“It is magical how The Cloak transforms rock into the soft folds of cloth”

The Cloak has been called ‘The Cloak of Conscience’

Anna Chromy won the Premio Michelangelo in 2008. The first woman ever to win the award.

The Cloak weighs 70 tonnes and stands 15 feet tall

The largest sculpture ever carved from the pure white marble of Cararra, Italy.

Anna Chromy speaking at the opening of Spiritus Mundi, December 31 2011

Spiritus Mundi, the title of this exhibition, means the spirit of being that unites us all. It is the universal consciousness independent of the country where we live or the culture in which we were raised, and it enables us to perceive the deeper truths of life and our planet.

Artists can help others understand these truths which affect the questions before us all: What am I doing here? what is the meaning of my life? But to succeed the artist must use language understandable to all. This is one reason why I chose a figurative approach in my creations.

Most important is the beauty that inspires you to love a work and see its message come true. In the words of Keats: “Beauty is truth and truth is beauty”, and Dostoyevsky “Only beauty will save the world.”

I am fortunate to live in an extraordinary part of our globe, the birthplace of sculpture in ancient Greece and Rome. Here we have seen the development of art through the Renaissance and Baroque periods with geniuses such as Michelangelo, Rafael and Bernini. The permanent confrontation with their creations, internalized through generations of contemplation, provides a particular theme for my work.

As was laid down in the Enneads of ancient mythology, “Look from deep within yourself if you cannot yet see the beauty, and then think like the artist to see it fully”. I see my work in a spirit of love and harmony, which culminates with its most complete expression in “The Cloak” (of Conscience). This is the largest ever sculpture carved from pure white marble. It began with a monolith of 250 tonnes. The marble was extracted from the famous quarry of Michelangelo in Carrara, where the Master had created such works as David and the Pieta.

The space of meditation and contemplation within The Cloak is empty in appearance. It contains the strength of our love and compassion, and it exposes our soul and our spirit; “Spiritus Mundi and Anima.” In the words of Confucius: “The power of spiritual forces are at work everywhere in the universe. Invisible to the eye, inaccessible to the senses, it penetrates everything and nothing escapes its action. The man who puts into practice the principles of his conscience and the rule of reciprocity is never far from the moral law.”

To conclude, I would like to quote Albert Einstein, another genius of humanity that I admire deeply: “The most beautiful experience we can experience is the mysterious. This is the fundamental emotion at the root of true art and true science. If we can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, then we are already dead”.

I wish you all may experience the wonder and question the mystery of my works.

Anna Chromy Greetings Card Wizard

How do you send an elegant greetings to your friends and associates in China when you don’t know the correct translation?

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At annachromy.com we have made it easy for you with our free greetings card wizard. This simple programme sends your chosen picture with your chosen greeting. And because each recipient can have a different greeting and a different personal message, your card will always be unique.

Anna Chromy’s much anticipated China exhibition opens in late December with significant TV promotion. Her paintings and sculptures are already famous here and there is excitement surrounding The Cloak, her largest and most significant sculpture to date.

For an original and highly thoughtful New Year Greeting in Chinese, why not send one of the many images of The Cloak, or her other sculptures, to your friends and associates in China:

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Meaning “Spirit of the World” in Latin, and from a poem by William Butler Yeats, Spiritus Mundi Refers to Yeats’ belief that each human mind is linked to a single vast intelligence, and that this intelligence causes certain universal symbols to appear in individual minds.

Anna Chromy’s Exhibition in Fushan, China opens on 30th December and will run for one month. It has been funded entirely by the local TV network and illustrates the significance China associates with Chromy sculptures and paintings.

Use this simple method to send multiple greetings cards to your Italian friends

We have developed a gratifying and easy way to wish Happy Christmas in Italian, and numerous other languages too. The Anna Chromy Image Gallery is home to the entire works of Anna Chromy, plus the whole selection of beautiful world images used in the famous Cloak Video.

To wish your Italian friends Happy Christmas (Buon Natale), all you do is select an image from the gallery and select Italian as the language you want it sent in. You may then add a personal message, and Presto! – its done…!

You can send your greeting to more than one person at a time, each in a different language, from our simple step-by-step mechanism. You can even specify when you want each e-card to arrive and we will hold it until that date. The other languages we have made available in this greetings card system are: French, German, Chinese (Manderin), Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese.

So send someone Happy Christmas in Italian, or any other language, today: Using their home language is so much more personal, and they will love you for it!