Page 35 - Studio International - April 1965

Cavaliere has devoted all his artistic talent to vegetal of the above cycles ; it was his work in this period which
sculpture of this kind ; this represents only one aspect placed him in the forefront of Italian sculpture of his
of his creative activity. It is worth recalling two earlier, generation and laid the groundwork of his fame which
important cycles of work: the series which he entitled culminated in the recent invitation to exhibit at the
Giochi di prestigio (Conjuring Tricks) (exhibited at the Venice Biennale.
Bergamini in 1959), the Avventure di Gustavo B. Cavaliere's career is in itself quite unusual : this artist
(Adventures of Gustavo B., shown at the Levi in 1963) born in Rome (of a Calabrian father and Russian
and the collection of Alberi ('Trees', at Schwartz 1964). mother) moved to Milan as early as 1938 where he
The mature phase of his work began with the second studied at the Brera Academy first under Manzu and

Tree and Apples 1964
Bronze 60 cm. high