The long practice on iron processing blends with suggestions from different cultural backgrounds fueled by interest of Maestro Benetton in the sculpture of Marino Marini, Giacometti, Manzù and Henry Moore. In particular, it is necessary to emphasise the importance of contacts with Arturo Martini in the Treviso area.
The period artworks
The Period of Soaring 1970-1990
This is the crucial moment when the rhythm marked by the structure of the modules is replaced by the rhythm generated by the dynamics of the cuts on the sheet. Therefore, the rhythm originates in the unitary structure of the sheet that is repeatedly cut and bent; it originates no longer in the dislocation of the modules in the space.
The period artworks
The Journey of Thought 1990 - 2000
In the 1990s, Simon Benetton elaborated drawings and sketches focusing on the study of details and single formal motifs that recur several times in the complex of different macro-sculptures.
The period artworks
The Cosmic Space and the Light 2000 - 2016
Between 2000 and 2007, references to the natural world capable of creating new relationships between the artworks and the environment became increasingly frequent.
Simon Benetton laid the foundation for a new vision of form centered on the curvilinear and multidirectional dynamics of iron structures.
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