Win this sculpture by Giancarlo Defendi - FEMALE FIGURE – 1973.

A unique example that came about spontaneously, after having observed and studied the experiences of other artists.

The art critic Simona Bartolena attributes to Defendi a great ability to give his works a notable personality and an uncommon expressive force, which in this work are also determined by the forms that follow each other in its entirety.

Movement, elasticity and softness are in stark contrast to the static nature of the sculpture, and it is precisely in this contrast that the artist's strong personality is denoted.

The statue is made of terracotta and patinated in gold and bronze and measures 41 cm high.

Commercial value €3,500

Giancarlo Defendi is an important contemporary sculptor from Bergamo. Born in 1946, he lived in Ponteranica for about sixty years (today he lives in Almenno San Bartolomeo and has a studio in Brembate Sopra), working intensely in his atelier in via Monviso and taking part in the administrative life of the town.

Graduated in 1967 from the art school of Cantù, two years later he became a teacher of plastic disciplines at the artistic high school of Bergamo.

Over the years, alongside teaching, he has always carried out personal creative research which has allowed him to exhibit his creations in exhibitions both in Italy and abroad, to intervene in places and to become part of important collections.