Museum dedicated to Polish sculptor to open in Italy
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
29.11.2016 13:34
The town of Pietrasanta on the Tuscan coast is to have a museum dedicated to the famous Polish sculptor Igor Mitoraj, who lived and worked there for many years.
A sculpture by Igor Mitoraj. Photo: wikimedia commons/Ellywa
The Italian Ministry of Culture has assigned EUR 2 million for the project.
The mayor of Pietrasanta, Massimo Mallegni, has told local media he is delighted with the ministry’s support for the project, which he said would place the town “in the centre of the international cultural and artistic scene”.
He added that the project would not have been possible without the artist’s family, who donated many of Mitoraj’s works to Pietrasanta.
Mitoraj studied painting at the Fine Arts Academy in Kraków, southern Poland. He took up sculpture during a stay in Paris, where he went on to live for many years, before moving to Italy in 1983.
His sculptures, in marble and bronze, can be found in many Italian cities, in Paris, London, Japan, the United States and Poland.
His works include the bronze doors and a statue of John the Baptist for the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome and the Angelic Doors for the Jesuit Church in Warsaw. He died in Paris in 2014, aged 70. (mk/rg)