Mar. 17 – Nov. 20, 2011
Turin, Italy

Italy’s 150th anniversary will be celebrated in Turin with a huge art and craft workshop and showcase, titled Il Futuro nelle mani. Artieri domani (The Future in the hands. Artificers tomorrow). The curator of the exhibition, Enzo Biffi Gentili, who has already promoted significant initiatives dedicated to applied arts, intends it to be a display of all things new and original currently offered by Italy’s finest crafts.

One of the (many) initiatives in the program is “Unity in Diversity”, a project curated by Ugo La Pietra that will feature 21 head planters made by ceramic artists from Caltagirone (among them Giuseppe Branciforti, Alessandro Iudici, Nicolò Morales, Francesco Navanzino, Riccardo Varsallona). Each “head” represents one of the 20 Italian regions with its typical features and its distinctive characteristics. The last “head” is the symbol of Italy, as a unity.

The project pays a tribute to Caltagirone ceramics, to a tradition that has been alive for many centuries without losing the ability to innovate.

L’Unità nella Diversità
Officine Grandi Riparazioni
Corso Castelfidardo 22, Torino
Phone: +39 011-4992333