Giancarlo Neri is a sculptor born in Naples in 1955. Perhaps his best-known work is The Writer, a 9-metre-high table and chair made from steel plated with wood, a piece about writer's block. It has been exhibited in Rome and on Hampstead Heath in London in 2005. [1]
At one time he played professional soccer for the New York Apollo of the American Soccer League.
Events from the year 1957 in Ireland.
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Events from the year 1954 in France.
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