Corigliano-Rossano, the permanent installation of Pistoletto’s Terzo Paradiso is inaugurated

Corigliano Rossano, on April 26, will witness a extraordinary moment with the inauguration of the permanent installation of the “Third Paradise, sign and symbol by Michelangelo Pistoletto”, at the belvedere space of the Abbey of Santa Maria del Patir.

The project site-specificstrongly desired by the Association Rossano Purpurea and the president Alessandra Mazzei and by the architect. Mariella Arcuriis the result of the collaboration and joint commitment of the curators Marilena (Maria) Morabitoambassador of the Third Paradise, e Stefano Milazzowith the coordination of Francesco Saverio Teruzzicoordinator of the Third Paradise ambassadors, and is promoted by the ACAV Association with the free patronage of Pistoletto Foundation Cittadellarte by Biella he was born in Common of Corigliano Rossano.

The inauguration coincides with the third edition of demonstration cultural “Patir”, organized with passion by the cultural association Rossano Purpurea. The Third Paradise fits perfectly into this frame, combining art, nature and spirituality in a symbol of rebirth and harmony.

But what does it represent the Third Paradise? And the fusion between the first and second paradisea vision that Michelangelo Pistoletto he outlined eloquently. While the first paradise evokes a harmonious integration of man into nature and the second paradise represents an artificial world characterized by progressive environmental degradation, the Third Paradise offers a way of balance between artifice and nature, an essential phase for human and planetary survival .

The installationaccomplished with cherry laurel plants donated by the body of the Carabinieri of Biodiversity which manages the Abbey of Santa Maria del Patir, stands as a unique work, inviting visitors to deep reflection and emotional involvement.

The symbol of the Third Paradise, a reconfiguration of mathematical infinity through three consecutive circles, represents the connection between diversity and antinomies, finding its generative fulcrum in the interpenetration between opposites.