Carl D’Alvia
Henry W. and Marian T. Mitchell Rome Prize
September 7, 2012–August 5, 2013
Profession
Artist, West Cornwall, Connecticut
Project title
Metamorphosis and Grotesquerie
Project description
During my term as a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome, I plan to execute a series of sculptures that deal with metamorphosis and grotesquerie within a contemporary context. Seeing that interest in Italy for grotesque and metamorphic sculpture and decoration spans from pre-Ovid to post-Bernini, Rome will provide an ideal backdrop and visual research library for this project.