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Marino Marini: A Sculptor’s Prints
19th March - 18th May 2018
Cavalier et Cheval Cavaliere Superstite In Eqilibrio Spettacolo Miracolo
1952 1963 1975 1963 1970
■ Set on the slopes of the Cotswold escarpment, Gallery Pangolin is one of the
few galleries to specialise in sculpture and related works on paper. Over the past
twenty seven years the gallery has established a reputation for works of quality and
excellence by Modern and contemporary artists.
■ Our annual exhibition of sculptors’ prints is this year dedicated to the work of
sculptor Marino Marini (1901 – 1980) for whom graphic work was a vital component
of his artistic output.
■ Freed from the laws of three-dimensional space which govern sculpture, Marini
used etching and lithography as a means to express his individual universe with
unrestrained drama and vitality.
■ Three essential themes pre-occupied Marini througout his career: the female
figure or Pomona, representing an archetypal mother goddess or fertility figure; the
horse and rider, signifying Man and the struggle to control his animal instincts, and
characters from the circus world which express Marini’s over-riding optimism and
humanity’s constant search for an equilibrium between good and bad, life and
death.
■ Created in the mid 1930s, Marini’s first equestrian works were inspired by sculptures
of medieval knights on horseback and symbolise a primeval or mythical harmony
between Man and Nature. In later works made after the Second World War, the
riders grow ever more desperate and their horses increasingly nervous, articulating
Marini’s increasing horror at the condition of the world.
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My riders express the anxiety aroused in me by the events of my epoch. The restlessness of my
horses increases with each new work; the riders become ever more impotent, losing control over
the animals. Thus I seek to symbolise the last stage in the dissolution of a myth, the myth of the
heroic, triumphant individual.
Marino Marini 1970
■ The many etchings and lithographs depicting jugglers, acrobats and dancers
reflect Man at his most primitive and naive. Constrained within the space they
occupy, the movement of these characters creates tension and drama. A gradual
shift from realistic figuration towards more abstract images is an expression of
Marini’s increasing inner restlessness and anxiety.
■ The exhibition includes lithographs and etchings executed between 1952 and
1978, a period of great innovation for Marini, particluarly in his growing use of colour
to create drama and suspense.
■ Gallery Pangolin Director Rungwe Kingdon says ‘We are very proud to be exhibiting
prints by Italy’s greatest 20th Century sculptor.’
■ A fully illustrated catalogue by Gallery Pangolin will accompany the exhibition.
Bizzarria Invocazione Acrobati Cavallo In Armonia
1975 1966 1963 1978
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