays in Black Africa are to him new sources of inspiration, complementing its pantheon. From this will be born totems and masks that marked his thought. Internationally recognized Franco ADAMI has received numerous distinctions: Cascina Sculpture Prize in 1957, Fernand Dupre Award 1981 Sculpture Prize of the Fondation de France in 1987, Gold Medal for Art and Culture awarded by the President of the Republic of Italy in 2008 for lifetime achievement. The consecration took place in 2009-2010 in Italy: Opera Giacomo Puccini in Torre del Lago entrusted Centennial achieving the scenery of the Opera"La Fanciulla del West".
Exhibited in galleries and museums in many countries, his pieces are now in most major private collections around the world, and is involved with its galleries to large International Art Fairs: FIAC, the Salon de Mars, Europart, PAN Amsterdam, TEFAF Maastricht Art Fair in Cologne, Shanghai Art Fair, Art Fair Singapore Art Fair Miami Art Fair in Budapest, ART Elysees Paris.