After his technical apprenticeship at Antonio Danzi’s studio in Viggiù, Maineri graduated in sculpture with professor Giancarlo Marchese at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, in Milan. Winning of numerous contests and first exhibitions at the historical Ada Zunino’s gallery in Milan. In 1998, Mario De Micheli holds the introduction speech at a great exhibition organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Varese. Numerous are Maineri’s public works which arouse the interest of well-known art critics such as Milena Milani, Floriano De Santi, Raffaele De Grada.
Works from Angelo Maineri at the Giardino
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Angelo Maineri
Chlorophilia – Rooted Life
2017
height approx. 5m
Fibre-enhanced cement
Angelo Maineri binds bodies in steel, cement and wood; seemingly weightless and yet grounded, the bodies of steel stelae and tree trunks twist and turn. A maestro of sculpture and responsible for the care and maintenance of the sculpture garden since 2016, Daniel Spoerri invited his assistant to install one of his own works in the garden. Maineri – like Spoerri – is a great expert in classical art and literature and his (Italian) description of his work presents a combative tone; humans, destroying nature, are yet dependent upon it and cannot escape it.
