pietro consagra was born on the 4th of october 1920 in mazara del vallo, sicily.son of luigi and maria lentini, consagra was one of italy’s most prominent post-war abstract sculptors: he surpassed the three-dimensionality of the media, encouraging the spectators to have a more immediate approach with the artwork as it was presented as a flatter surface.consagra, at first, joined the military – aiming to reach the role of captain. nevertheless, his innate talent for drawing led him to attend evening art classes and to join a carpentry studio, where he first started to work with clay.eventually…