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ELEOS- The Embrace, 2024
Alberto Criscione  

Sculpture : wood, terracotta, iron · 215 x 70 x 50 cm 84.6 x 27.6 x 19.7 inch

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Technique & Support

wood , terracotta , iron

Dimensions ( cm • inch )

215 x 70 x 50 cm 84.6 x 27.6 x 19.7 inch Height x Width x Depth

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5 x 70 x 50 cm 2 x 27.6 x 19.7 inch

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This sculpture is one of the four figures that make up ELEOS – A Cry for Humanity, a project in which Alberto Criscione explores, through sculpture, the themes of war, exile and migration, as well as solidarity and compassion.

An adult figure holds a child close in a gesture that appears both tender and desperate. The man's body is charged with profound tension: his tilted head, half-closed eyes and open mouth convey an expression of pain and disorientation. One arm is raised upward, with the hand open, suggesting multiple meanings: a gesture of invocation, a plea for help, a final farewell, or an attempt to resist a condition of violence and displacement.

Held tightly against the adult's body, the child intensifies the human and universal dimension of the scene. The two bodies almost seem to merge into a single organism, transforming the embrace into a final space of protection. The deliberately tactile terracotta surface, marked by tears and openings, becomes an integral part of the narrative: the wounds in the material seem to coincide with those of the bodies and with the fractures of human existence.

The sculpture is supported by a vertical wooden and metal structure that enhances its monumental character while suggesting a condition of precariousness. The human figure appears suspended, separated from the ground, like someone forced to leave their homeland without knowing where they will eventually arrive.

With this figure, Criscione does not depict a specific event, but creates a universal image of human vulnerability. The embrace thus becomes an act of resistance: where war and exile create separation, human beings continue to seek a possible form of protection and closeness.

Unique and original artwork, published in the catalogue, belonging to the ELEOS – A Cry for Humanity cycle, a sculptural project by Alberto Criscione dedicated to the themes of war, exile, migration and compassion. The work was conceived as part of a group of four figures, each autonomous in subject and expression.

The ELEOS cycle, a Greek term associated with the concepts of mercy and compassion, has been presented in important exhibition venues, including the Palermo Municipal Historical Archive and the Church of San Pietro in Agrigento, as part of the initiatives for Agrigento Italian Capital of Culture 2025.

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Alberto Criscione

Alberto Criscione

Italy  • 1981

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Born into an artistic family, he learned the fundamentals of sculpture in the workshop of his father, Giuseppe, an internationally renowned nativity-scene artist.

He began working at a very young age, creating monumental projects such as Stations of the Cross and museum scenographies throughout the province.

After more than ten years working in the field of Sacred Art, he decided to turn towards Contemporary Art and embark on a new path of experimentation. Between 2008 and 2014, he met numerous master ceramicists and sculptors throughout Italy and in Denmark, learning new techniques including stoneware and porcelain working, large-scale ceramic firing, lost-wax bronze casting, wood carving, and molding with synthetic resins.

These experiences led to the creation of the , a series of dreamlike sculptures representing a decisive departure from his early work. The series was featured in the Mondadori art magazine, in its September 2009 issue.

After settling permanently in Palermo, in 2015 he exhibited , a project inspired by ancient Greek theatre and reinterpreted in relation to contemporary society, in a solo exhibition at the neu [nòi] space.

Building on , he reinterpreted the myths of ancient Greece and created a contemporary version entitled . The project was exhibited in October 2016 and again in June 2017 as part of the group exhibition , first at XXS Aperto al Contemporaneo in Palermo and subsequently at Costantini Art Gallery in Milan. In 2018, was presented once again at neu [nòi], at Palazzo delle Aquile, for the exhibition , and at the historic church of Santa Maria dello Spasimo.

He was subsequently selected for the artist residencies organized by MABOS – Museo di Arte nel Bosco della Sila, where he created the life-size sculpture, a reinterpretation of the final battle of the hero Achilles.

In 2019, he participated in FACE in Reggio Calabria, where, together with artist Angelo Gallo of Camera 237, he created a holographic sculpture for the series.

In the autumn of the same year, he presented his new series of sculptures, at the Church of San Bartolomeo in Ragusa Ibla.

In 2024, he created the sculptural group, which was accompanied from its earliest stages by an extensive research project conducted by art historians. Their subsequent contributions formed part of the critical essays published in the catalogue, edited by Ex Libris, which documents and accompanies the entire project.

The group takes its name from the Greek concept of mercy and compassion, understood as fundamental principles of human coexistence. Conceived as a collective and monumental statement by the sculptor, the work serves as a visual testimony against war, forced exile, and the plight of refugees.

The group was exhibited at the Municipal Historical Archive of Palermo and subsequently in Agrigento, at the Diocesan Museum and the Church of San Pietro, as part of Agrigento Italian Capital of Culture 2025.

He has participated in numerous group exhibitions, and his works are held in galleries as well as public and private collections.

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