The artist Michelangelo Pistoletto donates to FOQUS, the Quartieri Spagnoli Foundation, his work "Terzo Paradiso", a large mirror on which everyone can leave his mark.
Since last 12 December 2017 is a party in the Quartieri Spagnoli of Naples thanks to the donation of the artist Michelangelo Pistoletto that he chose to donate his last work of art to FOQUS, Fondazione Quartieri Spagnoli Onlus.
Until 21 December 2017 it will be possible to admire the work at the FOQUS Foundation's headquarters, in the heart of the Quartieri Spagnoli Third Paradise, a great artistic installation that consists, like all his creations, in a giant mirror on which visitors can reflect yourself and leave a trace of their passage.
Therefore, after Venice, Moscow, Atlanta, Minsk, Milan, Paris, Brussels and Geneva Naples and its characteristic Spanish quarters to permanently host one of the most significant artistic installations in the history of contemporary art.
Il Terzo Paradiso di Pistoletto: a work in the Quartieri Spagnoli of Naples
Michelangelo Pistoletto, one of the most loved and known contemporary artists in the world and one of the greatest exponents of the poor art, he chose Naples and one of its most characteristic neighborhoods to make and donate his work Third Paradise. This installation will then be exposed permanently at the headquarters of the FOQUS foundation together with two other important Italian artists: Mimmo Paladino (from Christmas 2016) and Umberto Manzo (from March 2017).
Third Paradise è a work of collective participation which is part of a more complex artistic project entitled Rebirth (rebirth) / Third Paradise, which was installed for the first time in the 2005 at the Venice Biennale and since then has been realized from time to time in different ways in the main cities of the world: from Moscow to Atlanta, from Minsk to Milan, Paris, Brussels, Geneva (at the United Nations headquarters) and in the main cities where i sustainability issues and regeneration.
Pistoletto's choice to install his new one Third Paradise in Spanish Quarters of Naples it is therefore understandable, as its artistic project is in line with that of regeneration and rebirth conducted by the FOQUS non-profit foundation.
A giant mirror on which anyone can leave his trail
At the center of the FOQUS Foundation's courtyard was placed a large mirror, with dimensions of 3,60 × 2,40 meters, on which is depicted a silhouette of the now famous symbol of infinity, a distinctive sign of the artist. On this mirror anyone can write or leave his signature with indelible markers.
In the "writing" phase of the work, which will last until 21 2017 December, all citizens will be able to leave their mark staff on a work of high symbolic value. In addition, the mirror of Pistoletto will always be turned outwards, reflecting the alleys of the Quartieri Spagnoli, as if to redouble its daily image, real and without mediations.
Pistoletto's mirror will reflect, then, the historic heart of Naples, inviting the city to mirror itself in its true essence, beyond stereotypes and simplifications.
A big party in the Quartieri Spagnoli for the inauguration of the opera
La inauguration ceremony of the work will be held at the end of the "writing" phase of the participated work, the day 21 December 2017 to 18.00, when the artist Michelangelo Pistoletto removed the adhesive shape from the mirror scratched by the citizens' writings, revealing the reflective symbol of the "Third Paradise".
The inauguration will take place in the presence of the artist and the Mayor of Naples Luigi De Magistris, there will also be Eduardo Cycelin (curator of the exhibition), Institutions and institutions that support the Foundation and the ARGO Center (Ferrarelle, Fondazione Con il Sud) .
In the evening there will be a big one party-concert open to all citizens, on the music of the ensemble of two Tunisian musicians: Marzouk Mejri, singer and percussionist, and Marwan Samer, singer and oudist. A vast repertoire will be proposed popular songs: chaabi, stambeli, sufi, malouf, mixed with Neapolitan and Western sounds.
Typical participants will be served ethnic dishes of Mediterranean cultures, cooked by Turkish, Egyptian, Malian and Burkinabè cooks, who will propose gastronomic and cultural contaminations.
Information on the work of Pistoletto in the Quartieri Spagnoli
When:
- from 12 to 21 December 2017 (participation phase of the work)
- The work will be ushered in the 21 December 2017 at 18
