Cavaliere (Composizione) 1956

Marino Marini made this bronze sculpture, Cavaliere (Composizione), and it’s like a dance between form and feeling. The surface has these rough, almost urgent textures, with a dark, earthy color that feels both ancient and modern at the same time, like a landscape that has seen a lot of action. If you look closely at the horse's legs, you can see these deliberate, almost brutal marks, which suggest a process of both building up and tearing down. The solidity of the sculpture contrasts with the openness carved into the horse's torso; it’s like a window, inviting you to look through and beyond. For me, this piece resonates with other modernists like Giacometti, who were obsessed with the figure and with exploring the tension between representation and abstraction. In the end, art's not about answers; it's about the questions.