Hauser & Wirth New York is surveying works from over six decades by the Italian sculptor/artist and all-around pioneer of midcentury European modernism, Fausto Melotti. Pictured: Little Museum on the Water, 1979

意大利雕塑家、艺术家和世纪中叶欧洲现代主义的全面先驱福斯托·梅洛蒂的60年职业生涯，在豪泽正被呈现出新的激情。

由洛杉矶哈默博物馆(Hammer Museum)馆长道格拉斯·福格尔(Douglas Fogle)担任策展人的“福斯托·梅洛蒂”(Fausto Melotti)邀请参观者近距离体验这位意大利大师精心设计、精致的雕塑。从上世纪30年代的一系列抽象石膏作品开始，这些作品同时展示了梅洛蒂对古典音乐和数学及其主题的兴趣，并走向了陶瓷雕塑，展示了他后来在20世纪60年代左右回归具象，梅洛蒂创作的广度是显而易见的。

在各种尺度上模仿和表达人类形体的形状，如“七贤”(1960)和各种类似魔鬼的人物(1945)，都与梅洛蒂个人对第二次世界大战的现实和影响的适应相吻合，而第二次世界大战正是他所经历的。事实上，这位艺术家进军陶艺的原因是他的工作室当时遭到轰炸，他更倾向于在粘土中工作，因为材料更容易获得。

人性、和谐、几何和秩序的主题，以及强调人类经验的情感范围，都是Melotti作品中反复出现的方面。无论是雨中的诗意简朴（1966）——一个巧妙地捕捉落雨运动的黄金雕塑——还是他著名的“Teatrini”（“小剧场”）和“灵魂阴影”等作品的图形戏剧性（1984），Melotti是一个大师。G是分裂的现实，有一个礼物来捕捉今天仍然如此强大的观众的想象力。

Staged in collaboration with Fondazione Fausto Melotti and curated by Douglas Fogle, the show includes key pieces from across the artist's career. Pictured: The Journey of the Moon, 1973

Whether delicate metal sculptures, or his ceramic ‘Teatrini’ ('Little Theatres'), the themes of humanity, harmony, geometry and order are recurring aspects in Melotti’s works. Pictured left: The Snow, 1973. Right: The Hands, 1949

Although initially inspired by abstraction, Melotti made a return to figuration around the 1960s. Shapes that mimic and articulate the human form appear in a variety of scales, mirroring his coming to terms with the reality and repercussions with living through the Second World War. Pictured left: Devil, 1945. Right: Devil, 1945 (right)

Early plaster works from the 1930s simultaneously showcase Melotti’s interest in classical music and mathematics with their motifs. Pictured left: Sculpture No. 11, 1934. Right: Sculpture No. 24, 1935

Armed with a deft sense of theatricality, Melotti was a master of invoking fragmented realities, with a gift for capturing the imagination of viewers that’s still so powerful today. Pictured: The Shadow of the Soul, 1984, one of his last works

keywords:Sculpture, Hauser & Wirth, USA

关键词：雕塑，豪泽