Abstract Bust Sculpture in Transparent Glass by Livio Seguso

This sculpture by Livio is an early work. He carries with him the seed of his vision, the 70s. Livio started out as a great master, his figurative pieces from his artistic childhood already had a tendency to simplify the drawing and reduce the colors. Slowly he began to seek the purity of forms and reduce the colors. At the time he practically only worked in gray or transparent steel, ending up using only transparent glass. This piece belongs to that turning point, a milestone. Other multimedia artists have followed the same path, but in sculpture and painting there is still a color in which the light is reflected. The marble and the canvas become the border where the artist must stop. This frustration led Fontana to cut the canvas. Livio’s journey had the opportunity, or faith, to use a medium that allowed him to go beyond any color. An He worked with light and transparency. An He uses a neutral glass and his brush and chisel are the refraction of light. At the Murano glass museum there is a breathtaking personal exhibition of his. from the sketches you can see that he knows how the light will play with the piece. An He was and is a photography enthusiast and shared this passion with Carlo Nason. He explained to me the essence of transparent glass photography: never illuminate the object, the light beam must go on the wall in the foreground. This glass piece by Masaccio is an abstract bust reminiscent of the metaphysical paintings of Carra and De Chirico. It is a single curve that creates different lens effects. There is a nice photo that shows how the background Tuscan landscape is reversed on the head. Livio has gone beyond the point of being a glass artist, he is an artist who uses glass, in recent decades he has started to use mixed media, with perfect execution of marble, granite, wood, glass. This sculpture is dedicated to collectors and art lovers. It needs a special place.