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Costantino Nivola
Over 200 works tracing Nivola's transatlantic career, from Olivetti graphics and sand-cast concrete reliefs to large anthropomorphic sculptures.
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Preview: written before the show opened
Sand-casting, Nivola's way of shaping concrete reliefs in moulds made of sand, started as a game: building in the sand with his children on the beach at Springs, Long Island, where he moved in 1948. It gets a large part of this retrospective of more than 200 works in the ground-floor Galleria. Every Milanese who spent August digging on a Ligurian beach with the kids was, it turns out, one step from a career.
Nivola trained in Sardinia and at the ISIA in Monza and reached New York in 1939, fleeing fascism. You move from his early graphic work for Olivetti through the sand-cast reliefs to large sculptures of human figures, with drawings, projects and documents alongside. The Museo Nivola in Orani is rehanging its own collection because works have travelled to Milan for this show.
It suits anyone curious how a sculptor ends up working on building walls and public squares. Tickets aren't on sale yet; Triennale is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:30 to 20:00.
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Over 200 works follow Costantino Nivola's transatlantic career, from graphics for Olivetti and sand-cast concrete reliefs to large anthropomorphic sculptures.
Good for
- Nerding Out
- Small Kids
With kids
On 29 November and 13 December at 10:30, Lilliput runs a two-hour workshop on the show for ages 3 to 6, exploring shapes, imprints and materials. It costs €12 per child and €10 per adult, exhibition visit included.
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Image credits
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- Costantino NivolaCourtesy of Triennale Milano
- Nino Ferrari. La forma moderna del metalloCourtesy of Castello Sforzesco
- Under Milano: Imaginary mapsCourtesy of Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci
- 100 Years for Brera. Gifts and Acquisitions from the FriendsCourtesy of Pinacoteca di Brera
- Triennale MilanoMike Peel (www.mikepeel.net), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Castello SforzescoJakub Hałun / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cenacolo Vinciano (Leonardo's Last Supper)Maria Klara Andras / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da VinciMuseo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pinacoteca di BreraKarlmontague / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0