Franco Castelluccio Explained

Franco Castelluccio
Birth Name:	Francesco Castelluccio
Birth Date:	12 April 1955
Birth Place:	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Known For:	Sculpting
Education:	Art Students League of New York School of Visual Arts

Francesco Castelluccio (born April 12, 1955) is an American sculptor. He studied anatomy at the Art Students League of New York and the School of Visual Arts, both in New York City.^[1]

Life and career

Castelluccio was born to Italian-immigrant parents on April 12, 1955, in Newark, New Jersey.^[2] He owns Franco Fine Art Studio in Winter Springs, Florida.

In 2021, Castelluccio completed a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. to mark the opening of the Plant Riverside District in Savannah, Georgia. The work was commissioned by hotelier Richard C. Kessler, at a cost of around $110,000. The bust was approved by King's family, and it was unveiled by his sister-in-law Dr. Naomi King.^[3]

Selected works

• The Double Helix-Mutation of Increased Compassion^[4]
• 9/11 Pieta^[5]
• Martin Luther King Jr. bust (Savannah, Georgia)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guan . Nancy . Georgia's oldest city, Savannah, introduces its first Martin Luther King Jr. monument . 2022-06-14 . Savannah Morning News . en-US.
2. Web site: Franco Fine Art . 2022-06-14 . Florida Design . en-US.
3. Web site: Curl . Eric . July 4, 2018 . MLK monument planned as part of $270 million Plant Riverside project . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180916120122/http://www.savannahnow.com/news/20180704/mlk-monument-planned-as-part-of-270-million-plant-riverside-project . September 16, 2018 . February 22, 2021 . . . en.
4. Book: Snyder, Lori . Bacterial Genetics and Genomics . CRC Press . 2000 . 9781000039016 . 8.
5. Web site: 2011-09-10 . '9/11 Pieta' Pairs Rescue Workers & Michelangelo Masterpiece . 2022-06-14 . HuffPost . en.