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The Influence of the Bauhaus |
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Piazza Sebastiano Satta |
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For the piazza dedicated to the Nuorese poet, Sebastiano Satta, Costantino Nivola created eight bronze portraits, representing the many sides of Satta (lawyer, father, bon vivant, poet, etc.) and placed them in niches in large native boulders so that they appear to float above the pavement. The uneasy slope of the piazza seems to remind us of what threatens us, whereas the purity of the whitewashed facades of the encircling buildings symbolizes the moral integrity of the poet.
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Times Square |
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The overwhelming sensation of fullness that struck Costantino when he visited Times Square is made evident in the sand-cast panels he created for the Olivetti showroom on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
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Critique of Mass Tourism |
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Some of the terracotta plaques from the 1960s reveal the natural beauty of the Sardinian beaches (at that point still untouched) and the serious consequences of commercializing the region.
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Sand-Casting |
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The invention of the sand-casting technique, the pouring of plaster or cement onto sculpted sand, derived from Nivola's experience as a manual laborer in his family trade. The technique matured with further experimentation and the many commissions he executed in the United States.
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Elements of Nature |
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The union of earth, air, water and fire is the ultimate essence of Nivola's work: bread-like clay, bronze, marble, attention to the fertility that reveals the natural cycles of life.
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