Matteo Pugliese’s bronze and terracotta sculptures are rich, strong and overtly masculine. There’s a power in the form and the body, a sort of alpha-male strength - even the materials Pugliese uses are heavy, strong, weighty. There’s also an interesting element of vulnerability in Pugliese’s sinking men - sometimes they desperately, futilely push back against the wall, struggling to escape. Pugliese creates an interaction with an unknown space - behind the white walls of the sterile gallery, where just about anything could be happening.
Click through on the image for a link to Pugliese’s website (Italian).
