Carlo Zauli

Ceramic sculpture by Carlo Zauli from the series "Sphere" done in the circa 1970s. Stoneware and very abstract. Influences of Lucio Fontana are apparent. Exhibited large scale installations during Milan Design Week 2013. Carlo Zauli is indisputably considered one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century. After having won the main awards in ceramics in the fifties, the early sixties saw him evolve towards a markedly sculptural interpretation of his Craft. In these years he developed his own artistic language, imbued with informal atmospheres intertwined with a harmonious but disruptive "naturalness": these are the years of growing international success. From 1958, the year in which the great high-reliefs were made for the Baghdad palace and the Kuwait State Printing Office, he saw his fame grow continually, up to the end of the seventies and eighties, throughout Europe, Japan , North America, where he realizes exhibitions and placed work permanently. Carlo Zauli was born in 1926 in Faenza, where he died in 2002. Instead of ornate platters and decorative vases, his work seemed to have emerged from the earth itself, with organic curves, jagged edges, cracks and fissures that reflected the artist’s keen connection with nature. It was this passion for the natural world that made his work revered in Japan. Zauli first showed in the Japan as well in 1964 with the International Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramic Art that toured several top museums. At the beginning of 1960s, Carlo Zauli enters an artistic period in which he could be defined 'a sculptor of vases.' He subjects his vases to a progressive process of geometrical synthesis that, combined with a sort of abnormal growth, turns them into true sculptures. His studio receives frequent visits from Arnaldo and Giò Pomodoro, Giuseppe Spagnulo...

The black potion of the glaze is composed of both matte and glossy glaze. The vase, the archetype of every ceramist, is central to the research of the initial period of Carlo Zauli...

Italian ceramic vase by Carlo Zauli (circa 1970s). A modernist piece which has borrowed its classical shape from antiquity. Like an ancient amphora without handles, the vase has a ca...

Carlo Zauli Faenza, 1970 Ceramic Dish Metallic enamels and in shades of blue Artist's signature at the base Perfette condizioni

Decorative vase realized in a warm gray stoneware with band decorations, designed and manufactured by Carlo Zauli in 1960s. Signature engraved visible...

Large ceramic bowl in polychrome glazes, characteristic of the creations of Zauli during the mid-60s, with a strong far eastern inspiration. Carlo Zauli (b.1926-d.2002) is one of th...

Turned stoneware sculpture on a steel base with iridescent glaze in grey-white-black. Lively object with different structures and glazes, signed Zauli Carlo Zauli was born in Fen...

Stunning abstract wall sculpture beautifully handmade by Carlo Zauli in his Italian workshop during the 1960s. It's a substantial piece, expertly made from solid bronze. The organic ...