The flower garden has underground origins,
fed by spring-water minerals and after the darkness of night,
new shoots are awaited in the light of Saint Fiacre.
The lives of the saints are an intrinsic part of the artistic tradition.
In Angelo's collages the faces of the saints can be seen between the leaves like
embroidered flowers among the rosehips.
Different is the fate of martyrs struck by lightning in an arid
and cruel landscape.
The image is embodied in the geometry of sticks, a card game
with no king of clubs.
If Paul of Thebes lived in the desert, Saint Fiacre, patron saint
of gardeners and taxi drivers, received his miracle in the heart of the forest.
It is the late Middle Ages, and the 30th Augustdraws pilgrims
on the day when flowers bloom in a delirium of scent
in memory of the saint, who died and was buried on that date.
Raising your head, you see a canopy of trees, a skyscraper, branches or windows.
In tall Manhattan buildings, architects aim to reach the sky.
Gio Ponti designed the cathedral for Los Angeles, with a façade
in the shape of an angel.
Uta is the diva of the early Middle Ages - her statue in the
Cathedral of Naumberg served as inspiration for the
Queen in Walt Disney's Snow White; it is the age of flowers at the crusades.
(Franco Toselli, 2022)
(Franco Toselli, 2022)
Other Exhibitions
Doppio gioco
Ai Amore
Il lunedì dell'Angelo
