„Michele Bettega (1853-1937) e Bortolo Zagonel (1868-1953)“
bronze
lifesize sculptures
2024
The guides Michele Bettega and Bortolo Zagonel are considered the first and most renowned mountain guides of Primiero area. Their activity took place mainly between 1880 and 1920, with numerous new routes in the Dolomites (especially in the Pale di San Martino) some of them with their clients, wealthy people from Central Europe.
The statues were modeled in clay over a polyurethane core based on historical photos, then cast in bronze using the lost-wax method.
To be seen in pedestrian area in San Martino di Castrozza, Dolomites (I)
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„Climate change“
900 x 300 cm
limewood and plaster
2015
from 9 july to 18 september 2015 in the centre of Ortisei, Val Gardena/Italy
a project by:
Matthias Verginer
Matthias Kostner
Christian Verginer
VERGINERMATT 