In December 2014 the journey runs in reverse: it is not the works that travel to China, but China that comes to see them take shape. Two Chinese businesswomen, met in Shanghai, where they had discovered the sculptures of Aldo Flecchia presented by Amalart, arrive in Magnano, in the Biella area, to meet the artist in his home and atelier.
It is a simple, long day: a visit to the spaces where Aldo works stone, the bas-reliefs among the books in the studio, lunch around the family table, the catalogue leafed through together. Getting to know an artist in the place where he creates says more about his works than any presentation. Born in Biella in 1945, Aldo works marble, stone and granite as a struggle with matter: rather than stones, he sculpts feelings, love, brotherhood, torment, and gives them a form that endures over time.
For Amalart it is a way of working that will become habitual: building personal, lasting relationships around its artists. A few months later, in the spring of 2015, Aldo's works will find a permanent place in Shanghai, in the spaces of Domus Aurea.
