Marina Buening

TU Rome, Professor of Visual Studies

Marina Buening
tree
Mixed Media: porcelain, wood, iron 
19,68 per 19.68 in and 70.86 in high 
2022/23 

Why did I invite Isabella Nurigiani?

I have known Isabella Nurigiani for a long time. Perhaps she was one of my first Italian artist friends when I came here, and we exhibited a lot at a particular time. I always liked her work even though we work very differently. In the last years, Isabella dedicated much of her time to stone sculpture and lives even a part of the year in Pietra Santa. Something that connects us because Pietra Santa is a sort of paradise for sculptors, and I was there very often some time ago. So I thought this exhibition was an excellent opportunity to do something together again. Preparing for the show, we discovered our shared love for trees, and this is our common theme, which we tackle in very different ways. 

Isabella Nurigiani
Il barone Rampante - Omaggio a Italo Calvino
Ferro e legno
300x80x40cm
2013

Meet the Artists

  • Faculty

    Marina Buening was born and brought up in North Germany. After studying economy in Hamburg and also working in this field she became an artist in her late twenties. She worked and studied with different art Professors in Germany. In 1998 she came to Italy to live there in the North of Rome in the Sabina with her partner. She taught art in Italy at different American institutions like Temple University. She exhibits in Germany, Italy and USA. In her works she uses very different materials, and the most diverse techniques, such as sculpture, printmaking and photography. These form the basis for the installations. The topics increasingly problematize our dealings with nature.

  • Invited Artist

    Isabella Nurigiani was born in Rome where she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts. She develops an interest in the materic use of marble and iron as an expression of a feeling that is pathos, but also awareness and ethical value. Shelives and works between Rome and Pietrasanta, where she refines expressive techniques in the continuous research for a plasticity that is relationship between nature and humankind. She participated in numerous exhibitions in Italy and abroad. Winner of the first prize "sculpture section" and absolute prize in the competition "Premio Nocivelli" 2013, special mention Biennale Benevento, 2014.