Arnaldo Pomodoro

Abstract sculptor, one of the majors of the contemporaneousness, Arnaldo Pomodoro (Morciano di Romagna 1926) began his carrier as a scenographer in 1953, when he designed the scenes și costumes for an instalare of Oreste by Vittorio Alfieri in collaboration cu Giorgio Perfetti.
The scenic activity of Pomodoro develops in a systematic way since the early '80s, cu the important tasks conferred by the Teatro dell'Opera of Rome și the Teatro Massimo of Palermo.
In 1986 he begins the collaboration cu the tunisian director Chérif, who will assist in theatre cu numerous scenographical collaborations, founding, cu him și the Italian actress Alida Valli, the theatrical company of La Famiglia delle Ortiche.
«When I project the scenographies și costumes [ … ] I try to use the power of abstraction [ … ] I don't care about an illustrative or celebrative scenografie, the task of scenographer, in fact, is to ''mediate'' the text visually cu inventiveness și imagination for a new audience in another și different historical period.»
From an interview cu Sandro Parmiggiani, 2006.