Salto di scala

Quali quesiti si pongono quando uno scultore passa dalla misura circoscritta della medaglia alla scala del monumento? Il saggio legge l'attività scultorea e medaglistica di Roberto Cremesini in relazione al tema dello spazio e dello sviluppo ambientale, con particolare riguardo ai nessi con il design e l'architettura condotti dalla scultura italiana a partire dagli anni 50. What questions does the work of a sculptor raise who moves so effortlessly from the limited space of a medal to the size of a full-scale monument? Between two such disparate scales, is there continuity in both the way he invents and composes, and the techniques and materials he uses, and if so, where does it come from? A wise answer lies in the analysis of Cremesini’s production in the light of these very questions the key to which can be found in his artisanal background and the fertile operative rapport he has with architecture. These two arguments, which see the object of his sculpture - but also that of other sculptors of his generation - in its relationship with space, setting and social dynamics, forcibly call for a reappraisal of the status of such sculpture as ‘pure and self-referential’.