Born in Uruguay in 1954, internationally acclaimed sculptor Pablo Atchugarry’s works form part of many major collections, both public and private. He has held more than 100 solo and collective exhibitions worldwide. His statue Seed of Hope stands in the garden of the Uruguayan parliament, whilst in the city of Lecco, Italy he has his own museum.
Raised in an environment in which art played a central role - his father was an accomplished painter - Atchugarry dedicated himself to experimenting with various materials from an early age.
The powerful sculptures of Pablo Atchugarry talk of the tectonic movements that originated the mountains, of erosion and condensation, fusion and dissociation from which metals and minerals are born. His work is based on the principal that the natural beauty of marble is enhanced if the form remains simple.
It is a technical knowledge of nature that allows the artist, with much dexterity, to come to the point of completely perforating the stone, of crossing its matter. He does not follow a premeditated sketch, but instead works with how the material submits to his hand, that is, what the stone consents.
Minerals give marble varieties in colour: they are its blood vessels, its mineral veins. They form internal paths, like writing in the matter itself, to be unveiled and deciphered. From such latent possibilities, here and there, discovered step-by-step, at every tap of the tools, the artist carries on revealing the stone's will.
