The Isontina State Library has received the large sculpture “Incontro” by David Marinotto as a gift, donated by the artist’s family in memory of his recent passing. It is a wooden and brass work, measuring 2 meters by 60 cm, created between 2009 and 2010. The sculpture will be placed on the second floor, in front of the consultation room.
“I met David Marinotto,” explains the director of Bsi, Marco Menato, “many years ago, and at the time, I personally bought one of his works. Having also visited the gallery of his father, Franch Marinotto, over time a friendly relationship developed with both the son and the father. When I heard about David’s sudden passing, I wanted to remember him on social media by sharing an image of the sculpture I had purchased. It was an expression of gratitude and sadness for a person who passed away at the height of his artistic and professional career. Let’s not forget he was a professor at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts. The sculpture that the family wished to donate to the library is certainly an important, challenging, and highly significant piece. Among those we possess, which are not few, it is probably the most original and impactful. It is an honor for us to have received it as a gift and to be able to place it in a well-visited area of the library. We have thus decided to position it on the second floor, right at the entrance to the rooms and offices. It is the highest tribute we could pay to the memory of this artist.” “A heartfelt thanks,” Menato concludes, “goes to the family who strongly wished for this donation.”
David Marinotto, it should be noted, was born in Venice in 1967 and lived and worked between Vicenza and Gorizia. He graduated from the Venice Academy of Fine Arts, where he was a student of Master Giancarlo Franco Tramontin. Since 1986, he exhibited in both group and solo shows, participating in various national and international sculpture competitions, receiving prestigious recognition from both the public and critics. He was dedicated to teaching sculpture at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts and also taught at the academies of Frosinone, Lecce, and Brera in Milan.