BOLDI

'When I was a child, I liked to collect stones that had been eroded by the water into rounded shapes. I was fascinated that the river bed formed, shaped, smoothed their surfaces over millennia. The college where I graduated as a sculptor taught us to draw, to pattern on a model, and once I graduated the game with stone arrived. Since then I have been interested in how I could shape a sculpture like a pebble; from whichever angle I look at it, it always turns, and the soft, rounded forms direct its shape.'

Boldi, 2020 (Dóra László, Képmás)

Born in 1970 in Budapest, Boldi focuses on creating the ideal form and figure through his round, flawlessly refined sculpture. He works with white marble, black Spanish marble and bronze with an Aristide Maillol patina finish, which took fifteen years to perfect. The smooth surface results in a delightful play of light and invites touch. Boldi's sculptures constitute a modern follow-up to Brancusi, yet Brazilian Woman, with its sinuous curves, is also reminiscent of the work of Matisse and early African and Aztec sculpture.