Andrea Capucci

The work was called a monument to truck drivers and their commercial traffic and was inaugurated in 2010. The work, created by artist Andrea Capucci, is 10 meters high and represents a man holding a truck on his shoulders.
The man, 10 meters high and covered with aluminum, carries a DSF truck.Traffic circle Antonio Gasbarrini in the area Borgo Panigale / Bologna

Andrea Capucci was born in Modena (Italy) in 1965. He attended the Art Institute there, the Faculty of Architecture in Florence and the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. He has realized numerous group and individual exhibitions, in Spain, Croatia, Italy, France, Germany.
His work develops through sculptures in ceramic, glazed terracotta and stone, as well as drawings. He is interested in poetry and his illustrations appear in several collections of Italian poets.
He has won numerous competitions and created sculptures for public spaces: Villanova di Modena; Parco Arcotel in Linz;Villa Serego Alighieri in Gargagnago of Verona; Parco della Mimosa of Castelvetro 1996; first place in the competition in Maranello, Parco di Villa Rangoni, 2007; Anne Frank School in Montale of Castelnuovo R. ; first place in the competition for the round point La Pioppa in Bologna, 2009; second place in the competition Arco di Trento, 2010; third place in the competition Aceto Balsamico di Modena, Spilamberto, 2011.

In recent years, his studio has become a meeting place for artists, where cultural events and exchanges between different forms of art are regularly organized.

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