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Maria Gamundí offers an ode to beauty and the female form

Maria Gamundí is a Venezuelan-born sculptor based in Pietrasanta, Italy.

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Sculptor Maria Gamundí works on a clay figure of a kneeling female nude in her studio, carefully shaping the torso with her hands

Her sculptures are an ode to beauty and the female form. Maria is set to exhibit her work in a solo show called 'Marmo & Bronzo' in the Sala delle Grasce, in Pietrasanta, a city on the Tuscan riviera called Italy's "Little Athens" for its marble studios and bronze foundries.

The show will run from September 15 to October 14, 2012. To find out more visit her website.

Three bronze female figures seated on a platform in a garden setting, with forested hills and cypress trees in the background
Polished bronze sculpture by Maria Gamundí depicting a contemplative female figure with hand to face, with additional sculptural forms visible in the background
White marble sculpture by Maria Gamundí depicting a seated female figure with her head bowed and arms crossed, with hair styled in a top knot
White marble sculpture by Maria Gamundí depicting a reclining female figure with arm raised to her head, displayed on a rectangular base
Black bronze sculpture of a reclining female figure seated on a cylindrical base, displayed on a stone plinth with green grass behind
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