Garden sculpture “Venera Nera” by Costanzo Mongini, Limited Edition Art Casting

With intertwined perspectives and axes, the sensual body of the Black Venus presents itself. Her beautiful form creates a soaring diagonal. The dynamic compositions of the renowned Milanese sculptor are never mere form; they always captivate with their expressiveness, vibrant energy, and spontaneous directness: the Venus of this virtuoso master will magically draw all eyes. It is no wonder that art lovers flock to his works, and collectors are repeatedly fascinated by the compelling power of this art. La Venere Nera deserves to stand at the center of a garden design, for every angle and every new play of light reveals a new aspect of this energetically charged form. About Costanzo Mongini 1918-1981: From his earliest youth, the sculptor and painter Costanzo Mongini, born in Milan in 1918, confidently steered his artistic path past the art academies. They seemed to him merely to be sites of exaggerated self-promotion. Mongini wanted to preserve his own approach to art and pursued his path as a self-taught artist. Without tentative experimentation, Mongini grasped what suited his nature: the creation of a symbolically charged, volcanically explosive moment, based on the study of the great art of the past and precise observation of nature. "What is called avant-garde today doesn't interest me," the sculptor frankly admitted. Success proved him right: his triumphant bronze church portal in Portofino has become a mecca for art lovers from all over the world. Mongini conceived of his sculptures, one of which, the portrait of Cardinal Ottaviani, is in the Vatican's private collection, not as static, but as exalted and intensely provocative. Through exhibitions from Beirut to Munich, Mongini achieved international renown; he is particularly well-known and popular among collectors in Italy, Germany, England, Australia, the USA, and Japan. The artist died in 1981.