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Primarily known for his monumental works in bronze and other metals, sculptor, jeweler, and architect Arnaldo Pomodoro was born in 1926, in Morciano di Romagna, Italy. He is the brother of artist Giò Pomodoro (1930-2002). From the mid-1940s until 1957 Arnaldo served as a consultant for the restoration of public buildings in Pesaro, while studying stage design and working as a goldsmith. In 1954 Pomodoro moved to Milan, where he is still active. His work was first exhibited in 1954 at Galleria Numero in Florence and Galleria Montenapoleone in Milan. Between 1956 and 1959 he visited New York and traveled throughout Europe. He helped found the Continuità group in Italy in 1961–62, and participated in the 1963 São Paulo Bienal (Brazil), where he was awarded the International Sculpture Prize. A solo show of his work was included in the Venice Biennale of 1964. In 1967 he was represented in the Italian Pavilion at Expo ’67 in Montreal and received a prize at the Carnegie International in Pittsburgh. During the late 1960s and early 1970s he executed commissions for outdoor sculptures in Darmstadt, New York, and Milan. His “Sphere Within Sphere” sculptures are probably the most recognizable of his works, each a variant on the theme of a sphere with a fractured surface revealing intricate interior layers reminiscent of complex machinery. His work is in major museum collections, including the Guggenheim (New York) and Hirshhorn (Washington, DC), and displayed in outdoor installations such as at the United Nations Headquarters (New York).
