"My equestrian statues express the torment caused by the events of this century. the restlessness of my horse increases with each new work, the rider is always more exhausted, he has lost his domination of the beast and the catastrophes to which he succumbs resemble those that destroyed sodom and pompeii. I aspire to make visible the last stage of destruction of a myth, of the myth of heroic and victorious individualism, the humanists' man of virtue. my work in the last years doesn't want to be heroic, but tragic."
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Quote of Marini, 1972; as cited in 'Sculptures: Horsemen', on the website of the Marini Museum
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Marino Marini
Marino Marini (27 February 1901 - 6 August 1980) was an Italian sculptor artist, famous for his many sculptures of 'Horse and Rider'.
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