A New Challenge in Traditional Lost Wax Bronze Casting
BATTAGLIA FOUNDRY SCULPTURE PRIZE 2020
Founded in 1913 in Milan as a lost wax artistic bronze foundry, the Battaglia Artistic Foundry boasts a century-old tradition. Now as yesterday it continues to work together with the greatest names in Italian and international sculpture, also operating as an all-round cultural institution. It focuses heavily on teaching artists and designers and promoting art and design developments, acting as a driving force for new artistic ideas. With Open Studio, Battaglia involves young artists and designers by teaching them the technique to create their first bronze sculpture; at the same time, with the Sculpture Prize, it selects and rewards artists through a jury of professionals active in the international contemporary art scene. Since 2010, it established a Restoration Department, able to study and solve all the complex issues related to the conservation and restoration of bronze artifacts of all ages.