Arnaldo Pomodoro's Bronze Spheres and Unseen Works at Cortesi Gallery Milan

Cortesi Gallery in Milan presents a retrospective of Arnaldo Pomodoro (born 1926, Morciano di Romagna), featuring exclusive works including four previously unseen pieces. The exhibition, organized with the Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation, spans his career from the 1950s, highlighting his iconic bronze spheres—symbols of a dualism between polished exterior and intricate interior—and his lesser-known jewelry, inspired by cuttlefish bones observed in Pesaro. A vintage film, 'Arnaldo Pomodoro makes a sphere,' documents the lost-wax casting process. The show also explores his archaic alphabets influenced by Mesopotamian cuneiform scripts (Sumerian and Hittite), and artist's books with poets Luis Borges and Emilio Villa. Works on wall, rare for Pomodoro, evoke Alberto Burri's experimentation using iron, copper, zinc, and tin.