This is a sculpture with a great variety of views, depicting a crow caught in a stormy wind. It is a hand-chiselled marble carving.
Fabio Pessimo Rebora spent his childhood in Rome, close to the remains of the great vestiges of this ancient city. The sense of eternity of art and of the human condition leave an indelible mark on him, he says. In 1992 he studied painting at the Wimbledon School of Art in London, and then attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and in Carrara, famous in the world for its marble quarries. Here Fabio discovered marble, which preserves visible traces of the sculptor's intelligence and gestures. He began his apprenticeship in sculpture studios in Pietrasanta, first as a copyist of historical works, then as an assistant to the great sculptor Igor Mitoraj. In 2008, Fabio opened his own sculpture studio in Carrara, where he creates works of his own design, mainly on commission and site-specific.
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This is a sculpture with a great variety of views, depicting a crow caught in a stormy wind. It is a hand-chiselled marble carving.
Photo: ©Rocco Bonci
This work is composed of stones taken from the river in Carrara. The sculpture includes a head, a hand, and an owl pressed together to hold a fragment of ancient Roman terracotta, an item that is both debris and treasure.
Photo: ©Alberto Caselli
This sculpture is part of a public fountain in Camaiore near Lucca. It is hand chiselled marble.
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This is a fully functional marble violin. The surface is fine textured by hand chisels. During the making process, the thickness was assessed via translucency. The historical model used is in the collection of the Galleria Estense, Modena and dates back to 1687.
Photo: ©Alessandro Paolini
This is the sculpture of a loved one who, during a walk in the mountains, stops to drink at a stream. The signs of the chisels are visible. The piece is made of hand-chiselled marble in the direct carving technique.