CAGE

In the primordial creative phase, Venetian sculptor Mauro Bonaventura represents this challenge through the concept of the “Gabbia – Cage,” symbolized by the sphere of interwoven Murano glass filaments, which protects and at the same time imprisons the human being.

ESCAPE FROM THE CAGE

In the next phase, the Venetian artist manifested his creative flair through a deeper awareness of the individual’s existential limitations and the need to overcome them. In this introspective phase the venetian scultor Mauro Bonaventura represents the vision of the world and humanity, with sculptural compositions composed of of interwoven modules to build real works of art.

This artistic journey reflects the personal growth of Venetian sculptor Mauro Bonaventura, producing works of art that communicate the artist’s challenge and ambition in his attempt to overcome not only the technical limitations of glass material but also the limitations of each man, which characterize the eternal “cage” of existence.

An expression of that phase of “Fuga dalla Gabbia – Escape from the Cage” are the Murano glass sculptures depicting human beings intertwined with other humans, with works from the “One-on-one” series. The glass sculptures in this period depict human beings intertwined with each other, struggling or conversely supporting each other, resulting in compositions called “Ruota – wheel”; “wall”; “Carosello – carousel” and “Torre – tower”.

This phase also includes the defined glass sculptures entitled “Sinapsi – Synapses,” which are representative of the human psyche, which with its anxieties and fears constitutes the real limitation for man to overcome.

FLY

In the last phase the human is represented finally free, in taking flight or otherwise out of the “Gabbia – Cage.” The glass sculptures depicting man at natural height are from this period.