New appointment with art at MarePineta Resort, a stars hotel, icon of style and elegance in Milano Marittima where the show “Igor Mitoraj: Scolpire l’Eternità”, organized in collaboration with Contini Art Gallery and the Atelier Mitoraj.  A selection of bronze works will be hosted in the resort: Mitoraj, in fact, combines classical-ancient tradition with contemporaneity, with the creation of injured figures, headless bodies, and sleeping faces. The works of the Polish sculptor, characterized by smooth and interrupted lines, invite viewers to imagine the totality of the figure. The exhibition aims to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Mitoraj's death, paying tribute to his artistic genius and eternal sensibility. “This new opportunity of great artistic value confirms once again the intent of MarePineta Resort to enhance the territory. – explains Davide Salaroli, sole administrator of MarePineta Resort – The intent to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Mitoraj's death is testimony to the attention to the arts at the international level. For us today, art and design are essential elements that demonstrate the commitment and investment in culture through the artistic forms of beauty.”  “We are pleased to continue the journey started last year with the Salaroli family and the Park Eun sculptures, – comment Stefano and Riccarda Contini, owners of the Contini Art Gallery – proposing this year the works of the great master Igor Mitoraj, in the sophisticated and refined design of the MarePineta Resort in Milano Marittima, where time and privacy blend with the surrounding centuries-old pine forest. Mitoraj's works invite us to experience a journey through the aesthetics of art history, from the recovery of the classical figurative canons that are interpreted by the artist and presented to the public in a personal and contemporary key.” MarePineta Resort also confirms its collaboration with San Patrignano for the 2024 season. “We are happy of the partnership with MarePineta Resort – explains the President of the Agricultural Cooperative Roberto Bezzi – which has been renewed for years, made stronger and stronger by the common founding principles based on friendship and community. We work together on projects in favor of the local territory and people. A path that leads us to continuous help towards those who need it most through projects that allow us to join forces to be more incisive”.     

Biography Igor Mitoraj was born on March 26th, 1944, in Oederan, Germany, to a Polish mother and a French father. fter his studies at a lyceum for the arts, he enrolled in the painting curriculum at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Here he studied under Tadeusz Kantor, a well-known painter, director, and theatre set designer. In 1968, moved to Paris where he enrolled at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts.   The success of his first major solo exhibition, held in 1976 at the Galerie La Hune in Paris, prompted him to turn exclusively to sculpture. From then on, he easily and steadily achieved a leading position in the market and a great reputation. In 1983 he purchased an atelier in the town of Pietrasanta, Tuscany, of which he became an honorary citizen. In 1986, he participated in the XLII Venice Biennial, and the following years saw him involved in numerous projects at galleries and important international museums. During his life, he received prestigious commissions to create monumental sculptures in London, Paris, Atlanta, Tokyo and, in Italy, in Florence, Rome and Milan.   Since the mid-1990s, Igor Mitoraj has been represented by the Contini Art Gallery, which still collaborates with his Atelier for the furthering and promotion of his art in the world. In 2004 his monumental sculptures were exhibited at the Tuileries Gardens in Paris, the Trajan Markets in Rome, and the Royal Palace in Warsaw. In 2007 the Academy of Krakow awards him an honorary degree. In 2006 he created the bronze doors of the basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and Martyrs in Rome. In 2009, he made the sets and costumes for Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida at the Boboli Gardens in Florence and the monumental bronze door of the Jesuit Church in Warsaw. In 2011, the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento welcomed his monumental artworks.    Igor Mitoraj died in Paris on October 6th, 2014. In 2016, the exhibition “Mitoraj in Pompei” was opened, thus fulfilling the artist’s great dream of establishing a dialogue between classicism and contemporaneity. In 2021 his sculpures were exhibited in Noto, Sicily. In 2022 the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències in Valencia was the set of a public exhibition of his artworks. In 2024 is held in Syracuse at the Archaeological Park of Neapolis the exhibition “Mitoraj. Lo Sguardo, Humanitas, Physis”, the largest outdoors sculptural exhibition of Igor Mitoraj ever created to date, that which sees on display thirty monumental works of the master.