Giuseppe Verri was born a sculptor in the truest sense of the word, since at the age of three he played modeling clay and since then he has never stopped.
Passion moves and animates the sculptor, as an urgent need emerges exuberantly, And already at fourteen, on vacation in Salento, the young Verri was sculpting! Something was born there in Torre dell'Orso; something that has traveled the world through the works of the artist, who possesses a highly personal and authentic poetics.
From Los Angeles to New York, the sculpture that travels
At least seven hundred works by Giuseppe Verri exist worldwide: in Australia, Russia, Patagonia, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, Madrid, and more. Through pages of a rich personality, with periods written with a modesty worthy of absolute genius, he defines his sculpture as the fruit of the madness within.
Generous in style, after having cultivated engineering studies in parallel which were intertwined with the material to be shapedVerri proves himself to be an original sculptor. The artist, with his intellect brimming with the material he shapes, says he wants to bring a smile to the faces of those who see his works. Touching hidden psychological points in people is not easy, and this is what the engineer who has his dimension inside the sculpture aspires to.Without any constraint that exists in the international art circuit, Verri defines himself as absolutely free, and he absolutely does what he wants and what he feels.
Giuseppe Verri and the dream of conquering the moon
After thirty-four years of activity, Giuseppe Verri claims to have a style all his own, one that draws inspiration from no one else, wanting to maintain a "virgin sculpture." Verri has made many dreams come true, taking his works around the world, and why not, he would like to see some of them one day. one on the moon. Surely according to the engineer from Lanuvio, sculpture is the queen of all the arts, and he manages to live it, setting it in other passions, such as cooking, agritourism and the land.
He loves to study people, as every form of life it is linked to an internal story that is hidden and revealed. Unique is the rocking horse exhibited at the Venice Lido, winner of an award, which is now in Via Guido Reni in RomeWhere modern art reigns supreme, Verri's original poetics occupy an important place, as it is the fruit of an independent author.
Agritourism, sculpture, and art at the service of the earth
A project in which Verri believes a lot is the Polusca, with a thousand sculptures traveling the world, with the idea of a peaceful invasion of the planet. Throughout his long career, Verri has sculpted sculptures from material., but only one is dedicated to himself. After a ten-year wait, it will be unveiled on October 20, 2018; hidden in another sculpture that can be touched by placing a hand inside. Brilliant and captivating idea, perhaps a little enigmatic, but talent has no strings attached and we'll see what's in it. “mouth of lies”.
He says of himself that he is fundamentally a loner, yet the desire to have contact with people, emerges in his farmhouse, which he adores. Love for the land is rediscovered through the cultivation of ancient grains, the rediscovery of the ancient recipe of the "maza". Verri speaks enthusiastically about growing hops in Lanuvio, home to Italy's first organic hop field.
Polusca, shaped warriors and dreams to be realized
In the ancient Polusca, the conquered and conquering heart changes; Verri, with his warrior soul and strong peasant arms, a sculptor, an imaginative visionary, sees peaceful warriors subjugate the world. Imaginative, revolutionary, he dreams and realizes “The Rocking Horse of the Son of Troy”, five and a half meters high and six meters wide. Verri is proudly present in Via G. Reni, a former military barracks, a neighborhood where the absolute Maxxi, and the official start will be on October 20th.
The idea of a journey into the technological and surreal imagination of today's artists opens up, who question the meaning of existence; not an exhibition but a laboratory for study and discussion on themes and questions related to our relationship with technology.
The visions of international artists are on the field between a technological present and future, and of a dilated and personal imagination; as imagined by Giuseppe Verri, in which traditional analogical references and the desire to preserve an authentic identity are mixed.
