{"id":194,"date":"2024-04-30T18:01:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T18:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/2024\/04\/30\/willy-verginer-lost-garden\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T18:01:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T18:01:36","slug":"willy-verginer-lost-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/2024\/04\/30\/willy-verginer-lost-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Children and Animals Merge with the Natural World in Willy Verginer\u2019s Whimsical \u2018Lost Garden\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cFiore del giardino\u201d (2022), lindenwood and acrylic, 135 x 39 x 35 centimeters. Photos by Egon Dejori. All images \u00a9 Willy Verginer, shared with permission<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Whether deep in slumber or perched on ornamental pedestals,\u00a0Willy Verginer<\/a>\u2019s bold, whimsical sculptures (previously<\/a>) invite us into a surreal dream world. His latest series, The Lost Garden,\u00a0<\/em>draws on the paradisiacal notion of Eden and the alpine landscape and animals of the Dolomite Mountains near the artist\u2019s home in northern Italy.<\/p>\n

Verginer uses linden, or basswood, to chisel life-size sculptures of birds, bears, and human figures who merge with their natural surroundings. For example, in \u201cIl fiume e la notte,\u201d or \u201cthe river and the night,\u201d a child sleeps atop a thicket of branches, simultaneously calm yet balancing precariously on thin supports. And in \u201cFiore del giardino,\u201d or \u201cgarden flower,\u201d a child\u2019s head and shoulders are tightly enveloped with magenta flowers like a cloak.<\/p>\n

Like much of Verginer\u2019s work, The Lost Garden\u00a0<\/em>draws correlations and contrasts between society\u2019s quickly advancing technologies and the way our reliance on phones or cars further separates us from nature. The artist\u2019s sculptures stand like totems or nostalgic emblems, calling on a desire for a more interconnected world.<\/p>\n

Verginer is working toward a solo exhibition at Studio d\u2019Arte Raffaelli<\/a> in Trento, Italy, this autumn. Find more on his website<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Left: \u201cFra poco arrivera\u0300\u201d (2022), lindenwood, acrylic, and aluminum leaf, 76 x 23 x 33 centimeters. Right: \u201cOceano verde dietro alle spalle\u201d (2023), lindenwood, burned wood, aluminum leaf, 148 x 80 x 74 centimeters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Installation view of \u2018The Lost Garden\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIl fiume e la notte\u201d (2023), different types of wood and acrylic, 55 x 85 x 53 centimeters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe pink bear\u201d (2022), lindenwood and acrylic, 85 x 225 x 90 centimeters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cQuattro zoccoli in paradiso (blue)\u201d (2023), lindenwood, acrylic, and aluminum leaf, 235 x 150 x 70 centimeters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cVenuto dalle spiagge gelate\u201d (2023), different types of wood, 100 x 78 x 45 centimeters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Work in progress in the artist\u2019s studio<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. The article Children and Animals Merge with the Natural World in Willy Verginer\u2019s Whimsical \u2018Lost Garden\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cFiore del giardino\u201d (2022), lindenwood and acrylic, 135 x 39 x 35 centimeters. Photos by Egon Dejori. All images \u00a9 Willy Verginer, shared with permission Whether deep in slumber or perched on ornamental pedestals,\u00a0Willy Verginer\u2019s bold, whimsical sculptures (previously) invite us into a surreal dream world. His latest series, The Lost Garden,\u00a0draws on the paradisiacal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347,8,209,212,348,349],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/sawberries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}