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This 20-minute presentation is programmed to advance automatically through the slides and descriptive text. To manually advance the presentation, LEFT click anywhere on the slide. To close the presentation anytime, RIGHT click anywhere on the slide and select the END SHOW option. Andrew J. Coppola ART EXHIBIT Music by Gustavo Santaolalla titled “Wings”. By special permission from the Coppola family to the Plainville High School Class of 1958. Andrew J. Coppola 1941 - 1990 Andy’s studio on the day of the Special Exhibit for his classmates and friends. After spending a few minutes surrounded by his art, one could feel Andy’s presence… Andy started his career doing sketches and paintings… his love for sculpture came later. …his sculptures include work with sheet metals as shown in the foreground… Andy titled this paint “Forme e spazi di un paesaggio” / “Shapes and Spaces of a Landscape”. It is a signed acrylic with collage on canvas that Andy produced in 1960 while at the Hartford Art School. According to ARTNET, it was last sold 13 December 2006. This is another of the rare works that Andy released while he was living. One of the few pieces that Andy placed on the market, “BLACK ODYSSEY” is a bronze measuring 22” x 20” that Andy sculpted in 1976. It was last sold 3 December 2000*. According to the Coppola family, Andy had also named this sculpture “AMISTAD”. * According to ARTNET …a wood model that Andy sculpted perhaps as a first step in forming a new cast sculpture. Unnamed sculpture… a beautiful superimposition of the female figure on a violin. 'Woman's Torseau': a bronze sculpture of a woman. …an exquisitely beautiful bronze sculpture… …a sketch and study for a future sculpture… …the variations on the human leg may have been studies and experiments for future work… Andy titled this sculpture “STAR DANCER”. It was commissioned by the town of Berlin, CT. The year is unknown. It is a cast aluminum sculpture which measures about 7.5’. …a photo of ‘STAR DANCER’ taken after its unveiling in Berlin, CT… “FOUNTAIN” …a granite sculpture 8” in diameter … a repeating theme in Andy’s art is the human female figure… this time made into an integral part of the moon. In some of the Mediterranean languages, the moon is given a female gender... “La Luna” …a most beautiful aspect of Andy’s art is his work with hammered metals, in this case copper and tin. …perhaps the beginnings of a new sculpture in hammered copper… or, perhaps an unfinished work. …some darker aspects of Andy’s art… …'Marilyn – Emma Jean': a rolled aluminum sculpture. … …'Nadia': an aluminum sculpture of a female gymnast. … … while spending some time at his brother Gary Coppola’s “Sebastian Beach Inn” in Melbourne Beach, Florida, Andy added some of his colorful artwork to the Inn. The Inn features Blues musicians and reggae parties. Andy in his studio working on “STAR DANCER”… finis Andy’s final work: ….a self-portrait in his last few days.