MATER AMABILIS, 1999 bronze sculpture, 2/5 40.2x27.5x12 cm
Giuseppe Rivadossi
Having inherited his interest in art from his father Clemente, Rivadossi officially began his artistic career in the 1960s, focusing on the study of furniture and sculpture in wood, plaster, terracotta, and bronze. He therefore uses a wide variety of materials in his creations, always inspired by humanity, its values, and its "lifestyle."
Giuseppe Rivadossi says:
I have seen woodwork since I was a child. Until the 1960s, where I live now, the relationship between man and nature was still based on an ancient ethic. Then came industry, and with it began the plundering. The hope for a less harsh life soon turned into a bitter realization. The new technology, which was supposed to be simply a more refined tool, turned out to be an instrument of frustration and general disintegration. In this situation, I feel an ever-deepening need to express that sense of fundamental unity of existence, as a fundamental idea not to be lost or rediscovered at all costs, every day and in everything.
Now these images, these sculptures, and these pieces of furniture arise from the depths of my experience like a song, of that hope and of that only alternative that lies before us, rather than of nostalgia for the past.
