PRONO GIGANTINO

The sculpture was selected for the art prize “PREMIO ARTE 2018” Curated by Cairo Editore. Mention of honor and Exhibition between the 40 finalistis in 4 categories. Work published in the Catalogo dell’Arte Moderna 2018, Giorgio Mondadori. 1/7
Alessandro Pongan, Bronze, Metall

The sculpture was exhibited in the collettive exhibition “RELAZIONI ESTETICHE” Reggia di Caserta (NA) - Italy, November / December 2018 Curator Massimo Scaringella, production Villam Art.
Alessandro Pongan, Sonstige, Kunststoff

The Brain Drain is part of my EX VOTO cycle. They are votive figures echoing those that can be seen in the ancient baroque churches placed by the faithful as a sign of gratitude for the grace received. Hanging sculpture and video projection. The projection is a CT SCAN of the brain sculpture and is a journey through its mysteries. A becoming of cryptic ancestral forms that follow one another in a continuous generative morphing. In fact, one day I wondered what mysteries the three-dimensional form I had created could contain; this sort of surgical exploration resulted in surprising images. It is as if these figures were already present but invisible in empty space; the act of modeling the sculpture captured them and made them visible. A trap for the unconscious?
Alessandro Pongan, Mixed Media, Kunststoff

Red lava rocks in and steel mesh structure. This work is an homage to shaped sheet metal
Alessandro Pongan, Stein, Metall

Inox
Alessandro Pongan, Metall, Stahl

WINNER OF PARCO BALOSSA ART PRIZE 2018, curated by Casa Testori for Parco Nord Milano. Permanent installation september the 15th 2018, the sculpture is part of an art itinerary in the public park. The Parco della Balossait is a public park obtained from an area that has strenuously resisted the attack of building speculation in the northern suburbs of Milan now part od Parco Nord Milano. The work consists of a structure of recycled Innocenti tubes, a symbol of building construction, and the planting of climbing plants. The nature that resists and takes back its spaces. The creepers are Parthenocissus quinquefolia, chosen for their color mutation accompanying the succession of the seasons. The sculpture is an elaboration of my Prono archetype which here becomes a small gentle giant. His position evokes the first movements of a child, like a new awareness of humanity in relation to the environment. The sculpture has immediately become a landmark of the territory and the final stage of a path of urban art trekking. When a work of art generates a place! The last time I visited the little giant, as soon as I approached, a group of birds took flight from it. This work is now part of the European Sculpture Path of ART MOVES EUROPE.
Alessandro Pongan, Metall, Naturstoffe

First of a series flux in the Prono Cycle.
Alessandro Pongan, Kunststoff

Brain Brain Tales is a cycle of works in progress that comes from the Brain Drain sculpture. These mysterious ancestral figures are frames from a 3' video animation in which they morph on in other.
Alessandro Pongan, Holz, Gips

EX VOTO is a cycle of works in progress. They are votive figures that somehow echo those that can be seen in the ancient baroque churches placed by the faithful as a sign of gratitude for the grace received. The installation is composed by a body, which quotes Auguste Rodin's "Le Penseur", a chromed brain on the verge of soaring and a video projection representing a journey inside the brain itself. The work is a votive sculpture about the genius and imagination.
Alessandro Pongan, Metall, Holz

EX VOTO is a cycle of works in progress. They are votive figures that somehow echo those that can be seen in the ancient baroque churches placed by the faithful as a sign of gratitude for the grace received. This votive sculpture is against the yes men not rarely it is an amulet against the yes men that unfortunately we often have to bear.
Alessandro Pongan, Bronze, Metall

Bronze lost wax casting, black patina.
Alessandro Pongan, Bronze, Metall

Metal carpentry. Oxidized steel, burnished steel.
Alessandro Pongan, Metall, Stahl

Pigmented plaster stratification. I made 20 different pieces form this geometry forming an installation.
Alessandro Pongan, Gips, Mixed Media

Despite Everything is an experimental piece made with concretized sand. The sculpture can virtually be produced in large scale. My archetype Prono is shown here like a mountain carved out of deep canyons and eroded by time. My intention was to bring back the essence of our self after the passage of life events.
Alessandro Pongan, Sonstige, Kunstharz

The title of this work is a paraphrase of "urban fabric". The graphic composition depicts a bird's eye view of a multitude of shapes that intersect as in a plot of buildings. I made this work by reflecting on the human condition and on the network of relationships. The potential for strength that arises from union and cooperation, like in a herd of animals, a flock of birds. It seems to me that it is a very topical issue nowadays if we consider the condition of isolation we had to live in the historical period of the pandemic when we found ourselves forcibly isolated, locked up in our homes, leaving the streets empty. Variable dimensions. Digital print on canvas.
Alessandro Pongan, Textil

The title of this work is a paraphrase of "urban fabric". The graphic composition depicts a bird's eye view of a multitude of shapes that intersect as in a plot of buildings. I made this work by reflecting on the human condition and on the network of relationships. The potential for strength that arises from union and cooperation, like in a herd of animals, a flock of birds. It seems to me that it is a very topical issue nowadays if we consider the condition of isolation we had to live in the historical period of the pandemic when we found ourselves forcibly isolated, locked up in our homes, leaving the streets empty. Digital print on metal discs.
Alessandro Pongan, Metall

Votive sculpture dedicated to the Vision. EX VOTO is an in progress cycle of digital sculpture that sometimes reaches the physical state through my sculptures, bas-reliefs, graphics and video productions. They are votive figures echoing those that can be seen in the ancient baroque churches placed by the faithful as a sign of gratitude for the grace. I will fine art print in limited series. Printed on Hahnemühle - Photo Rag Bright White 310 g/m2
Alessandro Pongan, Papier

EX VOTO II - FORTUNA PROPITIA, FORTUNA ADVERSA EX VOTO is a cycle of works in progress that sometimes reaches the physical state through my sculptures, bas-reliefs, graphics and video productions. They are votive figures that somehow echo those that can be seen in the ancient baroque churches placed by the faithful as a sign of gratitude for the grace received. I will fine art print in limited series. Printed on Hahnemühle - Photo Rag Bright White 310 g/m2
Alessandro Pongan, Papier