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Arnaldo Pomodoro was born in Montefeltro in 1926, he spent his childhood and education in Pesaro. He lived and worked in Milan since 1954. His works from the 1950s are high-reliefs where a unique and previously unknown sculptural \u201cwriting\u201d emerged, variously interpreted by the most important critics. In the early 1960s he turned to three-dimensional work and focused his research into the solid geometric form: spheres, discs, pyramids, cones, columns, cubes \u2013 all in burnished bronze \u2013 are lacerated, corroded, excavated in their depths, with the intention of destroying their perfection and discovering the mystery closed within. The formal juxtaposition between the shiny perfection of their geometric shape and the chaotic complexity of their insides from now on becomes a constant in Pomodoro\u2019s production.<\/p>\n

In 1966, he was commissioned to make a sphere, three and a half metres in diameter, for the Expo in Montreal. Now in front of the Farnesina in Rome, it marks his shift towards monumental sculpture. This was the first of several works by the artist placed in symbolically important public spaces: in many city squares (Milan, Copenhagen, Brisbane, Los Angeles, Darmstadt), in front of Trinity College, Dublin, Mills College in California, the Cortile della Pigna in the Vatican, opposite the United Nations in New York, at the Paris headquarters of UNESCO, in the PepsiCo sculpture gardens in Purchase, and in those of the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, just outside New York City.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Da sinistra, Arnaldo Pomodoro con Pierluigi Cerri, Giorgio Marconi e Francesco Leonetti (ph. Carlo Orsi)<\/h6>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t
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He has made many environmental works, ranging from the\u00a0Progetto per il Cimitero di Urbino<\/i>\u00a0(Project for the New Cemetery of Urbino) of 1973, excavated into a hill in Urbino, which was, however, never built, due to local issues and disagreements, and\u00a0Moto terreno solare,\u00a0<\/i>a long concrete wall for Il Simposio di Minoa in Marsala, through to the\u00a0Sala d'Armi<\/i>\u00a0for the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan,\u00a0Ingresso nel labirinto<\/i>(Entering the Labyrinth), dedicated to the epic of Gilgamesh, which he completed in 2011, and\u00a0Carapace<\/i>, a wine cellar in Bevagna made for the Lunelli family.<\/p>\n

Memorable retrospectives have consolidated his reputation as one of the most significant contemporary artists. His traveling exhibitions have toured throughout Europe, America, Australia and Japan. He has dedicated himself to set design since the start of his activities and created \u201cspectacular machines\u201d for numerous theatrical works, from Greek tragedy to melodrama, from contemporary theatre to music.
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He has been the recipient of many prestigious awards: the Sculpture Prizes at the Biennials of S\u00e3o Paulo (1963) and Venice (1964); the Japan Art Association's 1990 Imperial Praemium for Sculpture, and the Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award from San Francisco\u2019s International Sculpture Center (2008). In 1992 he received a degree in the humanities\u00a0honoris causa<\/i>\u00a0from Trinity College Dublin, and in 2001 an honorary degree in architectural engineering from the University of Ancona.<\/p>\n

On June 22, 2025, just hours before his ninety-ninth birthday, Arnaldo Pomodoro peacefully passed away at his home in Milan, leaving behind an immense legacy, not only for the power of his work, recognized internationally, but also for the coherence and depth of his thought, always capable of looking to the future with tireless creative energy.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t

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For more information on the artist's life and activity, and for any useful in-depth information on his works, explore the free portals of the Catalogue Raisonn\u00e9<\/em> and the Online Archive<\/em>, or consult the Monographs <\/em>and Works around the world<\/em> pages!<\/h5>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t
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Catalogue Raisonn\u00e9<\/h1>\n<\/div>
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