Gibellina: open air contemporary art museum
The Belice Valley earthquake in 1969 changed the physiognomy of a vast area of western Sicily. The small village of Gibellina , among the most affected, is today, with its high cultural and artistic value, the emblem of this dramatic event. In 1984 the artist Alberto Burri created one of the largest Land Art works in the world on its rubble: the Cretto di Gibellina more commonly called "Cretto di Burri".
Nuova Gibellina , built in a safer and more easily accessible area, about 11 km away from the destroyed town, aims to be an ideal city where different artistic languages find expression in architecture, sculpture and painting.
Gibellina, the art of rebirth
In the seventies, the then Mayor Ludovico Corrao imagined the new city as a large laboratory, where artists from all over the world could express themselves and create a true open air museum. His did not remain a utopia. Internationally renowned artists and architects responded to his appeal and contributed with their ideas and works to create what is now considered one of the most interesting contemporary art destinations in Europe.
Internationally renowned architects, artisans and artists created an incredible urban plan where today it is possible to admire buildings, installations, sculptures, works of art and spaces of collective interest of great artistic value.
The large Star by Pietro Consagra , placed in 1881 at the entrance to the city, is the symbol of this extraordinary collective work, but also of the entire Belice Valley .
What to see in Gibellina Nuova
MAC, Museum of Contemporary Art
The visitor will be able to follow a historical-chronological itinerary to appreciate the different poetics of contemporary art from the 1900s to the latest avant-gardes.
Case Di Stefano, Museo delle Trame Mediterranee
Poco distante da Gibellina, in località Baglio Di Stefano si trova la dimora baronale Di Stefano trasformata in uno spazio culturale nel 1995 su progetto di Marcella Aprile, Roberto Collovà, Teresa La Rocca, Ettore Tocco, Valentina Acierno, Alessandro D'Amico, Stefano Marina, L. Raspanti e Lorenzo Salon.
Among the buildings to admire in the city:
- Spherical Church by Ludovico Quaroni
- System of five squares connected to each other by Laura Thermes and Franco Purini
- Francesco Venezia's Secret Garden which contains the façade of the earthquake-stricken cathedral
- Meeting, a building-sculpture dedicated to multipurpose activities by Pietro Consagra
- Town Hall by Vittorio Gregotti and Giuseppe Samonà
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