Image: Mappamondo (Globe), 1966–68. Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian, born 1933. Newspaper and wire. Wire ball, diameter c. 71 inches (c. 180 cm); newspaper ball, diameter 39 3/8 inches (100 cm). (Collection of Lia Rumma) © Michelangelo Pistoletto)
Michelangelo Pistoletto: From One to Many, 1956–1974 opens on Tuesday at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This PEI-funded project will be the first survey of Pistoletto’s art in the U.S. in over two decades. The museum will create its own version of Cittadellarte, a center for the study and promotion of creative activity Pistoletto founded in his hometown of Biella, Italy, in 1998.
In 1967, Pistoletto rolled a giant ball of newspapers through the streets of Turin. Tomorrow, Pistoletto will roll a replica of the newspaper sphere made by Spiral Q Puppet Theater out of the museum and onto the streets of Philadelphia. Join them for a walk through the museum’s adjoining neighborhoods and along major streets with a few special stops along the way. Walking Sculpture will depart from the West Entrance at 1:30 p.m.—rain or shine!
Scultura da passeggio: Walking Sculpture with Michelangelo Pistoletto
Philadelphia Museum of Art
West Entrance
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Departs at 1:30 p.m.
Free
See the full schedule of Cittadellarte-inspired performances, lectures, and workshops in the Museum’s Perelman Building >
Buy the exhibition’s accompanying publication here >
Read more about Cittadellarte >
Find out more about Pistoletto. Visit his Web site >
