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Douglas Robinson: The stone spoke
Materially Speaking
English - April 08, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 60.8 MBVisual Arts Arts Society & Culture Documentary artists artisans materials italy sculpture stone marble Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Canadian Douglas Robinson arrived in Pietrasanta in 1979 to learn from the artisans. He worked with Jørgen Sørensen and took to stone as his main medium for expression. He explains how the support network for the marble industry makes the area unique for artists to work in.
He talks about the enormous range of stone available there and why the artists are particularly drawn to work with the famous white marble of Carrara. He recommends the cemetery in Genoa, northern Italy, as a place to see detailed work of artisans which has lasted for centuries.