Mario Gambaro - Horse's Head

This work is part of a series dedicated to the subject of the horse, created by a group of leading artists including Alberto Rocco, Kurt Mair, Mario Gambaro, Stefano Marvulli, and Paolo Bottega. A noble animal, a symbol of beauty and harmony, the horse has repeatedly been a prominent subject in the history of art. Since the 14th century, its presence has always been obligatory in battle scenes or equestrian monuments, and for painters and sculptors, depicting it with anatomical precision and naturalistic rendering has been a challenge. The sculpture is an exquisite work of Murano glass, of which the Gambaro & Poggi glassworks has always been a leading exponent. The sculptures and design objects created by Mario Gambaro find their immediate and objective aesthetic value in the formal purity afforded by the crafting of precious Murano glass, in this case with the addition of gold and silver inserts. Thus, the horse's head, created by Mario Gambaro, emerges as a concrete form, enclosed by the taut curve of its flowing mane. The essential subject finds its aesthetic value precisely in the purity of the design and the materiality of glass. Mario Gambaro was born in Murano in 1941 and has always lived and worked on the island. For at least five generations, there has always been an important master glassmaker in his family. He began his apprenticeship at just 13 years old, under the guidance of Alfredo Barbini. He was 20 when he began working as a master glassmaker at Seguso Vetri d'Arte. He worked closely with Archimede Seguso, Livio Seguso, and Pino Signoretto. In the early 1970s, he moved there and began working for Vincenzo Nason, creating reproductions for a splendid catalog, "Vecchia Murano." In 1974, together with his brother-in-law Bruno Poggi, he opened Vetreria Artistica Gambaro & Poggi, where he worked as a master glassmaker and artistic director until his passing in 2020.

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