Olimpia Zagnoli, PEARS AND APPLES ABOUND
The joyful sculpture by Olimpia Zagnoli, one of the best-loved Italian illustrators in New York, greeted us as we entered the street. A fresh and free artist, with a clear and limpid stroke, she stylised these two characters to the point of making them look like two fleeting apparitions: ghosts, someone called them. They are actually spirits of the woods, or rather of the fruit orchards, as they joyfully raise their trophies: an apple and a pear, symbols of a tangible wealth that has fed them for millennia. It is the first sculpture made by the artist, created to tell one of the chapters in the history of Milan by Bonvesin de la Riva, who in the Middle Ages lists its wonders, its riches, including the abundant fruit that could be found in the city. In Edolo it became a symbol of prosperity and a joyful wish for everyone.
THE ARTWORK
Pears and apples abound, 2015, stove-enamelled iron