Costantino Nivola. Biography of an Artistic Project (Alghero)

Nivola at the Sardinian Regional Council Building 1985/2015

The exhibition retraces the evolution of Costantino Nivola’s last project in Sardinia. It shows the sources of the project’s poetic qualities and the depth of the artist’s civic engagement.   In 1985 Nivola was enlisted by Emanuele Sanna, the President of the Sardinian Regional Council, to work on the external spaces of the Regional Council’s new site, which was nearing completion. Collaborating with the building’s architect Pintori and its engineers, Atzeni, Farci, and Diaz, Nivola sought to situate an assortment of his large marble sculptures in a manner that would relate harmoniously with one another, and with their architectural and urban context.

The exhibit displays some concepts that Nivola had originally entertained for the project but that were later discarded. For example, a large sculpture, evoking a maternal form, very Mediterranean in spirit, was to be positioned in a central location amid a bed of live wheat—the latter symbolizing rural fecundity and vitality even amid the project’s urban setting.

Biography of an Artistic Project

Nivola at the Sardinian Regional Council Building (1985 – 2015)

Exhibition curated by Giuliana Altea and Antonella Camarda

Assistant curator: Davide Mariani

Graphics and installation design: AJF/ – Arch. Jari Franceschetto

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ORARI
Lunedì, Martedì, Giovedì, Venerdì, Sabato e Domenica : Orario continuato 10.30 – 19.30
Chiusura settimanale: mercoledì 

BIGLIETTI

Intero: € 7,00
Adulti

Ridotto: € 5,00
– Visitatori in possesso della Mappa dei luoghi della cultura;
– Studenti con documento di riconoscimento;
– Soci CTS;
– Possessori di biglietto vidimato nello stesso anno solare del Museo delle Maschere di Mamoiada o dell’Acquario di Cala Gonone;
– Gruppi a partire da 10 persone.

Gratuito
– Bambini/e e ragazzi/e sino ai 18 anni;
– Visitatori con disabilità e un loro accompagnatore /accompagnatrice;
– Guide turistiche iscritte al Registro Regionale;
– Soci della Peggy Guggenheim Collection;
– Soci ICOM;
– Cittadini di Orani.

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VISITE GUIDATE
Mattina ore 11:30 – Pomeriggio ore 16:00;
Su prenotazione per i gruppi a partire da 10 persone.
Costo della visita: 2,00 € oltre il prezzo del biglietto

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TIMETABLE
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday: Open all day 10.30 – 19.30.
Weekly closing: Wednesday

TICKETS

Adults
Full: € 7,00
Students with full ID; CTS members; visitors of the Museo delle Maschere in Mamoiada or of the Acquarium of Cala Gonone with a ticket issued on the same year, groups of 10 or more

Reduced: € 5,00
Kids under 18; visitors with disabilities and one accompanying friend; professional tourist guides registered in the Registro Regionale; Peggy Guggenheim Collection members; ICOM members; Orani’s citizens

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GUIDED TOURS
Morning: 11.30 am – Afternoon: 4 pm;
Reserved for groups of 10 people.
Cost of the guided tour: 2,00 € in addition to the cost of admission

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