Brussels 2003

Mauro Staccioli, Bruxelles 2003 — “Arc-en-ciel”, Bruxelles 2003 - maquette progettuale - Foto di Enrico Fontolan. Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli / Fotografia Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma.

“Arc-en-ciel”, Bruxelles 2003 - maquette progettuale - Foto di Enrico Fontolan. Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli / Fotografia Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Roma.

Progetto per "Arc-en-ciel", Square Henry Lainé, Forest, Bruxelles, 2003, Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli.

"Arc-en-ciel", Square Henry Lainé, Forest, Bruxelles, 2003, Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli. Foto di Enrico Cattaneo.

"Arc-en-ciel", Square Henry Lainé, Forest, Bruxelles, 2003, Credits Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli.

Arc-en-Ciel, 2003

Wood and paint, 27,5x115x20 cm
Mauro Staccioli Archive Museum, Volterra

The Lainé Square in Brussels is characterized by a large rectangular French garden that connects Forest Park and Duden Park. It is also a traffic-intensive area because it is marked by the presence to the north of a roundabout where the avenues Massenet, Gabriel Fauré and Reine Marie-Henriette converge. In 2001, Staccioli intervened in the northern area of Piazza Lainè where he created an “arc-en-ciel”, a rainbow that is also symbolically intended to represent a bridge connecting the two parks adjacent to the square. Relating to the environment, Staccioli’s corten sign is characterised by a purity and formal balance that mitigates, at least visually, the massive city traffic.