On Saturday, October 21st at 18:00 at the church of Santa Maria della Spina in Pisa, the installation of the artist Flavio Favelli entitled 'Corona' is inaugurated. Organized by the Municipality of Pisa in collaboration with the University of Pisa, the Normale Superiore School, the SpazioTempo Association of Michela Rizzo, the Museum of Graphics at Palazzo Lanfranchi and the Atlantic Cultural Services Cooperative, curated by Ludovico Pratesi.

 

The installation was designed by Flavio Favelli specifically for this site and is the third of a series of site specific interventions by great national and international artists created within the small church, overlooking the lungarni of Pisa.

 

Flavio Favelli, born in Florence in 1967, lives and works in Savigno, Bologna. After graduating from Oriental History at the University of Bologna, he began his artistic activity by taking part in the Link Project (1995-2001). He participates in TAM's residence in Pietrarubbia directed by Arnaldo Pomodoro in 1995 and at the Ratti upper visual arts course with Allan Kaprow in 1997.

 

He has exhibited in public and private spaces in Italy and abroad, including Macro and Maxxi in Rome, the Marino Marini Museum in Florence and the Center for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci of Prato.

 

He has attended two Venice Biennals, seminars and conferences at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, Brera in Milan at the Politecnico di Torino, at the University of Bolzano and Bologna, at the Quadriennale of Rome and at numerous other public and private institutions .

 

Hours: Monday 10-13; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 15-19; Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10-13 and 15-19. Admission: 2 euro; free of charge for children under 18.

 

For info: assessorato.cultura@comune.pisa.it.