ムードを選ぶだけで、空間がそれに応えます。光は冷たさや温もりを帯び、空気の流れが変わり、その感情を宿した作品だけが暗闇の中から浮かび上がります。それ以外のすべては、影の中へと退いていくのです。
Early Life and Artistic Foundations Graziano Pompili, born in Fiume (now Rijeka), Italy, in 1943, embarked on a creative journey deeply rooted in the materiality of his surroundings. His early childhood was significantly shaped by the ceramic traditions of Faenza, where his family relocated soon after his birth. Growing up near clay quarries instilled within him an immediate connection to the earth and its transformative potential—an i
nitial fascination with clay as both plaything and raw material foreshadowed his future dedication to sculpture. Pompili’s formal education began at the State Institute of Art for Ceramics in Faenza, where he studied under esteemed artists like Anselmo Bucci, Giuseppe Liverani, Angelo Biancini, and Carlo Zauli. This foundational period provided him with a rigorous understanding of ceramic techniques and aesthetics, but his artistic exp…
