Giacometti's Sculptures Bare The Scars Of Our Daily Struggles
Alberto Giacometti worked obsessively on super-slim sculptures that stride and slink like shadows. A Guggenheim exhibition and a new film explore the life of this talented, tormented artist.
by Susan Stamberg
Jun 08, 2018
2 minutes
Alberto Giacometti is considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century — but he was consumed by self-doubt. Born in Italy and raised in Switzerland, he painted, drew and sculpted. It was the sculptures that made him famous.
After the traumas of World War II, he prodded and until September 12.
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