Lisa Sotilis “revelation of the influential power of the Greek myth� Salvatore Quasimodo Nobel Prize in Literature
Lisa Sotilis and Giorgio de Chirico, Athenes, 1971 Lisa Sotilis was Giorgio de Chirico's assistant, the only assistant for his large sculptures' projects financed by the leading art dealer and collector, Alexander Iolas. She was the only one authorized by the Master of the Metaphysical art movement to retouch his waxes before casting.
All of Lisa Sotilis's sculptures are executed using the lost wax process method and are cast in the world renowned Bonvicini Foundry in Verona-Caselle, Italy.
Icarus 1970 patinated polished bronze 39.4 x 24.0 x 7.5 in.
Phidias 2006 24kt gold plated bronze mounted on lacquered wood panel 18.9 x 11.8 x 3.3 in., panel: 26.3 x 18.9 in.
Praxiteles 2006 24kt gold plated bronze mounted on lacquered wood panel 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.3 in., panel: 26.3 x 18.9 in.
Canto di Saffo 2006 24kt gold plated bronze mounted on plexiglass panel 22.8 x 19.9 x 3.2 in., panel: 24.3 x 21.9 in.
Hermes 2004 24kt gold plated bronze 15.4 x 12.7 x 3.1 in.
Sotilis is always in her Olympus, far from agonizing existential crisis, and she is roaming with free grace, an assiduous grace that recalls Picasso's motto: "Je ne cherche pas, je trouve" Luciano Budigna writer and art critic
Olympic Athlete 2006 24kt gold plated bronze mounted on lacquered wood panel 12.6 x 9.1 x 3.6 in., panel: 26.8 x 18.9 in.
Eve 2006 24kt gold plated bronze mounted on lacquered wood panel 27.6 x 19.8 x 3.6 in., panel: 42.5 x 36.2 in.
Adam 2006 24kt gold plated bronze mounted on lacquered wood panel 33.4 x 24.0 x 3.6 in., panel: 42.5 x 36.2 in.
Apollo 2000 patinated polished bronze 33.9 x 22.0 x 5.9 in.
Self-portrait 2000 patinated polished bronze mounted on lacquered wood panel 15.7 x 16.1 x 2.9 in., panel: 23.6 x 24 in.
Lisa's extraordinary estrus and her creative fertility do not tolerate any restraint.
Her tireless enthusiasm transports us into suggestive astral and fairy spaces.
Lisa is a symphony to the life that exalts harmony, hope and beauty.
Pierre Kaloussian Velissiotis art dealer
Testa di Afrodite 2007 patinated polished bronze 22.0 x 15.7 x 3.5 in.
Rugiada sull'Olimpo 2006 patinated polished bronze 10.0 x 23.0 x 12.9 in.
Helen 2004 24kt gold plated bronze 14.9 x 12.9 x 3.1 in.
Fenicotteri sul Nilo 2013 patinated polished bronze 10.2 x 7.8 x 3.4 in.
Daphne's Metamorphosis 2010 patinated polished bronze 31.5 x 15.7 x 3.2 in.
Sotilis reaches a reality, that transcends the habits and conventions in pursuit of the staggering white light of her Greece, that she always carries in her heart. Ennio Morlotti Italian artist
Metamorphosis 2007 24kt gold plated bronze bronze mounted on lacquered wood panel 23.4 x 16.0 x 2.6 in., panel: 29.2 x 22.6 in.
Persephone's Metamorphosis 2007 24kt gold plated bronze bronze mounted on lacquered wood panel 18.1 x 10.2 x 3.2 in., panel: 26.0 x 18.1 in.
Cariatide Moderna 2010 embossed and gold plated pewter 21.7 x 13.8 x 7.9 in.
Adonis 2006 patinated polished bronze 43.3 x 28.7 x 13.4 in.
Beautiful Helen 2006 24kt gold plated bronze bronze mounted on lacquered wood panel 31.1 x 28.3 x 3.4 in., panel: 42.5 x 36.2 in.
Lisa composes for us images of prehistoric lands where aspirations and memories of happiness find their space.
Salvatore Quasimodo Nobel Prize in Literature