Two Works from 'Foresta Urbana' Remain in Palermo as Public Art Push Begins
Following the close of 'Foresta Urbana' on January 20, 2019, two installations have been permanently or temporarily placed in Palermo. The exhibition, held at Palazzo Riso and Piazza Bologni, was curated by Paolo Falcone and featured international stars like Ai Weiwei, Jimmy Durham, Olafur Eliasson, Carsten Höller, Ernesto Neto, and Richard Long alongside Italian artists Francesco De Grandi and Luca Vitone. It was promoted by Fondazione Cultura e Arte (Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Internazionale) in collaboration with the City of Palermo and the Polo Museale Regionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. The remaining works are 'Genealogia di Damnatio Memoriae, Palermo 1947-1992' by Sara Goldschmied & Eleonora Chiari, installed at the Biblioteca Comunale where Paolo Borsellino gave his last speech in 1992, and 'Vuole canti' by Luca Vitone, temporarily placed in Piazza Bellini. The former is a genealogical mapping of mafia victims, donated to the city; the latter associates trees with contemporary Italian artists. Emmanuele Emanuele, president of Fondazione Terzo Pilastro, is driving a new public art project called 'Cultura e Arte per Ballarò' in the Ballarò market area, supported by Mayor Leoluca Orlando.
Key facts
- 'Foresta Urbana' exhibition ran until January 20, 2019 at Palazzo Riso and Piazza Bologni in Palermo.
- Curated by Paolo Falcone, featuring Ai Weiwei, Jimmy Durham, Olafur Eliasson, Carsten Höller, Ernesto Neto, Richard Long, Francesco De Grandi, and Luca Vitone.
- Promoted by Fondazione Cultura e Arte (Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Internazionale) with City of Palermo and Polo Museale Regionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea.
- Two works remain: 'Genealogia di Damnatio Memoriae, Palermo 1947-1992' by Goldschmied & Chiari (permanent at Biblioteca Comunale) and 'Vuole canti' by Luca Vitone (temporary at Piazza Bellini).
- Goldschmied & Chiari's work lists mafia victims from Portella della Ginestra to Via d’Amelio, donated to the city.
- Luca Vitone's 'Vuole canti' is a remake of a 2009 Trento work, associating trees with Italian artists.
- Emmanuele Emanuele leads new public art project 'Cultura e Arte per Ballarò' in the Ballarò market.
- Mayor Leoluca Orlando supports the initiative; murals are already appearing in Ballarò, Kalsa, and Vucciria.
Entities
Artists
- Ai Weiwei
- Jimmy Durham
- Olafur Eliasson
- Carsten Höller
- Ernesto Neto
- Richard Long
- Francesco De Grandi
- Luca Vitone
- Sara Goldschmied
- Eleonora Chiari
- Paolo Falcone
- Emmanuele Emanuele
- Leoluca Orlando
- Paolo Borsellino
- Igor Scalisi Palminteri
- Doug Aitken
- Nathalie Djurberg
- Hans Berg
- Jimmie Durham
- Bill Fontana
- Goldschmied & Chiari
- Ann Veronica Janssens
- Koo Jeong A
- Benedetto Pietromarchi
- Tomás Saraceno
- Astrid Seme
- Conrad Shawcross
- Andreas Slominski
- Pascale Marthine Tayou
- Mario Airò
- Stefano Arienti
- Massimo Bartolini
- Vanessa Beecroft
- Maurizio Cattelan
- Monica Bonvicini
- Mario Della Vedova
- Gabriele Di Matteo
- Alberto Garutti
- Armin Linke
- Eva Marisaldi
- Amedeo Martegani
- Marco Mazzucconi
- Liliana Moro
- Alessandro Pessoli
- Cesare Pietroiusti
- Vedova Mazzei
- Cesare Viel
- Emmanuele F. M. Emanuele
Institutions
- Fondazione Cultura e Arte
- Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Internazionale
- City of Palermo
- Polo Museale Regionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
- Museo Riso
- Biblioteca Comunale (Palermo)
- Fondazione Federico II dell’Assemblea Regionale
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo
- Soprintendenza di Palermo
- Artribune
- Palazzo Riso (Polo Museale Regionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea)
- Fondazione Terzo Pilastro-Internazionale
- Galleria Pinksummer
- Galleria Lorcan O’Neill
- Manifesta
Locations
- Palermo
- Italy
- Palazzo Riso
- Piazza Bologni
- Piazza Bellini
- Biblioteca Comunale
- Ballarò
- Kalsa
- Vucciria
- Portella della Ginestra
- Via d’Amelio
- Trento
- San Cataldo
- Sicily
- Via Vittorio Emanuele
- Cassaro
- Agrigento
- Genoa