Brussels 1998

Mauro Staccioli, Bruxelles 1998 — “Equilibrio sospeso”, Bruxelles 1998 - maquette progettuale - Foto di Enrico Fontolan. Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli / Fotografia Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma.

“Equilibrio sospeso”, Bruxelles 1998 - maquette progettuale - Foto di Enrico Fontolan. Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli / Fotografia Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma.

"Equilibrio Sospeso", Rond point de l’Europe, Boitsfort, Bruxelles, 1998, Progetto, Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli.

"Equilibrio Sospeso", Rond point de l’Europe, Boitsfort, Bruxelles, 1998, Fotomontaggio, Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli.

"Equilibrio Sospeso", Rond point de l’Europe, Boitsfort, Bruxelles, 1998, Fotomontaggio, Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli. Foto di Fabien de Cugnac.

Equilibrio Sospeso, 1998

A. wood, sand, cardboard and paint, 15,5×53,1×51 cm
B. iron, wood and paint, 42x37x15 cm
Mauro Staccioli Archive Museum, Volterra

Commissioned by the city of Brussels in 1998, Staccioli studied and realized a sculpture for the Watermael-Boitsfort roundabout, thus responding to two needs: to emphasise with a work of art the beginning of the avenue leading to the city as a sign of welcome like the ancient city gates; to find a solution to save lives in a place where several fatal accidents had occurred. The artist studies the dimensions of his sign in proportion to the width of the street and creates a kind of square with a curved base (for the first time in the sculptor’s lexicon) that makes it unstable. The sign is thus visible from a distance and can induce people to slow down.