27/05/2012

CHRISTIE'S AUCTION: 20 MANHOLES ART BY METROWEB

5  international urban painters, 5 capitals of the world of street art, 20 manholes art, the fashion-street iconic more famous of the world and an enlightened maecenas, METROWEB, the company owner of the largest underground network of optical fibers in Europe.
Starts the conclusion the project 'Above the Under - manholes Art tell the story of the City Wired', born from an idea by Monica Nascimbeni for Metroweb, the open air show of manholes art in cast iron that from November 2010 until May 2012 invaded successfully via Montenapoleone in Milan, experimenting with a new language of art and communication. From the world's capitals of public art and graffiti (Milan, Berlin, Paris, London, New York) were called five great artists of the international street art, who are invited to provide a multiple work on more manholes, under the artistic direction of Gisella Borioli, journalist and curator who is concentrated for some years on the promotion of street art as a new form of contemporary art in all the effects, and with the collaboration of Matthew Donini.
Shepard Fairey, artist has become cultural phenomenon with the iconography of Barack Obama, one of the most effective illustrations of American policy, has designed the modern 'mandala' abstract, almost tribal; Space Invader proposes its world-famous pixeled aliens inspired by the legendary video game years ' 70; the manholes of Rendo instead are graphic, abstract and three-dimensional as suspended elements in space; Flying Fortress amazes with his bears that refer to the symbol of Berlin and with his "Teddy troups"; The London Police have reinterpreted their playful "lads" all love-peace-friendship.

The 20 works of art, appropriately restored, will be beaten at the auction on 6 June at Christie's in Palazzo Isimbardi.
The proceeds from the event will be entirely donated to the Association Onlus "Friends of Edoardo" to develop the project "Educational road", in favor of the young people of the suburbs milanese hardship, started in the district of Barona the Barrio's /Community New don Gino Rigoldi. The initiative has the patronage of the Province of Milan and the involvement of the Association of via Montenapoleone.