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Willy Verginer

Willy Verginer was raised in the Val Gardena region in Italy, surrounded by the summits, forests and the Dolomite Mountains which became an important influence in his work. The technical processes adopted by Willy Verginer offer insights into his approach, which is at once figurative and conceptual. His sculptures are composed of several blocks of wood, which are dried naturally over six years to avoid morphing. He conceives, from these large masses, the forms of his sculptures with the help of a chainsaw and a hatchet before refining his work with chisels and small tools to work the eyelids or the earlobes of his figures. Despite their hyperrealist modeling, the resulting figures are devoid of facial expression; with their fixed gaze and apparent detachment, they are party to the mystery of representation, and establishing, especially in recent works, a compelling rapport with the absurd.

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