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15. CAMPAGNA INCONTAMINATA<br />

Garavicchio è una proprietà in Toscana, proprio<br />

sul con<strong>fine</strong> con il Lazio, dei fratelli Caracciolo,<br />

Carlo e Nicola. Essi furono avvicinati<br />

alcuni decenni fa dall’<strong>art</strong>ista Niki de Saint<br />

Phalle, che propose un progetto scultoreo nel<br />

bosco e sottobosco vicino alla loro casa. I suoi<br />

lavori erano generalmente a colori molto vivaci,<br />

ma Niki promise che avrebbe lavorato in<br />

toni sommessi di verdi e marroni che si sarebbero<br />

fusi nell’ambiente senza disturbarlo.<br />

Così fu all’inizio, e la foto mostra la discreta<br />

presenza del suo lavoro nella macchia. Con lo<br />

sviluppo del progetto, comunque, mattonelle<br />

colorate e scintillanti coprirono le armature, e<br />

come disse un addetto comunale dopo aver<br />

fotografato il monumento completo, “ Spirito<br />

scarsamente ecologico”.<br />

Garavicchio, 1983<br />

42<br />

UNSPOILED COUNTRYSIDE<br />

Garavicchio is an estate in Tuscany, just over the<br />

border with Lazio, belonging to the Caracciolo<br />

brothers, Carlo and Nicola. They were<br />

approached a couple of decades ago by the <strong>art</strong>ist<br />

Niki de Saint Phalle, who proposed to do a<br />

sculptural project in the woods and underbrush<br />

near their house. She assured them that though<br />

her work was generally highly colored she would<br />

keep to muted greens and browns that would<br />

blend inconspicuously with the natural<br />

surroundings.<br />

In the beginning this was so and the photograph<br />

shows the discreet presence of her work in the<br />

midst of verdure. As the project grew, however,<br />

colored and scintillating tiles clad the cement<br />

supports and as one of the local municipal<br />

functionaries said, as he photographed the<br />

resulting monument, “This is scarcely ecological<br />

in spirit”.<br />

Garavicchio, 1983

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