Rome, a site-specific work completely transforms the atrium of Metro A Vittorio Emanuele station.

Rome ’s Metro A Vittorio Emanuele station reopened July 1 with a surprise: the station’s atrium has been entirely transformed thesite-specific work Common Perspective (2024) by South Tyrolean artist Esther Stocker. More than 8,000 meters of black adhesive tape, on a white background, cover the walls, ceiling, pillars and access devices drawing a dense system of orthogonal lines and creating a series of geometric elements anchored to the ceiling and arranged on the ground.

The initiative is due to the collaboration between MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo and ATAC, on the occasion of the reopening of the station, at the end of the special early overhaul of the transfer facilities, and is part of the major exhibition Ambienti 1956 - 2010. Environments by women artists II curated by Andrea Lissoni, Marina Pugliese, Francesco Stocchi running at MAXXI until October 20, 2024. An all-female group show on the border between art, architecture and design, with three-dimensional and immersive works in the environments.

“We are very happy with this collaboration with ATAC, which allows us to bring the art of the 21st century in the heart of the city, in contact with thousands of Romans and tourists,” said Alessandro Giuli, President Fondazione MAXXI."Ambienti is an exhibition we are particularly fond of, because it represents a manifesto of how we imagine the MAXXI of the future, because of the undisputed quality of the artistic research from which it moves, and because the public has rewarded us with enthusiasm, making it MAXXI’s most visited exhibition ever with more than 50 thousand visitors in the first two months of its opening. We are also very pleased that more and more institutions and companies, like ATAC in this case, are choosing MAXXI as a partner for innovative projects in the sign of art."

“I would like to thank the MAXXI Foundation for the important support that has allowed us to use these days of station closure, necessary to carry out indispensable and unavoidable interventions, to prepare an art show that makes the Metro station more attractive,” said Alberto Zorzan, ATAC general manager. “This collaboration continues the path we have taken to make public transportation places collectors of positive stimuli, using the language of high culture. Bringing art into the world of public transportation is a smart way, in fact, to enrich, by expanding it, the travel experience.”

Rome, a site-specific work completely transforms the atrium of Metro A Vittorio Emanuele station.

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