Mino Spiga

Mino Spiga lives and works in San Sperate.

He normally works with stone and copper producing works demonstrating how he is bound to his village, his people, and country life where man is one face and farming civilisation is the other one. In his compositions, avoiding "cliches" and stereotypes, he easily portrays domestic life.

His bas-reliefs are open pages in his world, where  country life tends to be swallowed up by civilization and progress. Mino Spiga also interprets sacred art, with his Christs which seem to reveal the pains of the world.

His is a way of making art rich and communicative.

If you happen to be in the area of San Sperate, don't miss the occasion to visit his art works in:

Via S. Giovanni n. 39  -  09026 San Sperate, Phone +39 070 9600356.

His art works

Pinuccio Sciola

Pinuccio Sciola was born in San Sperate on March 15, 1942 in a farming family. Self taught, he was discovered in 1959 thanks to a contest held by the Rinascente (italian chain of department stores). On this occasion, he won a grant for the School of  Art in Cagliari.From 1961-1962 he travelled extensively to study art in some of the most important cities in Italy including Rome, Florence, Venice, Ravenna, Naples.In 1964, he attended a teachers’ art training college in Florence and participated in a sculpting contest in Saltsburg. Three years later, he won a grant for study in Spain where he attended the University of Moncloa, Madrid.

In 1968 he began his mural works and planned to transform San Sperate in a "village museum". The initiative was supported by numerous Italian and foreign artists such as Foiso Fois, Primo Pantoli, Giorgio Princivalle, and Gaetano Brundu. In the same year, he became part of the teaching staff at the School of  Art in Cagliari.

In 1973 UNESCO took an interest in San Sperate and invited Pinuccio Sciola to Mexico. During this trip, he met the great muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros from whom he drew secrets and charm of the pre-Columbian culture. After founding a teaching laboratory in San Sperate in 1978, he travelled to Africa to study the equators forests from Uganda to Zaire.In the 80's he set up various personal exhibitions in Rome, Milan, Spoleto, Barcelona, Stuttgart, Paris,  Vienna and others. In 1986 and 1987 he exhibited in some of the most famous modern art museums in Germany. From 1990 to 1996 he taught sculpture  in the School of Fine Arts in Sassari.

In 1996, his studies on stones and their intrinsic nature together with experimented incision techniques took him towards the study of their musicality.

The “sound stones” are sculptures similar to great Menhirs (mainly limestone or basalt) which resound when rubbed by human hands or small rocks. The sounds they emit are produced by applying parallel incisions in the rock. These sculptures can produce structured sounds which are differentiated by the density of  the rock and incision. They produce sounds similar to glass, metal or wood instruments and even those of human voices.

The rock sculpture symphonies by Pinucio Sciola are exhibited around the world. Concerts are held using these sculptures as true musical instruments and are a source of inspiration for artists, musicians and composers.

His laboratory is located in Via E. Marongiu n 21 - 09026 San Sperate, Phone +39 070 9600353

His art works

Raffaele Muscas

It is possible to admire his works in his laboratory or in the streets of the village. His address is:

Via Togliatti N. 10 - 09026 San Sperate,  Phone +39 070 9601464

His art works