Matteo Pugliese, a contemporary artist from Milan, has created a series of giant larger than life bronze sculptures. This fantastic art series is known as “Extra Moenia”, which means “Out of the city walls”.
Matteo Pugliese’s journey and research starts from the understanding of universal values, it then moves on to the study of human needs, to ultimately reach for self-awareness, landing on his most profound inner world. Physical strength and determination shape the bronze of his sculptures, but this raw surface also encloses a more vulnerable and human condition, emotions tied to psychological insecurity and torment that are common to all of us. Let us of WoMA introduce you to Matteo Pugliese.
I believe that the human body is a complete and comprehensive alphabet capable of transmitting any concept and emotion, not by chance it is one of the most wrought subjects in the history of art. The technique and interpretation of the figure subsequently create that unique and personal language of each artist.
I tend to concentrate on the male body because I’m interested in the expression of a brutal energy and force, and the choice is also due to the autobiographic nature of the themes I deal with.