Sculpture by Edoardo Villa 1985-1987

Exhibition Catalogue, Johannesburg Art Gallery , June9 to July 12, 1987, softcover, large format, illustrated, full page colour photography, condition: new.

Edoardo Villa (19152011) was a notable South African sculptor of Italian descent who worked primarily in steel, and bronze.

Villa's sculpture developed further during the 1950s, when the use of cut steel and bronze. At this time he also taught at the Polly Art Centre in Johannesburg. The Polly Art Centre was founded as an adult education institution; in 1952 it was converted into an art and exhibition centre. Until its closure in 1960, it was the only place apart from a few private galleries where black artists in Johannesburg could pursue their art and show their works. In 1961, along with Cecil Skotnes, Cecily Sash, Giuseppe Cattaneo, and Sydney Kumalo, Villa made up the artist group Amadlozi (Zulu for ancestors).