"Il Politico in Paradiso" by Patrizia Grieco.

Features:

• Sculpture in handmade terracotta, patinated rusty iron, third fire gold.
• Unique piece
• Dimensions: 70 x 28 x20 cm

The artwork:

This is a satirical work. Someone who is used to having everything - even at the cost of buying power, affection, consent and love - cannot lose his place in Paradise.

But, regrettably, even if he buys a pair of big golden wings, he will never be able to fly. He has "eaten" even too much on earth, and his weight condemns him to fall.

The artist:

Patrizia Grieco is a contemporary sculptor living and working between Italy and France. She has collaborated with Simeoni, Lista and Duriez. In 2011 she founded the Ventiditalia group, together with other artists and the curator Nino Altilio. Since 2012 she has exhibited in Berlin, Sanremo, the Venice and Genoa Biennials, Naples, Zunyi (China), Fukuoka (Japan) and at the ancient De Martino furnaces with two exhibitions and performances: La Nostra Storia and Gabbie.

In 2016 she attended an artistic residence in Tucheng (China). In 2019 she was the winner of a Unesco project, along with the artist C. Guicheteau, which is currently in the process of being realized for an open-air museum.
Her works are in the Museum of Nove, Museum of Modern Art in Tucheng (China), L.A.M Pomona (CA) and other public and private collections.
The artist says of her art: “I consider my works to be sort of autobiographical becasue they always express my joy, my love for life, nature and the surrounding world, but also the sadness of not recognizing myself in it, my worries, the restraints of modern society, and how to protect ourselves from them, and the ones we build ourselves..."