The Third Paradise
from january 11, 2016
at the Mercato
Centrale Firenze
Centrale Firenze
by Michelangelo Pistoletto
PROJECT ARTE MERCATO
Michelangelo Pistoletto is one of the most well-known contemporary artists in the world and needs no introduction.
At the Mercato Centrale Firenze, Pistoletto – together with the Colombian artist Juan E. Sandoval – has created an installation based on a project from 2003, the year in which he wrote the manifesto of The Third Paradise and drew its symbol, a reinterpretation of the mathematical symbol for infinity. Between the two opposing circles signifying nature and artifice is a central circle that represents the generative womb of a new humanity, overcoming the destructive conflict nature finds itself in in today’s society. This is in fact the true vocation of the Mercato Centrale: being a point of reference for a new Humanism, where respect for what we are and curiosity for the avant-garde can meet.
The project and installation moved, engaged and overwhelmed us. In just four evenings, Valerio di Pasquale, who oversaw the set-up, directed a group of free climbers who scaled more than 250 windows to cover them in over 400 metres of coloured film.
The result was breath-taking: a modern cathedral, a place for the spirit and for sharing, where light presides over the encounter between nature and artifice, of which each of us is not only a spectator but a protagonist. Day and night, natural and artificial lights constantly show us the Third Paradise, and always in a new and different way, regenerating.
Edited by Nicolas Ballario and Domenico Montano
Michelangelo Pistoletto is one of the most well-known contemporary artists in the world and needs no introduction.
At the Mercato Centrale Firenze, Pistoletto – together with the Colombian artist Juan E. Sandoval – has created an installation based on a project from 2003, the year in which he wrote the manifesto of The Third Paradise and drew its symbol, a reinterpretation of the mathematical symbol for infinity. Between the two opposing circles signifying nature and artifice is a central circle that represents the generative womb of a new humanity, overcoming the destructive conflict nature finds itself in in today’s society. This is in fact the true vocation of the Mercato Centrale: being a point of reference for a new Humanism, where respect for what we are and curiosity for the avant-garde can meet.
The project and installation moved, engaged and overwhelmed us. In just four evenings, Valerio di Pasquale, who oversaw the set-up, directed a group of free climbers who scaled more than 250 windows to cover them in over 400 metres of coloured film.
The result was breath-taking: a modern cathedral, a place for the spirit and for sharing, where light presides over the encounter between nature and artifice, of which each of us is not only a spectator but a protagonist. Day and night, natural and artificial lights constantly show us the Third Paradise, and always in a new and different way, regenerating.
Edited by Nicolas Ballario and Domenico Montano
Il Mercato Centrale Firenze presenta
IL TERZO PARADISO di MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO
realizzato insieme all’artista colombiano Juan E. Sandoval
