Arnaldo Pomodoro died a day before his 99th birthday.
Pomodoro was born in Emilia-Romagna and began to explore geometric shapes in the 1960s. He is known for his enormous spheres and cubes in smooth bronze, where the inside was corroded and torn, or hollow. The contrast "between the geometric shape's smooth perfection and the interior's chaotic complexity" became Pomodoro's hallmark, according to his Milan-based foundation.
His open and wounded spheres testify to the vulnerability and complexity of humans and the world, says Italy's Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli, according to Rai News.
Pomodoro's works can be found, among other places, in the Vatican in Rome, the Guggenheim Museum in New York and at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris.
