fausto melotti

Fausto Melotti

"Nets"

1961

I've started to make some small

tabletop sculptures

and I have found myself thinking of

the work of Fausto Melotti

while doing so. 

They don't look

anything like his work,

but very much influenced by,

if that makes any sense. 

I've completed 3 so far,

once I get to 10 or 12

maybe I will share....

Fausto Melotti

"The Journey"

1961

Fausto Melotti

"The Rain"

1966-72

Fausto Melotti

"The Painter"

1961-66

Fausto Melotti

"Men"

1961

Fausto Melotti

"Oh How Quickly the Winds Screech,

Mixed with the Cold Autumnal Rain..."

1966

Fausto Melotti

"Josephine Baker"

1962

Fausto Melotti

"The Watchmaker's House"

1960

Fausto Melotti

"The Warehouse of Ideas"

1966

Fausto Melotti

"Life in Pieces"

1961

Fausto Melotti

"White Fire"

1961

Fausto Melotti

"The Rags"

1963

Fausto Melotti

"The Objects"

1962

All photos from the massive

Guggenheim catalog

"The Italian Metamorphosis, 1943-1968"

That was a great show,

I can't believe it was 17 years ago....

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