“Sfera con sfera” by Arnaldo Pomodoro at the Royal Lazienki Museum in Warsaw

On July 15th, the new placement of Sfera con sfera (1979-1980) by Arnaldo Pomodoro will be inaugurated in the Modernist Garden of the New Orangery at the Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw, in the presence of the Italian Ambassador, Aldo Amati. As Zbigniew Wawer, director of the museum, stated: “Sfera con Sfera highlights the contrasts of modernity, because depending on the angle of the light, we can see either a destroyed city or a rebirth of life after a catastrophic event.”

Commenting on the work, the artist recalled: “The inventive operation on the ‘sphere’ is among the most important aspects of my work. Sfera con sfera reflects and represents the antithetical impulses of today’s world with its complex imaginative force, which can be read as organic, meaning human, or as oriented in a technological sense due to its internal forms, which resemble a gear. In particular, a sphere that contains another additional sphere can be interpreted as a metaphor for the rebirth of a world that is less tormented and destructive.”

Thanks to the collaboration between the Foundation and the Museum, the fiberglass sculpture, part of the Foundation’s Collection, will be accessible to the public for the next five years within the context of the Museum's park.