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    SCULPTURES

    Titan 2022 Welded and patinated steel - 39 x 23 x 13 cm
    Titan 2022 Welded and patinated steel - 39 x 23 x 13 cm
    Titan 2022 Welded and patinated steel - 39 x 23 x 13 cm
    Small Pomona  2011 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 50,78 in
    Small Pomona - Detail
    Small Pomona  2011 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 50,78 in
    Small Pomona - Detail
    Demoiselle 2011 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 34,25 in
    Demoiselle
    Demoiselle - Detail
    Demoiselle
    Demoiselle
    Lying woman  2004 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 6,10 in
    Lying woman - Detail
    Lying woman
    Seated woman  2004 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 7,67 in
    Seated woman
    Seated woman - Detail
    Seated woman
    Standing man II  1996 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 11,81 in (Private coll.)
    The Italian  2012 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 40,55 in
    The quiet one  2006 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 24,21 in
    The quiet one - Detail
    The Muses  2002 Bronze, unique piece (Private coll.)
    The Providence 2004 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 9,84 in
    The Providence  2004 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 9,84 in
    The Providence 2004 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 9,84 in
    Ma Belle  1996 Welded bronze, unique piece - Height : 17,32 in
    Small dancer  1988 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 10,43 in (Available on request)
    Small dancer - Exhibition at the Cloître des Carmes, Jonzac
    Small dancer - Detail (Available on request)
    Towards the sun - View of the exhibition in the Ecuries St Hugues, Cluny
    Towards the sun  2012 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 52,36 in
    Towards the sun - Detail
    Towards the sun - View of the exhibition in the Ecuries St Hugues, Cluny
    Dancer  1989 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 37,40 in
    Celestial presence II  2000 Welded bronze, unique piece - Height : 14,17 in
    Celestial presence III  2000 Welded bronze, unique piece - Height : 13,58 in (Private collection)
    The forgiveness  1996 Welded bronze, unique piece - Height : 11,41 in
    Titan 1989 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 23,62 in (Available on request)
    Venus  2002 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 11,41 in (Private coll.)
    Venus II  2002 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 13,58 in
    Venus III  2003 Bronze, unique piece (Private coll.)
    Fanny  1991 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 4,92 in
    Fanny 1991 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 4,92 in
    Fanny 1991 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 4,92 in
    Portrait  2006 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 16,14 in (Available on request)
    Portrait II  2006 - 2008 Nickel-plated bronze 8 ex. - Height : 15,15 in
    Vicky  1993 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 15,35 in (Available on request)
    Vicky 1993 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 15,35 in (Available on request)

    "The human body, and more particularly the feminine body, is in my work my best ground of exploration. In this body are embodied the weight of my reflections and my feelings which are translated by conflicts and incomprehensions entailing this tension so present and so material in my sculptures.

    Using soldered bronze techniques, I had now found the means of realising the sentiments and feelings I had already tried to express through other techniques. I do not work the bronze in traditional ways : instead, I start by laying out the broad outlines of this structure by soldering on pieces of bronze to be then cut, hammered and twisted. Once these pieces are assembled, I score the bronze using a grindstone, or a circular saw to give it dimension, and highlight the metal's vibrancy. In working this way, I try to bring great force and emotional charge to my creations. The link between each piece is found rather in their abstract forms, than any other apparent defining similarity. In the coming together of all these pieces, a comprehensible and legible whole sculpture becomes self-evident, where the “plaster, metal and wood” have largely contributed."

     

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    ANGELS

    Angels first appeared in Alessandro Montalbano's works in 1996, with Icarus, as a mystic response to the loss of a loved one in that year. His angels, naturally, bear witness to presence that is both sacred and divine, but his message often goes further than that. The angel also testifies to that spiritual need by which every individual is persecuted at some point in his existence. If the wings are shown disjointed and torn into strips, it is because the angel has touched man at his most profound, and that this very contact has scarred him and made him more human, while all the time guarding hope in his mission. Usually portrayed as asexual, Montalbano's angels are feminine, for not only are they celestial beings, but they also present the positive image of woman ; the hope they bring for man. 

    From an aesthetic angle, this subject allows Montalbano scope not only to take into account the very matter of the human body, but also the immaterial that the idea of an angel implies. This is seen, for example, in the dynamic torsions in the body, being pulled ever higher,  yet at the same time solidly attached to the ground by its feet ; feet to which the artist attaches much importance. Whether in painting or in sculpture, the bodies of his angels are the materialisation of all the research carried out on strokes, as well as the void, fullness and rhythm.

     

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    The Flight 2012 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 24,21 in
    The Flight  2012 Detail
    The Flight 2012 Bronze, unique piece - Back view
    The Flight 2012 - Detail
    The Flight 2012 - Detail
    Angioletto mio  2016 Welded bronze, unique piece - Height : 8,07 in (Private coll.)
    Angel XXII 2006 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 22,83 in
    Angel XXII 2006 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 22,83 in
    Angel XXII - Detail
    Guardian angel  2007 - 2016 Silvered bronze, unique piece - Height : 22,24 in
    Guardian angel 2007 - 2016 Detail
    Guardian angel 2007 - 2016 Detail
    Guardian angel 2007 - 2016 Detail
    Guardian angel 2007 - 2016 - Back view
    Guardian angel  2007 - 2016 Detail
    Guardian angel - Exhibition view
    Angel XXI  2006 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 28,34 in (Private coll.)
    Into the passage 1999 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 10,82 in
    Into the passage - Detail
    Into the passage 1999 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 10,82 in
    Angel XVII  2004 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 17,51 in
    Angel XXIX  2013 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 29,52 in
    Angel XXIX - Detail
    Angel XXV  2007 Welded bronze, unique piece - Height : 48,42 in
    Angel XXVI  2008 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 11,81 in
    Forward 1999 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 11,61 in
    Forward - Detail
    Forward  1999 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 11,61 in
    Angel XXVIII 2013 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 12,40 in
    Angel XXVIII - Exhibition at l'Embarcadère - Montceau-les-Mines, 2019
    Angel XXVIII 2013 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 12,40 in
    Angel XIX  2005 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 15,74 in (Private coll.)
    Angel XVIII  2004 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 31,49 in
    Angel XX  2005 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 26,18 in
    Angel XX - Detail
    Ange XX 2005 - Détail
    Ange XX 2005 - Détail
    Ange XX 2005 - Détail
    Angel XX 2005 Bronze, unique piece - Back view
    In front of the sun  2016 Welded and silvered bronze, unique piece - Height : 9,44 in
    The Annunciation  2012 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 22,63 in
    Icarus  1996 Welded bronze, unique piece - Height : 14,56
    Angel XXIII  2007 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 12,40 in
    Angel XXVIII 2008 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 12,20 in
    Angel XXVIII 2008 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 12,20 in
    Angel XXVIII 2008 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 12,20 in
    Angel XXVIII 2008 Bronze, unique piece - Back view

    PAINTED BRONZE AND STEEL

    Poisson jamais vu mais qui existe 2022 Welded and painted steel - 97 x 150 x 46 cm
    Poisson jamais vu mais qui existe 2022 Welded and painted steel - 97 x 150 x 46 cm
    Poisson jamais vu mais qui existe 2022 Welded and painted steel - 97 x 150 x 46 cm
    L'Ange du Printemps 2021 - Welded and painted steel - 28 x 38,5 x 14 cm
    L'Ange du Printemps 2021 - Welded and painted steel - 28 x 38,5 x 14 cm
    L'Ange du Printemps 2021 - Welded and painted steel - 28 x 38,5 x 14 cm
    Les ailes du Désir 2021 - Welded and painted steel - 51,5 x 70,5 x 27 cm
    Les ailes du Désir 2021 - Welded and painted steel - 51,5 x 70,5 x 27 cm
    Les ailes du Désir 2021 - Welded and painted steel - 51,5 x 70,5 x 27 cm
    The Palm Tree of life and love 2019 - Welded and painted steel, unique piece - Height : 2,05 m (Private collection)
    The Palm Tree of life and love 2019 - Welded and painted steel, unique piece - Height : 2,05 m (Private collection)
    Portrait III  2006 - 2008 Painted bronze, 8 ex. - Height : 15,35 in
    Portrait III 2006 - 2008 Painted bronze - Detail
    Portrait III - View of the exhibition in the Salles Jean-Hélion, Issoire
    Portrait III 2006 - 2008 Painted bronze, 8 ex. - Height : 15,35 in
    Blue horse  1994 - 2010 Welded and painted brass, unique piece - Height : 11,02 in
    The kick  2008 Welded and painted bronze, unique piece - Height : 16,33 in
    The kick 2008 Welded and painted bronze - Detail
    The kick - View of the exhibition in the Ecuries St Hugues, Cluny
    The kick 2008 Welded and painted bronze - Detail
    The kick 2008 Welded and painted bronze, unique piece - Height : 16,33 in
    Seated woman  1995 - 2010 Welded and painted bronze, unique piece - Height : 13,18 in
    Head  1994 - 2010 Welded and painted brass, unique piece - Height : 18,89 in (Private coll.)
    Too close to the sun  1998 - 2010 Painted bronze, unique piece - Height : 23,42 in
    October Venus  2008 Welded and painted bronze, unique piece - Height : 30,70 in
    October Venus - Detail
    Venus of the South  2009 Welded and painted bronze, unique piece - Height : 68,89 in
    Venus of the South - View of the exhibition in the Salles Jean-Hélion, Issoire
    Venus of the South - Detail
    Venus of the South 2009 Welded and painted bronze, unique piece - Height : 68,89 in
    Venus of the South - View of the exhibition in the Salles Jean-Hélion, Issoire
    Venus of the South - Detail

    "With my painted bronzes, I try through an almost tribal painting, to explode the voids and filled spaces in an agitated whirlwind well proportionned and guided by a deliberate rhythm, essential in my work. Through those painted sculptures, I want to question these famous voids and filled spaces to give them an another reading to push even farther the perception of my sculpture. The pictorial writing realized on the sculptures (lines, points, circles...) is very similar to those which caracterizes my painings, and is not consequently a trivial paint which would be just here to embellish the work. This painting brings an other way of understanding the sculpture, of discovering the voids an dfilled spaces which constitute the main part of my resarch as sculptor."

     

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    HORSES

    The horse's body in Montalbano's work is marked both by great tension and torsion. It is an energetic body, not simply posing on its four hooves, but in positions sometimes quite impossible for the animal to achieve. It is a horse which suffers, and to which the artist attributes human feelings. The image of the horse, the powerful symbol which it evokes in our minds, is all the more reinforced by the artist's endowing it with huge visual dynamics. The tension which he brings out in the horse's body, in the evocation of the struggle against death, we see the incredible strength and capacity which man in fact possesses in triumphing over the trials and suffering he undergoes.

     

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    The Indomitable 2018 Welded steel, unique piece - Height : 77,95 in (Private collection)
    The Indomitable 2018 Welded steel, unique piece - Height : 77,95 in (Private collection)
    Rearing horse  1990 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 15,35 in
    Rearing horse 1990 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 15,35 in
    Rearing horse - View of the exhibition in l'Embarcadère, Montceau-les-Mines
    Horse before the departure  1991 Bronze, 8 ex. - Height : 12,59 in
    Horse before the departure 1991 Bronze, 8 ex. - Height : 12,59 in
    Horse before the departure - Detail
    Horse before the departure 1991 Bronze, 8 ex. - Height : 12,59 in
    Amazone  1991 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 13,38 (Sold out edition)
    Ecstasy  1990 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 8,26 cm
    Horse  1998 Welded bronze, unique piece - Height : 16,53 in
    Amazone III  2002 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 15,74 in
    Amazone III 2002 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 15,74 in
    Amazone III - Detail
    Amazone III - Detail
    Amazone III - Vue de l'exposition
    Beyond destiny II  2000 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 11,02 in
    Beyond destiny II 2000 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 11,02 in
    Beyond destiny II 2000 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 11,02 in
    Horse  1994 Welded brass, unique piece - Height : 17,32 in
    Kicking horse  1990 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 12,59 in
    Conversation with the moon  1990 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 15,74 in
    Beyond destiny 2000 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 7,67 in
    Beyond destiny  2000 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 7,67 in
    Beyond destiny 2000 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 7,67 in
    Beyond destiny 2000 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 7,67 in
    The pose  1991 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 16,14 in
    Extension II  2005 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 16,92 in
    Horse I  2000 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 4,33 in
    Horse I 2000 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 4,33 in
    Horse I 2000 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 4,33 in
    Horse I 2000 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 4,33 in
    After the mating  2000 Soldered bronze, unique piece - Height : 13,77 in
    Extension III  2005 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 14,76 in
    Small trotting horse 1992 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 8,26 in
    Small trotting horse  1992 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 8,26 in
    Small trotting horse 1992 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 8,26 in
    Small trotting horse 1992 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 8,26 in
    Small kicking horse  1992 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 8,66 in (Available on request)
    Mating instinct  2001 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 10,62 in (Private collection)

    BULLS

    Bull's head 2019 Welded steel, unique piece - 51,5 x 60,5 x 45 cm (Private collection)
    Bull's head 2019 Welded steel, unique piece - 51,5 x 60,5 x 45 cm (Private collection)
    Bull's head 2019 - Work in progress
    Bull's head 2019 - Detail (Private collection)
    Bull's head 2019 - Detail (Private collection)
    Bull's head 2019 - Work in progress
    Taureau mythique 2019-2021 - Welded and painted steel - 44,5 x 52,5 x 12 cm
    Taureau mythique 2019-2021 - Welded and painted steel - 44,5 x 52,5 x 12 cm
    Toro Grande 2018 Welded steel, unique piece - Height : 34,64 in
    Toro Grande 2018 Welded steel, unique piece - Height : 34,64 in
    Toro Grande 2018 Welded steel, unique piece - Height : 34,64 in
    Toro Grande 2018 Welded steel, unique piece - Height : 34,64 in
    Toro Grande 2018 Welded steel, unique piece - Height : 34,64 in
    Toro antico 2017 Welded steel - Height : 9,25 in
    Toro antico 2017 Welded steel, unique piece - Height : 9,25 in
    Toro antico 2017 Detail
    Big Charolais bull  2016 Detail
    Big Charolais bull  2016 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 7,48 in
    Silver bull 2017 Welded and silvered bronze - Height : 6,88 in
    Silver bull 2017 Welded and silvered bronze - Height : 6,88 in
    My neighbour  2016 Welded bronze, unique piece - Height : 7,87 in
    My neighbour  2016 Welded bronze, unique piece - Height : 7,87 in
    Peaceful bull  2017 Silvered bronze 8 ex. - Height : 6,22 in
    My neighbour the Pasha  2017 Welded bronze, unique piece - Height : 6,88 in
    My neighbour II  2016 Welded bronze, unique piece - Height : 6,10 in (Private coll.)
    My neighbour the Charolais  2017 Welded bronze, unique piece - Height : 6,49 in
    My neighbour the Charolais  2017 - Detail
    Mister Charolais  2017 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 4,7 in (Available on request)

    "Since my installation in the South of the Burgundy, I see everyday cows, calves but especially bulls, which as painter and sculptor strongly inspired me. The body of this animal fascinates me, both by its power and by its harmony. From there was born the series My neighbour in homage to the Charolais bull who lives in the meadow close to my house and with whom I established the dialogue... "

     

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    MONUMENTALS SCULPTURES

    Grande Gaia 2021 Welded and patinated steel - 202 x 50 x 59 cm
    Grande Gaia 2021 Welded and patinated steel - 202 x 50 x 59 cm
    Grande Gaia 2021 - Detail
    Grande Gaia 2021 - Detail
    Grande Gaia 2021 Welded and patinated steel - 202 x 50 x 59 cm
    Grande Gaia 2021 - Detail
    Grande Gaia 2021 - Detail
    Grande Gaia 2021 Welded and patinated steel - 202 x 50 x 59 cm
    Grande Gaia 2021 - In progress
    The Palm Tree of life and love 2019 - Soldered and painted steel, unique piece - Height : 2,05 m (Private collection)
    Le Palmier de la Vie et de l'Amour  2019 - By night...
    The Palm Tree of life and love 2019 - Soldered and painted steel, unique piece - Height : 2,05 m (Private collection)
    The Palm Tree of life and love 2019 - Soldered and painted steel, unique piece - Height : 2,05 m (Private collection)
    The Palm Tree of life and love 2019 - Soldered and painted steel, unique piece - Height : 2,05 m (Private collection)
    The Indomitable 2018 Welded steel, unique piece - Height : 77,95 in (Private collection)
    Toro Grande 2018 Welded steel, unique piece - Height : 34,64 in
    Toro Grande 2018 Welded steel, unique piece - Height : 34,64 in
    Toro Grande 2018 Welded steel, unique piece - Height : 34,64 in
    Toro Grande 2018 Welded steel, unique piece - Height : 34,64 in
    Toro Grande 2018 Welded steel, unique piece - Height : 34,64 in
    The Senses' Traveller  - Photo : Gerrit Scheurs
    The Senses' Traveller  1997 Soldered bronze, unique piece - Height : 94,48 in (Private Coll.)
    Big Pomona  2012 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 70,47 in
    Big Pomona - Exhibition
    Big Pomona - Detail
    Venus of the South  2009 Soldered and painted bronze, unique piece - Height : 68,89 in
    Venus of the South - Detail
    Venus of the South - Exhibition
    Maternity  1996 Soldered bronze, unique piece - Height : 94,48 in
    Maternity - Exhibition
    Maternity  1996 Soldered bronze, unique piece - Height : 94,48 in
    Maternity - Detail
    Maternity - Detail
    Small Pomona  2011 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 47,24 in
    Small Pomona - Exhibition
    Small Pomona  2011 Bronze 8 ex. - Height : 47,24 in
    The Amazone  2012 Soldered bronze, unique piece - Height : 70,86 in (Private coll.)
    The Amazone - Detail
    The Amazone - Detail
    And the seventh day...  1994 Soldered bronze, unique piece - Height : 83,85 in
    And the seventh day... (Public collection, Open Air Museum in monte-Carlo)

    SCULPTURES 1988 - 1994

    Horse  1992 Plaster and metal - Height : 18,11 in
    Composition  1989 Patinated terra cotta - Height : 19,29 in
    Composition  1989 Stone - Height : 15,74 in
    Dancers  1988 Patinated terracotta - Height : 15,74 x 15,74 in
    Deposition from the cross  1990 Patinated terracotta - Height : 19,68 x 12,40 in
    Lying woman  1992 Plaster, metal and wood (Private Coll.)
    The Bishop  1990 Patinated terra cotta - Height : 5,51 in
    Women  1989 Painted stone - Height : 7,87 x 11,81 in
    Ladies' Man  1989 Plaster - Height : 20,07
    Zebra Woman  1988 Painted terracotta - Height : 11,02 in
    The Pope 1990 Patinated terracotta - Height : 11,41 x 8,07 in
    Column of women  1989 Patinated terra cotta - Height : 16,73 in
    Silhouette 1989 Metal - Height : 31,10 in
    Deposition  1990 Bronze, unique piece - Height : 5,70 in
    Man's head  1989 Plaster - Height : 12,59 in
    Head  1990 Patinated terracotta - Height : 9,84 in
    Venus  1993 Plaster, metal and wood - Height : 18,50 in
    Very small head  1988 Patinated terracotta - Height : 1,57 in
    Pietà 1989 Patinated terracotta - Height : 12,20 in
    Pietà  1989 - Detail

    At the end of the eighties I started my real experience of sculptor after re-examining the materials and techniques used at school such as clay, plaster and marble. At this moment of my artistic process I had the interest for voids and filled spaces and the materials that I used (clay, plaster, marble) did not suit my research anymore. So, I started to assemble pieces of plaster, metal and wood. In 1994, one of my sculptures of material assembly was awarded the Princess Grace Foundation’s Prize in Monaco, where I took part at the invitation of the famous french sculptor César who appreciated my work. 

     

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