Uomo unicorno (Unicorn Man) Sculpture

Paolo Pisano is an Italian sculptor living and working in the Tuscan nature of the hills in Pisa. The artist has a long career: he worked for the Cathedral of Pisa (Duomo di Pisa) and his pieces are present in the Museo dei Bozzetti di Pietrasanta, in important Tuscan monumental churches, and in private collections. The artist wants to release the vital energy imprisoned in the material. Paolo applies non-ordinary techniques and creation processes, studying the works of the ancient masters of the Middle Ages and the Italian Renaissance, and his artistic research focuses on the potentialities of the materials. To create his sculptures, Paolo used marble, wood, bronze, silver, gold, plastic, cement, resin, glass, lead, hard stones, and many other materials. In the last years, the artist has explored the potentialities of clay: a material that hides a pulsating soul inside. Currently, the artist creates terracotta sculptures: he molds them with the clay of various colors, and cooks them. Then he splinters the surfaces, scrapes them, colors them, and treats them with waxes and natural oils. Sometimes, with fire, ice, and boiling water, Paolo creates stains and breakings on the surfaces. Other times, the artist's sculptures are perfectly smooth and uniformly colored. Each terracotta is different from the other because different is the material's soul. Each sculpture creates with these techniques is a single piece that cannot be replicated. Paolo Pisano's sculptures as archaeological pieces that came down to us from ancient civilizations.