Claudio Parigi, (Italian b.1954), Venere con Telefono Cellulare, patinated bronze

Claudio Parigi, (Italian b.1954), Venere con Telefono Cellulare, patinated bronze, mounted on a rectangular stained wood base, inscribed and dated 2013 to the underside

The bronze 19cm long, the overall dimensions 8.5cm high, 22cm long

CATALOGUE NOTE:

Italian sculptor Claudio Parigi lives and works in Florence, and is greatly influenced by the Renaissance heritage of his city. Parigi's sculptures are characterised by the juxtaposition of classically inspired nudes with modern themes and attributes. The present sculpture for example shows the female figure in a traditional Venusian pose, (Titian's Urbino Venus being an obvious example), but the mobile 'phone in the left hand jerks the viewer back into the 21st century

Parigi's work is held by the collection of the Museo dei Bozzetti di Pietrasanta and several international private collections, and his sculptures as well as his art historical theories have been featured in Italian publications including the newspaper La Nazione