About this Work
Balance
2016Bronze and steel sculpture29 x 24 x 6 inchesGift of the artist
CollectionPermanent Collection
On display atMuseo - Fort Mason Center
About the Artist
American
b. 1958 Rochester, New YorkA first generation Italian-American sculptor, Giuseppe Palumbo is the son of a professional artist from Italy. He has studied at the Art Students League in Denver, The Loveland Academy of Fine Art, and the Scottsdale Artists School, as well as in San Miguel Allende, Mexico and Pietrasanta, Italy. Palumbo has spent a lifetime creating, designing, and building, from architecture to furniture and jewelry. He has been sculpting since 1992.Palumbo’s textural, figurative bronze sculptures manage to contemporaneously communicate fantasy, humor, depth and meaning. In the form of dancing sheep, meditating bulls, flying pigs, walking seashells and little men balancing on a sphere, Palumbo gives shape to human emotions as well as social and political perspectives.He maintains studios in Berkeley, CA and Eldorado Springs, CO and his work has been exhibited in many important shows throughout the US. Palumbo’s whimsical sculptures can be found in many public and private collections throughout the US and the world, including Queen Raina of Jordan’s private collection.
b. 1958 Rochester, New YorkA first generation Italian-American sculptor, Giuseppe Palumbo is the son of a professional artist from Italy. He has studied at the Art Students League in Denver, The Loveland Academy of Fine Art, and the Scottsdale Artists School, as well as in San Miguel Allende, Mexico and Pietrasanta, Italy. Palumbo has spent a lifetime creating, designing, and building, from architecture to furniture and jewelry. He has been sculpting since 1992.Palumbo’s textural, figurative bronze sculptures manage to contemporaneously communicate fantasy, humor, depth and meaning. In the form of dancing sheep, meditating bulls, flying pigs, walking seashells and little men balancing on a sphere, Palumbo gives shape to human emotions as well as social and political perspectives.He maintains studios in Berkeley, CA and Eldorado Springs, CO and his work has been exhibited in many important shows throughout the US. Palumbo’s whimsical sculptures can be found in many public and private collections throughout the US and the world, including Queen Raina of Jordan’s private collection.
