exhibitions in Italy and abroad. His works can be found in many public and private collections and museums. He carries out his activity in Chieti Scalo, in the district of Brecciarola, where he lives and works. His love for stone led him to organize with great success collective exhibitions and symposia with international and foreign artists. In 2008 he created the monument to the Shepherds of Abruzzo in Roccamontepiano (CH). In 2012 he hosted the entire Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara. Since 2010 he has organized international symposia in Abruzzo. In 2015 he organized the international symposium FROM THE MAJELLA TO THE SEA. The works of Luca Correri are worthy of careful consideration and the impression one gets is that of a highly modern art in terms of forms, but which instinctively reveals its origin from a classic Abruzzese root, worthy of being evaluated for the human interest of its content and for the living presence of the hand and the intelligent choice of the expressive medium. The critic Francesco Carnevali says of him: "I do not agree with those who claim that distance from cultural centers, be they schools, cities or nations, limits an artist's creativity. Luca Correri, self-taught, manages to give excellent forms to the stone and marble of the Majella, transmitting to it the strong material charge that is found within. For the Master, matter positively involves even the harmony of creation and for every being it is a fundamental component of love for one's own land, which, sometimes, transforms men themselves into sculptors." Alfredo Prado, journalist and collector, says: "Sculpture is a hard, difficult art, which leaves no room for bluff: it requires, in addition to ability, instinctive natural gifts and a spirit of sacrifice. Even harder and more difficult, however, is it for those who, like Luca Correri, are forced by existential necessities to live in an environment closed to any possible expansion of their temperament: a town in the interior of Abruzzo, Chieti in this case, a center of toil and stone and pastoral life, to put it in the words of Ignazio Silone, far from any cultural influence, where stimuli and stimulating encounters are rather rare and almost insignificant. In such an environment it is logical that horizons shrink and the only easily identifiable reality is that linked to the surrounding world, which is the pastoral one with its simple beliefs and its millenary stones, even if aimed at more universal meanings. It is from the specular 'political' reflection of this reality that the inspiration of Luca Correri draws nourishment for the compositional rhythms of his sculptures. Regarding the Abruzzese sculptor Venanzio Crocetti, it was written that his vision of the world is essentially material, of material harmony. The source of this harmony is, of course, the stone of the Majella; and from it, it radiates into all things: form, rhythm, measure of the world. The same can be said for Luca Correri, the sculptor from Chieti. The fundamental originality of his art lies in this agreement of harmony between himself and his land." To contact the Master, please use the dedicated ELECTRONIC FORM.
EXHIBITION SUMMARY
1995 Chieti Biblioteca Provinciale De Meis
1998 Pescara Aurum - La Fabbrica delle Idee
1999 L'Aquila Palazzo dell'Emiciclo
2001 Roma Galleria La Pigna
2002 Chieti Camera di Commercio
2004 Urbino Palazzo Ducale
2005 Guardiagrele Museo del Costume
2006 Lanciano Polo Museale Santo Spirito
2008 Roccamontepiano Monumento ai Pastori d'Abruzzo
2010 Carrara Biennale di Scultura
2011 Seoul (Corea) Indeco Gallery
2012 Chieti Scalo Simposio con Accademia di Carrara
2013 Agrigento Valle dei Templi - Mostra Internazionale
2014 Bonn Gallery 4
2015 Chieti Simposio Internazionale Dalla Majella al Mare
2016 Bari Exspo Arte Contemporanea
2017 Caerleon (Wales) Sculpture Symposium
2018 Nimis (Udine) Symposium
2019 Vilnius (Lithuania) Stone Symposium
2020 Brusque (Brasile) Simposio Internazionale
2021 Pezenas (Francia) - Résidence d'artistes
2022 Penza (Russia) - Simposio del Marmo
2023 Changchun (Cina) - World Sculpture Park
SYMPOSIUM
2010 Chieti Scalo Simposio Pietra della Majella
2012 Chieti Scalo Simposio con Carrara
2015 Chieti Simposio Internazionale Dalla Majella al Mare
2016 Roccamontepiano - Simposio del Pastore
2018 Nimis (Udine)
2019 Vilnius (Lithuania)
2020 Brusque (Brasile)
2021 Pezenas (Francia)
2022 Barcellona (Spagna)
2023 Changchun (Cina)