Sculptures from 1999 to 2010

Scultura + Tomba di Arzachena (Sardegna)
Scultura + Tomba di Arzachena (Sardegna)

This phase of the works of Ausili focuses on a personal review of the topic of ex-vote and on an original reflection on the symbolism of the totem. Idea of a sculpture that, in the appeal to primitive thought, and to propose "magic" figures, has its roots in the ancient conception of sculpture as "propitiatory art".

Due totem + Totem africano
Due totem + Totem africano

The rocky nature of the marble, will be kept deliberately and perforated by triangles, from ladders, and more generally by symbols, which become three-dimensional ideograms, which will make a sense of interiority with these stones, a familiarity that will fluctuate between our unknown origins and our hypothetical points of arrival. In a moving commuter ideally ranging from the old statues of Lunigiana or Neolithic menhirs,  the cuts by Lucio Fontana or the stones of the holy Japan’s places in a global cultural map and timeless, where all cultures together are becoming our cultural ideal.

Muro sacro + Monumento di Ollantaytammbo (Peru)
Muro sacro + Monumento di Ollantaytammbo (Peru)