Sculpture
Maestro Luciano Pavarotti Tribute
Piazza Della Signoria, Florence, Italy
Maestro Pavarotti Tribute, Florence, Italy, September 9,10 2007
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EXHIBITION: Maestro Luciano Pavarotti Tribute
DATES: September 9-10, 2007
PLACE: Piazza Della Signoria, Florence, Italy
A sculpture tribute to Maestro Luciano Pavarotti was placed in the center of Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy on the weekend of September 9.
The sculpture installation, entitled “The Three Pavarottis,” was composed of three bronze portrait ‘heads’ (eight times life-size, each) placed in a way that allows the viewer to walk freely between them.
Maestro Pavarotti posed for the sculptures in Modena, Italy as part of a “Heroes of Our Times” project initiated by the artist to correspond with an exhibition at Heller Gallery in New York City in 2005.
Artist Kevin Berlin envisioned Maestro’s portrait as a “force of nature” - like a mountain, volcano or storm. Three heads, rather than one, were needed to tell the story. The sculptures are in constant transformation as the viewer moves around them – from an abstract mass - to a figurative work that takes sharp focus.
The Artist spent more than one year on the original clay model, which was the basis for the bronze castings. A special casting was presented to the Maestro for his personal collection, at his home in Modena in honor of his 70th birthday in October 2006.
About the Artist: Internationally renowned artist Kevin Berlin's works are found in the collections of Buzz Aldrin, Kim Basinger, Henry Buhl, David Letterman, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Quincy Jones, General Motors Corp. and Carnival Cruise Lines. Berlin, a Yale Alumnus, has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Miami Herald, USA Today, and CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood, MTV, Tokyo Television, and BBC Radio. Berlin was honored by President Reagan at The White House as a YoungArts Presidential Scholar in 1983.
www.kevinberlin.com
Maestro Luciano Pavarotti Tribute
The following photographs are presented in chronological order.
Maestro Luciano Pavarotti and Sculptor Kevin Berlin, Modena, Italy, 2006
Waxes for casting. Pistoia, Italy, June 2007
Bronze casting. Pistoia, Italy, September 2007
This image and following: Piazza Della Signoria, Florence, Italy, September 9-10, 2007
