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What is Fiumara d’arte<\/strong>? Its history began in 1982, thanks to the patron Antonio Presti<\/strong> who, in memory of his lost father, commissioned work to the sculptor Pietro Consagra<\/strong>. Presti donated to the community an enormous concrete sculpture 18 metres high. The artwork was placed in 1986 on the bed of the Fiumara di Tusa<\/strong>, in the Nebrodi Mountains<\/strong>, then it was announced that an open-air museum<\/strong> would be created right there. Over the years the Fiumara has been enriched with other works, commissioned by Presti and created by important sculptors such as Paolo Schiavocampo<\/strong>, Tano Festa<\/strong>, Pietro Dorazio<\/strong>, Antonio di Palma<\/strong>, Hidetoshi Nagasawa<\/strong>, Mauro Staccioli<\/strong>. After 25 years of legal battles over the placement of the works, in 2007 Fiumara d’arte was finally granted the right to protect and preserve the pieces, becoming a sculpture park recognised by the institutions.<\/p>\n

Are you ready? Then warm up your engines: we’re off! Our motorbike tour begins at Villa Margi<\/strong>, a hamlet in the town of Reitano<\/strong> (ME). A stone’s throw from the beach, we find an enormous sculpture ( 18×18 metres ) entitled Monument to a Dead Poet<\/strong><\/em>. The work was created in 1989 by the artist Tano Festa<\/strong> to honour the death of another great artist, Francesco Lo Savio. The sculpture is an enormous blue concrete window<\/strong>. It looks out over the sea and is crossed by a black monolith. That’s why the unofficial name of the work of art is ‘Window on the Sea<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n

Once we have enjoyed the view framed by this magnificent sculpture, let’s get back on our bikes and head 20 km inland to the town of Mistretta<\/strong>. Here we find two works of art not far from each other: the Stanza di Barca d’oro<\/strong><\/em> and Il muro della vita<\/strong><\/em>. The first work was created in 1989 by the Japanese artist Hidetoshi Nagasawa<\/strong>. It is a room carved out of a mountain<\/strong> near the Romei River and covered with metal sheets. Inside there is the silhouette of a boat<\/strong> covered with golden leaves. Can you imagine it? Unfortunately, the cave is not accessible. This is indeed the concept of the work<\/strong>. The room will remain closed for a hundred years, with a door sealing it, according to the will of the artist himself, who wants this place to live only through “the mental energy of memory<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

The wall of life<\/em><\/strong> is on the road from Mistretta to Castel di Lucio<\/strong>. It is a work created by several Italian and international ceramists<\/strong> in 1991. The old retaining wall of the road was grey and anonymous, but several terracotta works<\/strong> set in the concrete gave it a new, more artistic look.<\/p>\n

Let’s get back on the saddle and head for Castel di Lucio, 20 km from Mistretta. Here we can admire three works of art. The first is Arethusa<\/em><\/strong>, created in 1990 by the painters Pietro Dorazio and Graziano Marini. The assemblage of coloured pottery<\/strong> creates a graphic image on the fa\u00e7ade of the town’s police barracks<\/strong>, bringing vibrancy to the architectural rigidity of military constructions.<\/p>\n

Just two kilometres away, in the same municipality, there is the Labyrinth of Ariadne<\/em><\/strong>, a work created by the artist Italo Lanfredini<\/strong> in 1990. As its name suggests, it’s a red labyrinth where you can enter and get lost in its geometries<\/strong>. The meaning of the piece lies in the search for a way out. It represents the search for purity<\/strong>, towards a path of meditation and expiation. If you are claustrophobic or love photography, you can also appreciate the work from a distance and admire it from the tower of the village castle.<\/p>\n

Just 5 km from the labyrinth, on the road between Castel di Lucio<\/strong> and Pettineo<\/strong>, there is the work “Una curva gettata alle spalle del tempo<\/em><\/strong>” (“A curve thrown behind time”) created in 1990 by Paolo Schiavocampo<\/strong>. The work is a site-specific piece placed close to a bend that connects the new main road to the old country road. Conceptually it combines the present and the past<\/strong>. The piece is made of concrete covered with iron and it has the shape of a sail moved by the wind<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Let’s continue towards Pettineo<\/strong>: here we find a work of art created by various artists. In 1990, Antonio Presti commissioned the painting of a kilometre of canvas<\/strong>. The painting was then divided up and distributed to the inhabitants of the village<\/strong>, transforming Pettineo into a sort of domestic museum<\/em><\/strong>. The deconstructed work is kept by citizens in their homes, but from time to time public exhibitions are organised. Cross your fingers! You may have the chance of seeing it.<\/p>\n

Eighteen kilometres away from Pettineo, there’s Motta d’Affermo<\/strong> where we will discover the eighth of Fiumara’s eleven artistic projects. This piece is called Energia Mediterranea<\/em><\/strong> (Mediterranian Energy) and was created in 1990 by Antonio di Palma. The sculpture is horizontal<\/strong> and represents a blue concrete wave<\/strong> set in the mountains (between the Nebrodi and the Madonie), and it stands out against the blue background of the sea.<\/p>\n

Heading north for 9 km towards the sea, we come to one of Fiumara’s most famous and impressive works, 38\u00b0 Parallelo-Piramide<\/em><\/strong>, created by Mauro Staccioli<\/strong> in 2010. The sculpture is a 38-metre-high steel pyramid<\/strong> with a split that is lit during sunset<\/strong>. During the so-called ‘ Ritual of Light ‘ (which takes place only in some periods of the year), it is possible to enter the pyramid through a dark iron tube. This passage leads to the illuminated cavity of the sculpture.<\/p>\n

Our journey through open-air contemporary art ends in Tusa<\/strong>, visiting the work that inspired Fiumana D’arte’s project. La materia poteva non esserci<\/strong> <\/em>(The material might not be there) it’s the piece dedicated to Presti’s father. It is an 18-metre-high sculpture<\/strong> of abstract figures,<\/strong> realised by Pietro Consagra<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":50757,"template":"","categories":[1918,1938,1917],"luogo":[1864],"stagione":[1877,1875],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMotorbike tour of the Fiumana D'Arte - Visit Sicily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Motorbike tour of the Fiumana D'Arte - Visit Sicily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is Fiumara d’arte? 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