CUSI PATAGONIA
Designer/Manufacturer
Gianluca PacchioniCirca
2023
Description
Milan-based sculptor Gianluca Pacchioni discovered his artistic vocation and his passion for Sculpture in his twenties, while learning as a young apprentice in a studio shared with other artists on Quai de la Gare in Paris. There, he was able to learn the metalsmithing time-honored techniques such as blacksmithing, metal forging, hammering, and bronze casting. The artist's work has since matured into a virtuous fusion of brass, bronze, iron, nuanced with patinas that the artist developed himself, or layered with poured liquid metals also created by the artist. He later on explored the juxtaposition of the metal mediums with stone and has since grew a significant body of work combining the two types of material. Pacchioni lives and works in Milan, where he continues to pursue his passion, as he creates and fabricates each of his pieces.
Following Pacchioni’s first exhibition, the Cologni Foundation bestowed upon the artist the title of Master in Fine Arts & Crafts—a highly regarded distinction that recognizes Italy's most skilled artisans.
Gianluca Pacchioni
Gianluca Pacchioni
Born in Milan in 1966, Gianluca Pacchioni discovered his life passion for art and metalsmithing when he moved to Paris in the nineties. There, he experimented and learned the techniques of sculpting, forging, and casting metals in a shared artists studio at the Quai de la Gare. His experiments resulted in his first collection of iron sculptures and furniture, exhibited at the Vivendi Gallery, Place des Vosges.
The artist then returned to his native Milan, opening his own studio in an eyedrops factory from the 1930s, working in tandem with Italian master craftsmen with whom he learned and honed his expertise. Pacchioni never ceases to explore new techniques and new materials. Today his work has matured into a virtuous fusion of brass, bronze, iron, stones layered with different patinas, and poured liquid metals.
In 2014, the Italian Embassy in Paris selected Pacchioni's work to embody Italy's ongoing heritage of master craftsmanship and art, with a permanent installation of his work in the Embassy's entrance hall. Subsequently, the Fondazione Cologni bestowed the title of 2016 Master of Arts & Crafts to the artist. Pacchioni says of his own work: "I abuse the metals, but then I end up caressing them... my aim is to find a form which blends imperfection with finesse."
Gianluca Pacchioni
Born in Milan in 1966, Gianluca Pacchioni discovered his life passion for art and metalsmithing when he moved to Paris in the nineties. There, he experimented and learned the techniques of sculpting, forging, and casting metals in a shared artists studio at the Quai de la Gare. His experiments resulted in his first collection of iron sculptures and furniture, exhibited at the Vivendi Gallery, Place des Vosges.
The artist then returned to his native Milan, opening his own studio in an eyedrops factory from the 1930s, working in tandem with Italian master craftsmen with whom he learned and honed his expertise. Pacchioni never ceases to explore new techniques and new materials. Today his work has matured into a virtuous fusion of brass, bronze, iron, stones layered with different patinas, and poured liquid metals.
In 2014, the Italian Embassy in Paris selected Pacchioni's work to embody Italy's ongoing heritage of master craftsmanship and art, with a permanent installation of his work in the Embassy's entrance hall. Subsequently, the Fondazione Cologni bestowed the title of 2016 Master of Arts & Crafts to the artist. Pacchioni says of his own work: "I abuse the metals, but then I end up caressing them... my aim is to find a form which blends imperfection with finesse."
Gianluca Pacchioni Collection
UNDER THE SHEETS II
CUSI PATAGONIA
CREMINO CLOUD ONYX
CREMINO NEBULA
CREMINO O NEBULA
Wall Sculpture
BRONZE TABLE O
TESHIMA
FOSSIL SCREEN II
CUSI BLISS I
CREMINO NEBULA
CREMINO PINK QUARTZ
CUSI BLISS II
CEDAR
COLLAPSE
UNDER THE SHEETS III
ANEMONE
CUSI BLISS III
BRONZE TABLE C
UNDER THE SHEETS I
CREMINO TRAVERTINE LOW
CREMINO GREEN ONYX
FOSSIL SCREEN III
FOSSIL PANEL III
BRONZE TABLE S
CREMINO GREY ONYX
ICELAND VISIONS
CREMINO TRAVERTINE I
FOSSIL PANEL I
HERON
KOMODO
TIME HOLE I
FOSSIL PANEL IV
PUPIL MIRROR
CREMINO O WHITE ONYX
COCO MON AMOUR
LEAF
REVOLUTION
CREMINO ORANGE FLAKES
FOSSIL PANEL II
GALA
CUSI LOW TABLE