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CONTEMPORARY ART IN MASSERIA

It is a 3 year project started last year with the art work of antonio Riello Born under the sign of Lio, Antonio Riello selects places and dates of birth following moods and circumstances. He lives in Asiago (I) and London (UK). Eclectic artist with various interests, he works especially within digital art and delivers courses on "Videogames Phenomenology" at several Universities. In 1997 he creates "ITALIANI BRAVA GENTE ", the first art work in a videogame format.

He has exhibited works and installations at: BALTIC (Gateshead/NewCastle UK), NGBK (Berlin D), NEUHAUSEN KUNSTVEREIN (Neuhausen D) MART (Rovereto I), MUSEE D’ART (Saint Etienne F), KUNSTHALLE WIEN ( Vienna A) FONDAZIONE POMODORO (Milano I), PAC (Milano I), PALAZZO DELLE PAPESSE (Siena I), NEUE GALERIE (Graz A), WOLFSBURG KUNSTVEREIN (Wolfsburg D), GALLERIA CIVICA ARTE CONTEMPORANEA (Palermo I), MUSEO PECCI (Prato I), FREIBURG KUNSTVEREIN (Freiburg D), KIEL KUNSTVEREIN (Kiel D), GALLERIA CIVICA ARTE CONTEMPORANEA (Trento I), WIESBADEN KUNSTVEREIN (Wiesbaden D), CHELSEA MUSEUM OF ART (New York USA) ELGIZ MUSEUM (Istanbul TR), XV QUADRIENNALE (Roma I) and in many other art institutions and art galleries.

Is set in fantastic setting which is an old river bed were there are more than 50 huge olive trees that are more than 1000 years old he created a bench made of a stone wall designed with the symbols that people painted on the trulli house to bring good fortune from the bench there is a binocular pointing at the olive trees around in which the artist has hidden five camouflaged golf balls that the guests ha sto find it, is really a joke because is practically impossibile and it epitomizes the frustration of the golfers while is trying to hit the golf ball properly the same is trying to find the golf ball in the olive trees but the nice thing is that while looking he is also looking at this beautiful olive trees that are like prehistoric sculptures that have seen passing even the military armies going to the crusades (via appia passes from here)

The new project this year 2010 is:

from the 7.8 Pierluigi calignano

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an artist from lecce which lives between Milan and new york, in collaboration with very old artisans that make all the huge lights that are used in the village feasts,he created a specific art project for a wonderful setting at Masseria Maizza which is a roof terrace that we called maroc terrace because from this space you have a wonderful view of the sea which faces the orient (puglia is the most orient area of western Europe, the door to turkey and Arabic countries that is why most of the Saracens attacks and later arab immigrations passed from here) this space is used for lounge bar because also has view of the sunset over the hills with white matrasses and original tuareg camel carpets and cushions. He is defining this space with these luminarieso several colours but very low so that from far away you will see only the light coming out and the black sky with the stars while when you come in the space you are completely cocconed by this light, the idea is to leave the horizon completely free inorder to see the orient but when you lounge on the mattresses you are welcomed by the traditional atmosphere of feast and solidariety that the people from puglia has always given to the immigrants looking for food and shelter.

 

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