Exclusively online the first images of "Foresta Rossa": from June, 2nd a not to be missed exhibition on Lake Maggiore

FORESTA ROSSA (Red Forest) is the title of the artistic project that Velasco Vitali will perform from June 2 to October 21, 2012 on Isola Madre (on Lake Maggiore) and in Verbania, in Piazza Garibaldi and in the park of the Grand Hotel Majestic: it is the conclusion of a process that started with Sbarco (in Pietrasanta) and Sbarco a Milano (2010). Foresta Rossa is an ideal (and therefore perhaps impossible) conclusion to the subject of instability addressed in previous projects. The botanical garden on Isola Madre is turned into a landscape suspended in time, like the roundabout set up around the huge Cashmere cypress, which represents the core of the installation and the highlight of the visit. Each work included in the artistic project for Isola Madre is a chapter of a story, where a surreal dreaming invention identifies with a forcedly real vision stressed by the connection among the works, arranged in the garden in close relation with nature. The natural beauty, the botanical perfection, and the almost geometric layout of the place establishes a close relation with the works, as if they had been expressly designed to accommodate them.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

VELASCO VITALI FORESTA ROSSA

Isola Madre, Stresa / Grand Hotel Majestic and Piazza Garibaldi, Verbania.
Press conference: Friday 1st June, 3.00 pm, Grand Hotel Majestic.
Opening: Saturday 2nd June, 11.30 am, piazza Garibaldi (Verbania). Boats departure to Isola Madre and return to Grand Hotel Majestic.
Catalogue: Skira. Curated by Luca Molinari.
Photos: Carlo Borlenghi
forestarossa@velascovitali.com
www.velascovitali.com

Isola Madre open daily from Saturday, March 24 to Sunday, October 21, 2012 (admission fee included in ticket to Isola Madre) from 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. (last admission) - tel: +39 0323 30556 | fax +39 0323 30046
Info, prices, and reservations: www.borromeoturismo.it

Grand Hotel Majestic, Verbania open daily / free admission
via V. Veneto 32, 28922, Verbania
tel: +39 0323 509711 | fax: +39 0323 556379 - info@grandhotelmajestic.it
www.grandhotelmajestic.it