The sculpture is titled "Io Sono" or "I Am" in English, but it really isn't anything. Unlike the great I Am, it neither currently exists, nor has it existed in eternity past or future. The invisible sculpture "I Am" exists "in the mind of its creator," artist Salvatore Garau, only.
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Nevertheless, the "art" was sold for $18,000 and the buyer was given a certificate and a receipt. I hope he saves the receipt in case he needs to make an exchange - perhaps for one of the artists other works such as this one called "Buddha in contemplation":
Yeah, it's also invisible. I sense a theme in this Garau's work.
This artist is truly a genius. But not in the way people usually refer to artists as a genius...