Museum, Gallery sights in Italy

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   Laboratorio Oste

   • Naples, Italy
   • Sights › Museum, gallery

   The late Annibale Oste was one of Naples' most celebrated sculptors and designers and his workshop is now a small gallery/archive showcasing some of his works, including whimsical light sculptures, vases, and fantastical furniture pieces spanning 2001 to 2010. The venue, charming in itself, is now lovingly run by his artist children, Mariasole and Vincenzo, the latter's striking contemporary jewellery also on display (and for sale).

   Deemed a visionary by his peers, Annibale Oste breathed a sense of energy and playfulness into materials as diverse as bronze, steel, wood, alabaster and glass. His use of fibreglass in the 1970s was lauded as pioneering, and his creations –…

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