JAGO, the self-taught sculptor who wanted to be Michelangelo
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Jago is a self-taught sculptor from Ciociaria. He’s thirty years old and since he was a child, dreamed of being like Michelangelo. Art, for him, is a way to find courage thanks to the example set be the great masters of the past. His artwork is based on a constant study on perception: changing the shape of matter, making a stone soft, to astonish and to show that the world isn’t just what it seems to be. His sculpture of Pope Ratzinger was not accepted by the Vatican because the eyes had holes in them, this was in homage to Adolf Wildt, the Pope never even saw the artwork. Years later, Jago, who had refused to fill in the eyes, was finally awarded the Accademia Pontificia prize. And when the Pope resigned, stripping himself of his robes, Jago did the same to his sculpture.
We followed Jago from his studio in Anagni to Milan, at the Galleria Montrasio Arte, where his solo exhibition is being held.
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video by Luca Iavarone
shot by A. Esposito, Jago
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“The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.” -Michelangelo
"Cowabunga" -Michelangelo
"Visualize the sculpture within."
@@ryatt9365 The power within
@@ryatt9365 The Pooower Withiiiiiin!
Is this what Squidward taught spongebob?
My man seems to be keeping it real with himself. While others are calling him talkative, I see and hear his passion. ❤️
“...astonish people. Art is a great way to give people courage.”
Whoever believes Art is all talk and no action, ima assassinate them. Turn them into a mosaic that looks like me and call that piece: "A Bloody Figure." Now that is ART.
I wasn't sure if he was truly Italian until 1:58
Lol
I already knew what was gonna happen before I checked and it made it even funnier
That should be a handmoji
What does an Italien call a broken arm?
A speech impediment.
@@smoog thats awesome. I'm using that lol
this comment is underrated
This is the kind of artist that should be promoted worldwide. Absolutely magnificent work.
This is really bad.
Fran Rod
Agree. This is really bad.
Why is it bad?
@@ancientgear7192 they don't know either. Either they are internet trolls or even worse, admirers of the modern and postmodern art.
And what are modern and postmodern art? Styles of art with close-to-zero true artistic skill, knowledge and hardship, but are full of the so called "artistic pseudo-intellectualism". What is that? That is when they try to (directly but more often indirectly) convince you of existence of "deepness", "message" or "meaning". But all that is simply not verifiable, not provable as many rightfully say, modern and postmodern art is full of pretentiousness and artist's (ir critics's) arrogance.
@@guyincognito8440 you don't know shit anyway.
Video editor, please slow down. Enjoy nature. Breathe...
JK lol
He was going with the rhythm lol
Slow down, you move too fast. Gotta make the moment last..
For real tho I put it on 50% speed to read what the guy was saying
I reduced speed to 0.5 and it looked OK.
1:58 as someone who teaches art to kids, showing your work to students is a lovely way to conect with them and an even better way to actually show them that you know what you're talking about. Jago's teacher was a bad teacher.
To be honest, that kindda teacher isnt so bad maybe he had a flaw that he didnt want his student to follow,etc and i believe he still gives you another example Although it wasn't his work...anyway it still much better than a teacher who showed you his work and use it as a sole boundaries of good and bad art..so basically its his way to do art and his style or you're a failure...
Both of what you described sound like terrible teachers !
I think he had a wonderful teacher. Because his teacher understood he was just a student and in doing so he became a master student by lighting this fire under Jago. Jago doesn’t see this now but hopefully when he is old and grey he will look back at his teacher and understand why things happened the way they did and perhaps there was no other way to have made Jago into his wishes of becoming who he wanted to be in life other than the path that he went on…
Hmm .. I think there isn't quite a black and white of good or bad in a mentor showing their works. I remembered how when I was an art student, knowing each lecturer's portfolio totally made me and other students pander to the each lecturer's personal taste to gain higher evaluation. A good student shouldn't do this, but sometimes when drowning in assignments we simply didn't have enough time to think of a polished concept, therefore the shortcut is to use concepts we know surely favorable to the lecturer. That's the bad side of students knowing 'an example'. The good side, of course students have a point of reference. So it's something ambiguous, and even now as a mentor myself, I sort of unconciously choose which students I show my work to. Those good enough I let them go without seeing my work unless they ask me to (I'm not exactly hiding them, I guess just in the hubbub of intros and sessions the topic of my own portfolio kinda got swept away. Moreover, they can easily look me up online). Conversely though, those lacking will get shown my work as an example of the standard I'm looking for, as well as the pitfalls to watch out. So yeah.. sometimes a mentor not showing their work may also mean that they deem the student is just fine and forgot that no matter how inconsequential, any reference is always a good input.
I agree with you, but can't really agree with any of the replies to your comment @Jixter. I had multiple design professors whose feedback to multiple students seemed less than informed or even valid, and after trying to find their own work to back their pompous attitudes, I couldn't find any or, in one professor's case, her "portfolio" consisted of her critiques of her student's work! So yeah, sharing one's actual work is important as a teacher because it establishes credibility. Regarding a reply from a previous commenter: A good teacher also won't cause student's to cater to their design sensibilities, but will rather provide an environment that encourages a variety of styles.
“Jago” is literally means “skilled/mastering something” in Indonesian Language
I was about to comment the same thing. Jago doesn't necessarily mean "mastering" but more like very good or skilled at something just like you've mentioned.
What a coincidence
And a name to call a rooster "ayam jago"
Me, being Indonesian with the full grasp of the Indonesian language: *what rlly........ OH YEAHH*
Mantap bang Jago.
So you “love” Michaelangelo? Name one of his albums.
My favorites are probably _Marble Madness_ , _The Sculpture_ and _Living in the 1500's_
Creation of Adam ft. Eve
I liked Billie Jean and Thriller that's about what I can remember
@@dhldls1396 Dude Billie Jean isn't even an alb- nevermind 😂
😂😂😂😂😂
He is truly a great modern sculptor. Michelangelo would have been proud. Amazing dedication to his craft. I think his best work is still ahead of him.
Michelangelo wouldn't have been proud. Michelangelo would've been jealous!
@@charlesbell5500 Jealous? of an amanteur sculptor like this? hahaha no fucking way dude.. Michelangelo would been Jealous of masters like Bernini and Carpeaux about their best sculptures
@@charlesbell5500I was thinking the same. Michelangelo was bullying Da Vinci in art school, saying to him to quit art because he has no talent and he is no real artist.
Michelangelo was a legendary master of art, but... Da vinci was a genius in almost every possible domain at that time, sooo he wasn't just an art master, he was something Michelangelo wasn't.
WOW he is so talented that skin texture is AMAZING 😻
The problem is that u dont do that on a sculpture. His sculpture is too static and all the wrinkles make this into pure kitsch art.
In reality this is a REALLY bad sculpture
@Fran Rod Why it is bad?
Fran Rod
And you’re a fucking dumbass.
@@adrikitoEstá lleno de detalles pero carece de sensibilidad artística.
Al menos está es mi opinión.
A true artist is one who creates their own method while taking examples/inspirations from past artists, & knows when they need to pave their own path with their own strength. Jago is one such true artist.
What I noticed with his works compared to Michelangelo's is that he focuses more on the outside (the looks of the skin) while Mikey focuses in the inside (how muscles interact with each other). It's nice that he's looking up to Mikey because Mikey is one of the best sculptors of all time.
Michaelangelo was one of the first anatomists, who dissected corpses and drew them, in defiance of the Church. This is what made his sculptures look so alive, ironically, his studies of the dead…
@@PsychicIsaacs Wasnt that Da Vinci?
@@PsychicIsaacs
You are mistaken.
This guy is 10,000x better than Michelangelo or any of those who came before him.
This guy is able to add more detail to his sculptures because he uses powertools while Michelangelo had only a hammer and a chisel, i'm sure if Michelangelo had powertools he would have added more detail to the skin.
Bravo ...he admires Michelangelo...all artists wish to be like him...it's not arrogance to set a high goal for yourself...it's important to continue to learn...Complimenti...continua così...
That is what I call talent. He is gifted. BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope he will find the recognition he deserves.
He is garbage
@@franrod5227 Why do you think so? What he is doing seems to be very difficult and time consuming. And the result is really good - much better than the work of other established sculptors, in my opinion.
Konstantinos Papaioannou
No. You can find better sculpting out of any third world countries. They are just not recognized as much or having the mean to promote their work.
Fran Rod you are garbage
It's not "talent". It's hard work and dedication; don't sit there and discredit that work with that foolish word, "talent".
Artists had apprentices, many of the great pieces of art we admire were not created by a single person. Much of the tedious work was taken care of by those coming up - we now have power tools, that remove much of the burden of the tedious tasks allowing a single skilled individual to see many projects to completion.
He wants to be like Michelangelo in respect to art, not in respect to living in a century he does not.
Great work... and wanting to be the next michelangelo is much less pretencious than pissing in a jarr and call it art...
fndalves but aiming to be the next Michelangelo is still pretentious
I respect him for trying.... even if he fails, he will produce wonders...
You're insane. And have no touch of anything close to artistic in your mind.
Sadly he will never be the next
Michelangelo, Michelangelo is so famous simply because he came from a time where education and materials were so rare, that his talent and means to dedicate the massive amount of time into his projects have engraved him in our society as a master artist. There have been better after him, but he is the first, his skill is still so unstressably impressive and maybe even beyond that of those who made better work after his passing just because he pioneered, not perfected.
Modern art is a disgrace to everything our ancestors have done
Wow.. it's very hard to read the subtitle while you look at those amazing sculptures, Watching this video once is not enough.
Crippling Depression you look at the subtitle when you read it?
Weakling
Welcome to the world of a non english speaker
Crippling Depression when he can make those sculptures with just a hammer and a chisel with no power tools he’ll be as good as Michael Angelo
Ahh... the next generation...
I guess you didn't grow up with animes on internet
I have to agree though, the sculptures have way more texture than I've ever seen. Watching only one time is not enough
All my Italian relatives talk at the speed of light, and at the same time as one another 😂 I love his passion. A piece of paper doesn't make you an artist, your passion and drive does. This is something I'm learning now after art school (which taught me nothing that I couldn't have taught myself, I just needed that piece of paper for jobs).
His work is amazing and he has so much determination and passion omfg, idk why ppl are hating on him so much
Jealousy = haters
Because he’s full of himself, but yeah I agree, he’s extremely talented
platy pus
It is bad.
Giulia B being full of yourself isn’t really a bad thing. Not everyone is humble and has 0% confidence in themselves.
hrh archidiocèse de Glenovia Uhh not being full of yourself doesn’t mean that you haven’t got any confidence
Queste sono le persone di cui ha bisogno questo Paese. Grazie.
xshirino non potrei essere più d'accordo. Fantastico artista e fantastico italiano.
when you are a artist and speak a foreign language other than English, the combination is simply exquisite!!!
This brilliant artist sculpts the truth the way he sees it with no apologies... love it!!!
2:07 It's brilliant how he made the eyes look like they are following you wherever you go...
I had a negative experience with my art teacher too : at the start of the year she said something like "in all the years artists endured oppression and had to struggle and now we can finally express ourselves" A half year later we all could make a picture to present it for a year in the shool. We could choose whatever we wanted everyone drew what the teacher wanted (some formless fantasies ) but I drew a robot holding a mobile phone with neon all over beghind him i saying "Robo Invasion!" [ it was before smartphones and chatbots ~ 1999 ^^] So what happene everyone who drew like that teacher could present it to the school and they forbid it that I could use my picture. Thats what made me quit and I never studied art like I wanted to afterwards because I knew you always can come to that kind "anti teacher" or even worse a Professor who judges over you .
Art can't be taught its in your heart already and techniques can be learned today by those awesome tutorials all around anyways.
I agree
Sometimes its the teacher and their ego that creates boundaries that should never existed in art... atleast in jago case the teacher wants his student to be free from his (the teacher ) style, mine was its his style or not whatsoever...
So you learned through schooling that art is in fact oppressed.
To the people who seem scandalized by Jago leaving school and how "he wants to be better than Michelangelo. " I believe people need to chill, this man seems to have taken all he could learn from school. It is clear that he has a strong understanding of the basics and obviously felt stagnated if he kept being taught under the strict rules those classical schools put on students. It's like, why continue to sculpt with working conditions that only lets you produce one to two pieces at a time instead of upgrading the tools (like the vacuum and electric drills) to cut time in half and work on even more projects. Clearly, it's the professors who are scandalized and probably even a bit jealous that this young upstart is honing his skills at a much faster pace than they ever did ( just because he decided to think outside the box). Good for him for not following those old farts. Also, I do not see him at all being disrespectful to the great artist. I see him as being inspired by him, he even says he wishes that he was able to see a time lapse of Michelangelo at work? Anyways, bless him for having that level of passion for his craft, it's admirable to see that in a person.
PS: Also... people tend to forget that Michelangelo would often break with tradition if a new method/technique was beneficial to him. :/
HonestOpinion22 yeah. Everyone is busy getting offended so they can't see that he isn't being dissrecpectful, or boasting. He is saying his opinion about the school, saying how inspired he is by michelangelo, and how good he wants to become. Not a single bad thing was said in this video
I totally agree with what you said. I'd also add... That old masters used what they had and could at that time, imagine them seeing us these days using a cheesel and a hamer and refusing to use power tools just because we want to be like them, they would laugh their asses for sure 😂 we can show respect for what they did in many ways and we can try or learn their ways and technics for personal pleasure, education, dedication or just for fun but not waste our lifes doing 3 or 4 scuptures the whole life wasting time and talent, just because we want to use old tools.
00:47 Arthur's sword Excalibour as 20Century version
True lol
Akhskalibah
That's an AK47, how can you compare it to a sword?
I love the idea of art being a way to give people courage. Your work is wonderful. Thank you for sharing it.
He has all of his fingers??
..this guy is a keeper.
WHY isn't this man famous?!?
We dwell over the past (that said, Michelangelo deserves absolutely all the praise and then some) and ignore all the magnificent talent of today!
talk about fast talker. The text flies by.
Ikr I'm struggling to read the captions
Italians speak like this
Thats italian for you
Yeah, it was easy for me because I understood most of what he said (my first language is very similar to Italian), and the rest I just read it with the corner of my eye
Round Square he actually talks quite slow ahahaha (I speak italian)
Love Jago’s attitude. Art school doesn’t make the artist ✌🏻💋
It’s nice to see someone being very passionate about something they love to do 😃
incredible, this guys shows what humans are capable of....
Genius,.....no other way to describe his work. Bravissimo!
God damn, his skills are impressive.
But you're a modern Michel Angelo, Jago never seen such beautiful sculptures throughout my life and glad I came to know about you ❤️
Eu queria muito ter essa coragem de largar tudo e com sorte ter conhecimento pelo trabalho. . .
Mas hoje estou num trabalho exaustivo completamente contrário do que eu imaginária a cerca de dois anos... É foda.
'The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.'
J.M. Barrie
Life is short, friend. Go and do what you were born to do
Consider me astonished. You are fantastically telented. Thank you for having the courage and conviction to do "your thing", and breathe life into these blocks of stone.
If Michaelangelo had all the fancy power tools we have today, he would be unsurpassed. Try doing the whole thing with the same tools they had back then and see how you get on. ;)
Great work all the same. Very realistic.
The pope sculpture is made with chisel and hammer
This guy has great energy and the right attitude
Remember friends for every person who dropped out of school and became famous in their field there are literally tens of thousands of others who ended up working in retail to avoid starving.
The pope statue is pretty creepy
So is religion.
look up uncanny valley
Happy Fuzzy only Islam dude
Every religion is creepy, ever stood in mass?
every sunday
Amazing work! Even though his ego is pretty out of hand, his work shows the effort he puts into it.
Un GENIO. Dal titolo in inglese pensavo fosse americano, mi ha fatto ancora più piacere scoprire che fosse italiano :)
Cerchiamo di riscoprire l' arte e cogliere il messaggio di questo ragazzo :)
I can see why the pope didn't like it. He turned the pope into a haunting figure of the undead. Incredibly talented, but not what mom would want in her home. His creations are something that the sculpting world has never scene, in particular the delicate micro skin texturing that really brings his creations down to earth, maybe even below. Where as, the classical sculptors of old tried to achieve godly perfection in raising the human form to as high of a heavenly level as possible. Can't wait to see more from this passionate artist.
It’s possible for him to be both an insanely talented artist and an arrogant/annoying person. Those are not mutually exclusive qualities
That's what got me too. I don't think he would understand the word humble
Well..... He is really good at what he does.
It's not arrogance, just pure passion.
He knows he’s good, and we can all agree he’s good, so I don’t see a problem with him having an ego
Well, he have something he can boast about
that pope sculptures eyes are amazing
Stunning, beautiful works of art, Bravo Jago, bravo.
Jago, sei lo scultore contemporaneo più favoloso che abbia mai visto e che essere autodidatta ti rende un colosso tra i più grandi scultori della storia.
Damn I want to buy that ak statue and put it in the middle of my room
Exactly
He had the vision to make his own place for himself in the world. Mad inspiring. He makes what he makes because he must.
Bless him; he's so incredibly passionate. Really inspiring
1:57 You can tell he’s italian when he does that hand gesture
still with this idea? it's unbearable.
HaHaHa what a comedian.
A genius at his craft, I applaud to you JAGO!
>I left art school because they didn't teach me anything useful there
They hate him because he speaks the truth.
That's not the case all the time sometimes people need to find the right school.
@@Adam-wy7mj And by the looks of your grammar, so does you.
@@ALSPEHEIR huh? Why are you offended?
I just saw this guy’s work on Twitter & had to learn more. I thought he was some long dead sculptor from the Renaissance!
I love people with his spirit. Rock the world dude
*fun fact* : "Jago" means "skilled", "capable" in my language
Indonesia?
Does skill get any better than this; it's quite remarkable
A true artist doesn't give a poo about a certificate. Many people with certificates are NOT artists!
that isn't true, people with certs need it because they want art to be their career as well as their passion, getting a cert doesn't anyone less of an artist. the guy in the video doesn't need to be employed to sculp so its one of the reasons why he doesn't have it.
OMAE WA MOU SHINDERU oh wow, people don’t need certificates to make it a career. It’s facist and snooty. True talent can’t be learned, that’s what art is. I’m not knocking the people who went to art school. Just the same, don’t knock people who didn’t, there are tons of exceptional, self taught, gifted, natural artists.
It is true! I said many artists NOT all!
Flo Florence ah sorry I read it wrong, makes sense now
ugh. go away.
Well done my gd sir awesome sculptures
It's pretty good but but then again; Michelangelo wasn't the best sculptor to walk the earth. Just the most popular one. In terms of sheer talent no one beats Giovanni Strazza.
That makes absolutely no sense.
AntonioKowatsch also bernini
*Tips fedora
AntonioKowatsch
Wasn't Michelangelo in his 20s when he made David?
AntonioKowatsch Popularity arises from talent.
He has such a natural talent just amazing skill
calmest italian, also, love the sculptures
Wow what a gifted artist. Just amazing
Wow! His method for sculpting the eyes so they follow you is brilliant!
Is this his idea or did it exist before?
yes. this is not this idea.
The Mona Lisa follows you too with her eyes ;)
Not the same thing though, dude. The Mona Lisa is a painting. Any painting or photo where the person is looking at the viewer will seem to follow you with their eyes. The biggest difference is that for a painting or photo, the face is seen the same as well. If the face is pointing toward you, the face will always be pointing toward you no matter what angle you view it from.
But with these sculptures, the way he has carved the eyes makes the subject of the sculpture seem to be moving his eyes to follow you without turning his head. I've never seen that before this but when you see how he did it you think, well of course. Why has no-one else thought of that?
Oh okay like that, thanks for the info!
l know this is going to sound silly but you can get that effect with a foam figurine, just make head, then add the eyes on top without other details like the nose or mouth and then add another layer but leave the eyes empty (like this artist), since the eyes are inside the trick is in the depth of the cavity so it´s fairly simple but you need to measure everything properly... or try over and over until you get it xD.
Michelangelo wasn't a one trick pony. He was also a painter and architect.
This dude has one skillset
Jago is simply Gods gift to the art of sculpture.
Guarda il mondo con i tuoi occhi non con quelli degli altri...pazzesco.
It seems like being self taught is key to success. Maybe not the key, but if you self teach, you don't wait for others to do the job for you, you take your life and have passion about what you are doing. That's why being self-taught is so common among the best people.
This is way different from Michelangelo's artworks... His is more define and detailed at every texture.
yeah, but of course there will be a difference in style and focus, they're different artists. He's clearly inspiredby him, though.
Modern tools make huge difference
The are just concave. Same way furries make the eyes move in fursuits
Grandissimo.. rispetto per te!
(Respect for you)🇮🇹
That sculpture is looking at someone like the eyes follow you
Hai ragione! Io spero di fare lo stesso e di avere fortuna con la composizione.
The pope has soulless eyes.. This artist did a magnificent job
OMG, you are a born natural sclptor, all my wishes to achiving your goal, to be same as Michel Angelo
Just another example that natural talent trumps an art school certificate all day long.
Natural talent doesn't exist, the only thing that makes someone better is the amount of work that they put into something. Whats actually valuable in art is determination. Determination is the only thing that moves artists forward
@@littlekreeper8918 No.
@@tegan71969 Bitch-
@@littlekreeper8918 Kreep
So beautiful!
I’m always fascinated by these people. I mean I’m a dentistry student and we had this subject in which we do carving of a small wax to sculp a tooth. I’m pretty bad at it and it’s actually hard. I can’t imagine how hard sculpting must be.
I'm Italian so I didn't have to read the subtitles, after I read in the comments the struggle that people have to read subtitles on this video I checked for myself and....I died laughing because I didn't realize until then they where just passing by, couldn't even finish a sentence 😂
His skills and vision are legitimately mindblowing. I'd like to see him sculpt a modern champion bodybuilder in the style of a Greek god statue. Because it'd be epic.
Your artwork is beautiful and is better than most artists out there now and way back when
I can tell when he dies, he will counted among the greats. Something about people tells you right away if they are meant to be great or not. And I feel it from him.
Really? He's very arrogant, and his art is pretty soulless, nowhere near that of Michaelangelo's. Nowhere near even some of the modern great sculptures. He knows the technique, but there's nothing special in his sculptures. There's a massive difference in being able to play the Ode to Joy on piano and being able to compose something like it, that's what this guy is.
This is mind blowing sorcery!
Great sculptor. Pure genius and a great determination for perfection.
His work reminds me of gialorenzo bernini.
👍🏽😊
Love this dude’s drive
Never Seen before😲🧐🤔👍👏👏👏
Better than modern art to be sure, BUT, it's not Michelangelo.
Still, love of form is better than obsession with formlessness.
He is right self skills improvement is best way to be that good.. i finished only diploma and dont want to continue studying , it is trap... if you are talented and you already know that you can do better in next few years . Go for it keep practicing dont listen to anyone , keep sharing your work on social media and make connections... some day you will start making money more than teachers do... collage or university system are made to keep you limited following their rules , so you be better than them to keep you working for them.
Whoa look at the details
You sir are the new Michelangelo!!Amazing sculpts and skills!
Magnificent.
Dude! Sick!!! You are awesome💖
Great technique and an enormous ego
bliblablublublublu are you kidding me?? Confidence is not ego. He never once boasted about his skills. Understand the difference, you'll be happier for it.
Go Away.
You have to have unlimited confidence to be a great artist
even thoe if he would boast, he would have a legit good reason for it. man, what an artist!
you only see what you bring
inside
Had to watch twice. First to read the incredibly fast subtitles and next to watch and appreciate the video....and yet I still read the subtitles lol
Make a pasta sculpture
Ryan Tolentino macaroni Puff Daddy, like Ben Stiller did:)
Ryan Tolentino
Seriously?
Is this your best jokes?
Cribbio,quanto ti ci è voluto per partorire questa amenità?
Lo hobbit triggered ayyy
Ryan Tolentino
"Vatt a rmbì u cul d'agghie"
Beautiful Marchigian Dialect's expression.
He is a very good artist with out a dought .
you shattered my little world
The guy has talent... But Michelangelo didn't have all these fancy new electric tools...
Can never be better than Michelangelo.