Ab Urbe Condita - for EXPO 2015, Milan

Title

Ab Urbe Condita - for EXPO 2015, Milan

Year

2015

Works

Notes

Invited by the Municipality of Bergamo to create a temporary installation for the Pavilion that would host the city's finest products for a week during Expo 2015 in Milan, Mastrovito came up with a pictorial installation that would fill every single compartment of the library that characterized that space.
This led to the creation of “Ab Urbe Condita,” a mosaic composed of over 430 acrylic-painted cards glued onto a board, depicting the places, characters, and legends that have characterized the city and province of Bergamo from 500 BC to the present day.
Initially conceived as a temporary work for the Expo 2015 spaces, “Ab Urbe Condita” was then installed permanently the following year in the arrivals hall of Orio al Serio Airport (BG), where it covers approximately 50 square meters of wall, accompanied by an explanatory video showing the artist at work during the creation of the artwork.

Details

Ab Urbe Condita, installation view at EXPO 2015

Ab Urbe Condita, installation view at EXPO 2015, detail

Ab Urbe Condita, installation view at Il Caravaggio International Airport, Orio al Serio (BG)