The artist and patron Antonio Presti, president of the Fiumara d’arte Foundation, after the creation of the Butterfly Gate, donates two new works to the community of the populous Librino district in Catania, starting to give shape to the open-air contemporary art museum opened Magma.
They are two light sculptures that convey the vision of beauty with their shadow: Amare and La Sognatrice, created by the Florentine artist Fabrizio Corneli and installed, respectively, in the Le Ravennate condominium complex and in the public housing in viale Bummacaro 9. The works will be inaugurated on May 10th at 6.30 pm, in the presence of the inhabitants of the neighborhood who have experienced the artistic process of regeneration firsthand.
«It’s not the first time I’ve drawn a face and a kiss with shadows – declared Corneli – they are two archetypal figures, shared by all the cultures of the world, subconscious images that art has the aim of bringing out».
«A great work of sowing for young people, which always aims at sowing as a harvest – underlined Presti – I am happy to read in the eyes of the Librino community, and especially of all the mothers involved, a new emotion, a strong pride and a warm hug.”
«I express great satisfaction – stated Angelo Sicali, president of the Iacp of Catania – for the collaboration undertaken with Antonio Presti and his Foundation. These urban regeneration interventions aim to affirm the importance of art and culture as identifying elements of belonging for our beneficiaries”.
For the administrator of Le Ravennate, Leandro Maria Amato, «this work will bring light into the hearts of the inhabitants, small and large, shaking the cultural and artistic soul of the neighborhood».
