Discovering the village of Bolognano in the Majella park, through the link with contemporary art and Joseph Beuys.
Bolognano is a village set in the park of the Majella, in the province of Pescara, far from the frenzy and speed of our daily life. But it is dense place of history and of artfull of installations and contemporary works, closely linked to the German artist Joseph Beuys.
JOSEPH BEUYS: IN DEFENSE OF NATURE
Not easily categorized in a current of thought, except in a strictly anthropological sense, Beuys is a key figure in an art which, from the sixties, became politics And controversy against capitalist society. Beuys proposes an action social in which the artist identifies himself entirely with his work (art And life) and uses different languages and tools making them interact: drawings, sculptures, blackboards, happenings, actions, trees, sticks, animals.
Between democratic and civil themes the masterpiece was born, linked to the last decades of his life, “In defense of Nature” in which the German artist addresses the link betweenMan and the Naturethe creativity and theecologythe environmental sustainability and the safeguard of the artistic heritage. Themes that are more topical than ever today and food for further reflection, considering the degree of little maintenance perceived in the current state of the village, starting from the square named after him, which initiates the pretext for an observation on the importance of Protection and of Enhancement of the cultural and environmental heritage of the Italian heritage. For Bolognano Beuys creates the Paradise Plantation7000 trees to safeguard biodiversity and endangered species, which will be followed by the opening of a private museum, wanted by the Baroness Lucrezia DeDomizio Durinijournalist, writer, art curator, soul of the village, great friend and supporter of Beuys.
AMONG THE STREETS OF THE VILLAGE
No wonder Beuys found it peace and a certain sacredness (remember that his nickname was “lo shaman dell’arte”), sensitive to the subject of nature, precisely in a country like Bolognanosqueezed between silent alleys and local traditions, spirituality And rituality.
Walking between ancient and medieval walls, contemporary art suddenly peeps out and soars from the earth to the sky, in a bright blue that confuses and comforts, as in the inhabitable sculpture by Mario Bottinelli Bontandon.
Continuing along the ups and downs of the streets, it is possible to come across installations by Mark Bagnoli, Louise Valentini, Renato Amoruso, Renzo Tieri (“The Four Cardinal Points by Joseph Beuys”), Where Bradshaw and others.
Ecology, creativity, relatedness therefore come together in the project desired by Baroness Durini and the German artist, in a village that has been the site of the project since 2003 Free International Forum and which saw the last edition of 2015 as an opportunity for new installations.
ART AND ENVIRONMENT
What makes an artist a genius is his foresight.
Beuys, prophetic provocateur, at the time of Environmental Art and Land Arttouched on current issues, such as the climate emergency, lo Sustainable Developmentthe creation of an awareness of theecologyinspiring projects related to environmental and ecological themes.
Among the many in the current panorama we remember that of the Japanese artist Mika Koizumi, of the Indian Arun Kumar, the PangeaSeed Foundation, Alejandro Duràn, the American photojournalist Ed Kashi, the mosaicist Anne-Marie Price, Italian architect and artist Maria Cristina Finucci Trentino Stephen Cagol.