FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 9, 1999 CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119 FAMOUS SCULPTOR TO SPEAK AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, who is coming to Des Moines to supervise the installation of one of his works at American Republic Insurance Co. in downtown Des Moines, will give a presentation at Drake University on Wednesday, Nov. 17. Pomodoro will show a video about his life and work and answer questions. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will start at 7 p.m. in room 336 of the Harmon Fine Arts Center, 25th Street and Carpenter Avenue. Pomodoro, 73, lives and maintains a studio in Milan, Italy. He is an internationally renowned artist with sculpture in major collections throughout the world and a leading contributor to post-war abstract sculpture. He works primarily in bronze and has investigated basic forms such as columns, spheres and rectangles throughout his career. These forms have highly polished exterior surfaces that are broken open to reveal an interior of complex and intricate modular patterns. Pomodoro will be in Des Moines as a guest of American Republic Insurance Co. His presentation at Drake is supported through Friends of Drake Arts. For more information, call (515) 271-2863.