Ignazio fresu
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Ignazio Fresu is an Italian contemporary sculptor. He creates his artworks using waste products such as pieces of old metal, polystyrene
, and packaging collected from bins, dumps, and scrap metal yards.
He was born in Cagliari
(Sardinia
). In 1975, he went to live in Florence
where he attended the Academy of the Fine Arts and where his career started. He shows his works regularly in many towns in Italy and abroad.
Polystyrene
Polystyrene ) also known as Thermocole, abbreviated following ISO Standard PS, is an aromatic polymer made from the monomer styrene, a liquid hydrocarbon that is manufactured from petroleum by the chemical industry...
, and packaging collected from bins, dumps, and scrap metal yards.
He was born in Cagliari
Cagliari
Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means castle. It has about 156,000 inhabitants, or about 480,000 including the outlying townships : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu...
(Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
). In 1975, he went to live in Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
where he attended the Academy of the Fine Arts and where his career started. He shows his works regularly in many towns in Italy and abroad.