Vallazza

Adolf Vallazza was born in Ortisei in 1924. Like many others in Val Gardena, he acquired the trade of a crucifix carver. The son of the artist blacksmith Hermann Vallazza and grandson of the famous Val Gardena painter Josef Moroder-Lusenberg (1846 – 1939), Adolf soon felt the urge to seek his own form of artistic expression. He found inspiration in the old weathered and sunburned boards of his home: Wood that speaks, wood whose fibres bear the deep imprint of an earlier life. With an ear and an eye for their stories, he cuts and connects, separates and unites them in new configurations, showing respect and consideration for what they are and for what they used to be. The result is his famous chairs, his magical totems, his narrative sculptures, which today can be found in famous galleries and prestigious collections, including the Guggenheim Collection.

With youthful enthusiasm at the age of ninety, Adolf Vallazza set to work on a 12-metrehigh totem, which radiates its magical powers upward from the main staircase at ADLER Lodge ALPE. As a guardian spirit, it will fire the imagination of the observer – unique, like the ADLER Lodge ALPE itself, and in perfect harmony with it.