Nivola’s evocation of work and effort, the representation of eros and of the many faces of suffering, the synthesis of human dignity (the mother, the family, the crafts), the exaltation of humble and natural materials (sand, clay, cement, bronze, wood, etc.): these serve to point us, through Nivola’s work, towards a new orientation for man. In this way, Costantino Nivola is at the same time a son of Orani and of the whole world, a man secure in his roots and therefore capable of an openness and a connection to the global.