Matteo Pugliese is an Italian artist born in Milan in 1969. He had always loved sculpture and illustration, but never continued on to have a formal education in art. Pugliese graduated with a Modern Literature degree. He has had several exhibitions, and many of his works are located in Italy and large cities scattered throughout the world, such as Rome, Hong Kong, and London.
He has a series of works called Extra Moenia that consists of many male figures. Most of them seem to be coming out of walls, or going through them- making them very interesting to look at.
Some of them almost look like they are coming out of this white liquid.
Bronze is used for most of his sculptures, which isn't very shocking because they look very solid and metallic. I feel like this is very fitting for these sculptures since they are very masculine and hold very masculine and strong poses, which goes with the strong and sturdy medium.
I really love this piece above, because he chose to focus on the back. I like how backs and spines look, so this was very beautiful to me. The details are amazing and I almost which I could touch it. It's really interesting how he did this- he didn't have any shots of this piece on his website that showed the front view, only this one and the top view. This really shows how stunning the human body can be, and it's not just the front that can be beautiful, but also the back.
The colors on his pieces are also very nice.
He creates this aged and weathered look to them which I really love. I also love texture, and he makes the bodies look extremely rugged and worn- making it look and seem more real. The colors are very natural too- which aids in the realism.
I also really like how they are always places on a white surface. It creates the feeling that you don't really know if the piece is mounted on the wall or sitting on the floor so it's kind of up to you to determine where the piece is coming from or sinking into.
Overall, I just really love his work. Although there may not be a really deep concept or anything, they are incredibly beautiful to look at.
http://www.matteopugliese.com/
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