Pykaleone: Ute Pyka, an architect from Frankfurt and Umberto Leone, a woodworker
 from Selinunte, have lived and worked together since the end 1990. A happy union:
 two designer/craftsmen thinking and working as one. It is interesting not only the
 mixing and working of roles that creates these fine pieces of craftsmanship - the fruit
 of intelligent design and highly skilled execution - but mainly the relation that comes
 from the closest intimacy between these two artists. More...

 See them in Gibellina and in Fiumara d'Arte English version by VanVakys VRC consulting

 Pykaleone: Ute Pyka, un architetto di Francoforte e Umberto Leone, un falegname di
 Selinunte, vivono e lavorano assieme dalla fine del 1990. Una felice unione: due
designer/artigiani che pensano e lavorano come una sola persona. E' interessante non solo interscambiabilità
dei ruoli da cui scaturiscono questi eleganti pezzi di artigianato - frutto di un intelligente design e di
un'esecuzione altamente specializzata - ma soprattutto l'intima relazione, quasi simbiotica, tra i due artisti.
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Contemporary Sculpture by Nicolo Di Bella utilises, without a doubt, one of the first artistic expressions
from mankind's prehistoric times. The art left by our ancestors is in fact very rich and varied in its
expression. Sculpture was conceived of as a means of communication and in providing man with knowledge
of himself. Therefore it is the primary and original manifestation of art, as is design and painting. At this
point we need to make a distinction between sculpture and other forms of art. In order to understand
sculpture one must be able to "see". Seeing is an act which we are not always prepared or educated to do
well. Sculpture is a vehicle which allows us to perceive what could be described as revelation or doubt,
feeling or drama, beauty or ugliness, tension or hates. More... English version by VanVakys VRC consulting