A tribute to one of italy's most sophisticated artists, often ignored by critics, and the history and ideology of the post-war art world, by a much-appreciated art historian.
Alik Cavaliere (1926-1998) was a sculptor, a professor of sculpture and the director of Brera’s Accademia di Belle Arti. An orginal artist almost impossible to define, he constantly sought new modes of expression, using different techniques, materials and ideas. In over forty years work, Alik Cavaliere used a plethora of materials, ranging from metals traditionally used in sculpture, such as copper, bronze, gold and silver, to the more innovative steel, cast iron, brass, gilt and lead, before turning to plastic, textiles, wood, paper, photography, water and colours, with forays into china, glass, engobes, mirrors and waste material, all of which he welded, melded, embossed and assembled.