Eleos - The Cry That Remains, 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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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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A human figure emerges from the terracotta, its face contorted in a cry. The half-closed eyes and wide-open mouth convey a pain that seems unable to find words, while the arms hold a piece of fabric and a gathered form close to the body, as if protecting what remains of a fragile and defenceless presence.

The gesture is profoundly physical: the hands grasp the material with force, the fingers are tense, and the fabric gathers into deep folds. Rather than appearing heroic, the body is vulnerable and unstable, suspended above the wooden structure that separates it from the ground. The vertical support thus intensifies the sense of precariousness and uprootedness.

The face, opened in a cry, becomes the emotional centre of the work. It is not the portrait of a specific person, but a universal image of suffering: the cry of one who has lost, one who is fleeing, one who tries to protect another while everything around seems to be collapsing. The terracotta, with its vibrant and irregular surface, amplifies this testimonial dimension, transforming matter into a memory of pain.

Alberto Criscione works with terracotta through an intense modelling process in which anatomical realism never becomes a mere display of virtuosity, but instead serves as a means of conveying a human truth. In the ELEOS cycle, his figurative research directly confronts the drama of war, migration and loss, transforming matter into a form of testimony.

Unique and original artwork, published in the catalogue, belonging to the cycle, Alberto Criscione's sculptural project 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 expressive character.

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

Portrait

Monumental

figurative

Expressionism

Women

Humans

Hands

Beige

brown

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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