Andrea Piersantelli has been inventing extraordinary metal objects for over twenty years, crafting each piece from semi-finished material. Piersantelli creates his works starting from raw material, choosing not to use recycled parts as a precise stylistic code. The artist combines his creativity with a meticulous historiographical and naturalistic research: the fusion of technology and sculpture gives a new and absolutely original face to subjects of classical inspiration.
The artist's technique involves talent and craftsmanship at every stage of the work, starting from drawings which are drafts hinted at on paper, where the form and proportions of the object are well outlined and studied. Piersantelli never gets to a digital technical drawing but directly moves from the initial paper drafts to cutting the pieces, imagining the final shape of the object until the end, so that to witness the true genesis of the work only after screwing in the last bolt and enjoying it in that previse moment along with his audience.
Turning and milling are performed on traditional machinery (no CNC!), and even all the pieces derived from laser cutting are subsequently modified by hand with bench work. The assembly technique is the true distinctive element of the artist: it predominantly involves assembly with screws, with welding appearing in the larger works, in very few points, for structural and weight needs; it is absent in medium and small-sized objects.
Each work consists of hundreds of pieces, including handmade parts and stainless steel screw elements. The mastery of adjustments and modifications "step by step," the invention and reworking of ideas in a continuous cycle of "work in progress," and the extemporaneous selection of the used material make the birth of the works strenuous, giving each work the characteristics of uniqueness and unrepeatability.
Commissioned works turn to be particularly rich in details: Andrea Piersantelli loves to adorn the subject requested by the client with additional details, enrich it with captivating aesthetic notes, and exuberant color tones, still adhering to the initial idea.
Exhibitions of Andrea Piersantelli's works are present nationally and internationally. In March 2024, Piersantelli won the "Taking Care" contest with the work "Family." The piece "Marine Soulmates" was exhibited at Usagi Dumbo in Brooklyn (NY), and other works are displayed in art galleries in Rome, Pietrasanta, Parma, and in various private collections.
