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Image courtesy of Cittadellarte, Biella, Italy
Exhibition
The Third Paradise: The Labyrinth and the Well by Michelangelo Pistoletto
13 Jul 2016 – 29 Aug 2016
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 12:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 40 Duke Street
- Brighton
- BN1 1AG
- United Kingdom
For summer 2016, we are presenting a work by internationally renowned Italian artist and a leading light of the Arte Povera movement of the 1960s.
About
The work features an elaborate labyrinth constructed from cardboard and at its centre lies a mirror with a symbol laid out in coins.
The symbol, which is the infinity sign altered to add a central loop represents The Third Paradise. According to Pistoletto's manifesto written in 2003, The Third Paradise seeks to reconcile the conflict between the first and second paradises of nature and human artifice. This conflict has led to globalized, destructive problems and by imagining a third paradise representing a socially responsible path to a new planetary civilization, Pistoletto aims for a resolution that will save the planet and humanity.
