Michelangelo Pistoletto creates the sculpture The Third Paradise of Talents for Cuneo.

It will be inaugurated on Friday, Oct. 14, at 5:30 p.m. in Cuneo at the Rondò dei Talenti Il Terzo Paradiso dei Talenti, the site-specific sculpture created by Michelangelo Pistoletto (Biella, 1933) for “A cielo aperto,” the public art project conceived by the CRC Foundation to celebrate its 30th birthday and carried out in collaboration with the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art.

The work was specially developed by the artist for the area in front of the Rondò dei Talenti, in relation to the curvature of the building and the structure of the square. The sculpture, which measures 13 meters in length by 7 meters in height, features the famous shape of 3 consecutive circles made from more than120 metal silkscreens on which are represented the drawings of children from a number of schools in Cuneo, and beyond ,who contributed to the participatory sculpture. The installation of the work will begin in the coming days, growing and consolidating under the eyes of the city and its citizens. The inauguration will be preceded, at 4 p.m., by a shared action of participatory public art that will see the sign-symbol of the “Third Paradise” reworked with aluminum materials in order to create a temporary collective work.

On the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 15, also at the Rondo dei Talenti, a workshop for children and families on the theme of the “Third Paradise” is scheduled at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. (both Friday, Oct. 14, and for the workshop on Saturday, Oct. 15, it is preferable to make reservations at www.fondazionecrc.it.)

The work

Michelangelo Pistoletto’s sign-symbol of the Third Paradise, which reconfigures the mathematical sign of infinity by adding to its center a third circle representing synthesis and creation, to promote new connections and interactions between opposing polarities, has been the centerpiece of this artist’s work since the early 2000s, and has been the inspiration for numerous of his sculptural and participatory interventions over the past two decades and globally. The sculpture was specially developed by the artist for the exterior area of the Rondò dei Talenti building, in relation to the curvature of the building and the structure of the square. It presents the symbol vertically, suspended in the air as a large sign that emphasizes the presence of the Rondo, and is made by silk-screening on metal and joining together more than one hundred and twenty drawings by child students - including some who attend the Cuneo schools of theArnaud and Fillia preschools, Revelli and Rolfi primary schools, and D’Azeglio secondary schools in Cuneo and Castelletto Stura - collected by the Education Department of the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, in collaboration with the Rebirth/Terzo Paradiso Cuneo Embassy and the Con.Te.StoOo. In this way, the work underscores the special mission of the Rondò dei Talenti itself, an educational hub desired by the CRC Foundation, where younger people can, through specific proposed activities, grow and discover their vocations, their “talents.”

Collateral initiatives aimed at the Cuneo community

Talents in play... for the Third Paradise of Talents by Michelangelo Pistoletto Grand oper-Action curated by the Education Department Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art for the Public Art Project on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the CRC Foundation.

Oct. 14, 2022: from 4 p.m., on the Piazza del Rondò dei Talenti, Shared Oper-Action open to the whole community during which the sign-symbol of the “Third Paradise” will be reworked with aluminum materials. For entries https://fondazionecrc.it/eventi/a-cielo-aperto-inaugurazione-dellopera-di-michelangelo-pistoletto/ Michelangelo Pistoletto’s sign-symbol of the Third Paradise defines the basis for a collective art experience curated by the Education Department and shared with families and the community. Since 2005, the Castello di Rivoli Education Department has been promoting the Oper-Action Third Paradise on a global scale, for an international dissemination of the message and specific contents of the work through the reworking of the sign-symbol with the participation of the public, in countless shared actions and events. Since 2012, the year of Rebirth-Day, it has been part of the worldwide Third Heaven Ambassadors Network.

Oct. 15, 2022: Collective Painting Workshop for families. Two rounds are scheduled, at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. In the workshop, the sign-symbol in the horizontal dimension will be recreated, inspired by the original work designed for the Rondo dei Talenti of Fondazione CRC. Protagonists of the collective event children, teens and adults, captured by the magic of pure color spread in large color fields.

Registration at www.fondazionecrc.it starting next week.

“The unprecedented sculpture by Michelangelo Pistoletto, an internationally renowned artist,” says Ezio Raviola, president of Fondazione CRC. “represents the completion in a cultural key of the redevelopment of the Rondò dei Talenti. It is an extraordinary work inspired by the educational and collective growth values that guided us in the creation of this educational hub, and it leaves a mark for the 30 years of our institution’s life. In addition to the profound cultural significance that accompanies the inauguration of ’The Third Paradise of Talents,’ we are persuaded that this work will be able to become a point of attraction for the flow of international tourism.”

Michelangelo Pistoletto creates the sculpture The Third Paradise of Talents for Cuneo.

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