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Ernest Tino Trova

Ernest Tino Trova (1927 - 2009) was active/lived in Missouri.  Ernest Trova is known for Sculpture, assemblage, abstraction.

Known for his Falling Man series in abstract figural sculpture, he created hard-edge images that brought him widespread attention because they seem to strike a chord of empathy with viewers who recognized themselves as human beings challenged by a technological society.  Also, they are the only creatures aware of their mortality.  He is considered highly innovative because of his successful combining of technological methods to create his art.

Interpretation as to overall meanings vary with some thinking that it refers to the fall of man in the religious sense and others seeing it as a commentary on the tragic mechanization of society that reduces human beings.  Trova has said that "falling" refers to the fact that man moves from one position to the next in an eventual fall to inevitable oblivion" (Kultermann 11).

He has lived his entire life in St. Louis, Missouri although his reputation is nationwide. He did not think it necessary to study art beca   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2469 characters.]  Artist bio

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