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Original sculpture in pure white Carrara marble, named Receptacle .
Born near Carrara, Benito Viliano Tarabella (1937-2003) learned direct carving at the age of 13 in the famous workshop of sculptor Garibaldo Alessandrini in Querceta. Noticed by Jean Arp, with whom he would nurture a long and fruitful collaboration, he settled in Paris in 1957 and opened a studio at La Ruche, where he lived and worked with many avant garde artists; he dedicated himself to his personal works, with his first exhibition in 1965. In 1972, he held a solo exhibition at the Galerie Kriégel in Paris, following numerous shows in France and Europe.
Official recognition came in 1985, when the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris acquired several of his works, and the French government commissioned him to create the first trophy for the Victoires de la Musique awards. In 1991, he was awarded the Monte-Carlo International Prize for Contemporary Art by the Florence Gould Foundation.
Her work was regularly exhibited during her lifetime, both in France (FIAC, Triennale Européenne de la Sculpture, etc.) and internationally (Brussels, Dallas, Tokyo, St. Gallen, Lausanne, Florence, Pietrasanta, Lucca, Mannheim, Bad Kissingen, Leicester, etc.).
It can now be found in many private collections, museums and public places (USA, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, Israel, Iran, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Belgium).
