Lucio Bubacco was born on the island of Murano (Venice), in April 1957. He began as a child with an old craftsman, playing with the glass and making small animals. In 1971, when he was 14, he completed his first works with the "lume" technique, inspired by Greek, Roman and Byzantine classic art, by medieval and renaissance theater and by "La Commedia dell'Arte."

Son of an artist, his father Severino Bubacco was a very important Maestro glass artist. In 1980 he began studying anatomical drawing with the Venetian artist Alessandro Rossi. His style takes on a new dimension; The movement of the figure becomes the central theme of his work. His masterpieces are crafted in Murano glass, also called "soft glass" because of its high soda content, which is famous for its characteristic brightness and ideal for the "lume" process.

His technical experience and knowledge of glass color compatibility allow him to create unique works: figures entirely hand-formed and incorporated in blown-vases or in casting.

His works transcend traditional uses and conceptions of the "lume" technique. They collocate motive tensions and plasticity in a context of narrative surrealism, to create highly original pieces derived from his personal sensibility.
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Perseo
9" x 6" 2.5"

The text below is excerpted from Venice Master Artisans by Norbert Heyl and Cristina Gregarin

"It is a well-known fact that in contemporary art the artist does not necessarily have to have great manual dexterity. Lucio Bubacco, however, combines both technical and manual skills in his highly original compositions. Before him, no-one had created human figures in movement using lampwork, so when he began to do so he had no reference points. He invented a new way of working glass. "It was something new, and that is partly why it was successful". But this is not the only novelty that has made his works worthy of being exhibited in the most famous galleries of the world. There is also the fact that they contain references to Mediterranean culture.

'Technically speaking, creating movement with glass is very complex. I have made things that I had seen in museums buth that had never been made with this material. I was fascinated by Egyptian frescoes and by Greek bas-reliefs. I wanted to portray this human culture in glass'.

Lucio admires the beauty of the images inspired by pre-Christian religions, and admires the dynamism of late Hellenic art. 'My inspiration comes from the ancient world, but I then use the material to interpret it following my own train of thoughts". His references concern not only cultures of the past but also the Christian world and all those spiritual, cultural and figurative forms that are the foundations of our Western civilization…….'

The figures in almost every one of Bubacco's compositions are in perfect equilibrium, giving the impression that a single gesture might destroy them. Similarly, his subjects reveal situations of extreme daring, giving the impression that everything might end either in catastrophe or in happiness. Both his subjects and their formal expression bring us face with the very risk that is inherent in life. And it is this extraordianary blending of shape and meaning, of technical skill and culture of images, that Lucio Bubacco's art is expressed".

Piper
5" x 3.5" x 2"
SOLD

Baccanale
22" x 18" x 14"

Antelope Woman
5.75" x 3" x 3.5"

Erotic 1
6" x 2.5" x 3"
SOLD

L'Aquila
13" High
SOLD

Afrodite
8" x4" x 4"
SOLD

Erotic 5
5.75" x 5" x 4.5"

Erotic 3
5.5" x 4.25" 3"
SOLD

Pan Piper
5.5" x 4.25" x 3"
SOLD

Minotauro
8" x 6" x 4"

.Arciere.......................Lanciatore
8" x 4" x 6" ..................11" x 4" x 6"
SOLD................................SOLD.
Poseidone
10" x 6" x4".
SOLD

Adamo e Eva
Adamo 16" x 5"
Eva ... 13.5" x 7"