Carlo Vigni's photography documents abandoned brick kilns in Sienese landscape

The Museo del Paesaggio di Castelnuovo Berardenga hosts a group exhibition curated by Elisa Bruttini, centered on clay and its processing across construction, craftsmanship, and art. The show originates from Carlo Vigni's photographic reportage, which documents the abandoned brick kilns of Arbia and Castelnuovo Scalo, located between Asciano and Castelnuovo Berardenga. These kilns, symbols of 1960s productivity and the building boom lasting until the early 2000s, have been disused since 2019 and now stand as post-industrial ruins dominating the landscape. Vigni's over thirty unpublished shots guide the viewer from exterior to interior, using color to contrast raw clay's grayness with fired brick's vivid red. The exhibition also features four works by local artists: Serena Fineschi's 'L'Inganno' forges brick as desolate, corrugated terrain; Eugenia Vanni's 'Volano via le cose vuote' is a red plastic saucer stripped of its flower, a found object that lost its function; Giacomo Ricci's 'Paesaggio' offers a gentle coring or stamp on broken biancane crust; Francesco Carone's 'Nimbo' resembles a golden halo or the top section of a common clay pot pressing a pearl. The exhibition runs at the Museo del Paesaggio di Castelnuovo Berardenga, Siena.