The Concierge
by ROSSO, Medardo, Wax on plaster, height 39 cm
After taking part in the Esposizione Internazionale di Belle Arti in Rome in 1883, Rosso found an alternative to the formal sculptural solutions inherited from tradition in such works as The Concierge. These were no longer sculptures in the round but were images on the border between sculpture and painting. The figures appear to be fused with their surroundings as a result of the dissolution of contours and the abolition of empty spaces, and, to be correctly understood, it is necessary to view them from a single angle.