Aligi Sassu - Europe

The iconography of this work is inspired by a conscious classicist quotation. The artistic language draws inspiration from classical antiquity, both Greek and Roman, as well as its revival during the Renaissance. All this translates into an execution whose primary goal is mimesis, that is, the human need to imitate and reproduce nature, the world around us. Along with naturalistic rendering, the other fundamental concept, according to the parameters of Classicism, is the unity of the work of art, through a harmonious correspondence between all its parts.

The work is a striking example of Aligi Sassu's artistic production. While employing figurative language and remaining within the context of a harmonious and classical composition, he nevertheless embraces anti-naturalistic constraints. In this sculpture, too, we see how the subjects are characterized by expressive deformations that accentuate their dynamism and physical effort. All the lines of the composition are designed to convey to the viewer the idea of ​​frenetic movement and strength, especially through the accentuated verticality that suggests an upward thrust.

Aligi Sassu, born in Milan in 1912 and died in 2000, was a painter and sculptor. His painting efforts focused primarily on the representation of movement and physical strength, which is why the subject of the horse or man on horseback was always congenial to him. In the late 1970s, he and Bruno Munari drafted the pictorial manifesto "Dynamism and Muscular Reform," which called for a return to anti-naturalistic forms in a dynamic sense. Much of his painting, moreover, is inspired by Delacroix and his battles.

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