Pedestrians - only: three oeuvres by the Swiss artist on display in the new cultural centrÈs multi-storey car park.
From Wednesday October 17 until Sunday October 21 the new car park of LAC cultural centre has been opened exclusively to pedestrians. From the ramps of the car park three permanent exhibits by Ticino artist Felice Varini were visible to the curious gaze of the open - minded pedestrians. Then, after exhibition closing, the three works are now permanent to remind to the drivers that a functional space can encounter the aesthetic experience.
These works, have a significant role for Lugano city, since they are the first to be acquired for the collection of the new art museum in the LAC, which opening is scheduled for 2014.
The purpose of this collection is to twist the architectural room in order to give birth to casual results, surprises to the eyes, resulting from combination of environment and art works.
The three works were inspired by the same approach: coloured zones that at first sight look like random fragments covering walls, guardrails and railings but which form up into geometric shapes as soon as the observer takes up a precise viewpoint. The images that are revealed to the eye appear to expand and alter space and architecture. Descending the ramp of a predictable and functional place like a car park becomes an experience in perception, a preview of the kind of surprises the LAC has in store.

Since the 1970s Felice Varini, who was born in Locarno in 1952 and now lives in Paris, has been famous for his interventions on urban spaces and architectural structures. Uninterested in the work of art as an object, Varini manipulates space and tries to get viewers directly involved, inviting them to enter the scene and personally set off the mechanisms he has designed to deform perspective and space. Today Varini’s works are on display in the world’s most important museums and characterize entire landscapes.
To mark this preview of Varini in the car park a large number of videos will be shown documenting the career and works of this exceptional artist. Felici Varini’s works are just a foretaste of the kind of activities the LAC museum will be offering: besides being a place for temporary exhibits and a venue for public and private collections, the LAC is also a site where art works are produced.

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VARINI NELL’AUTOSILO
The first work of the collection
of the LAC’s Future Art Museum.
Lugano, September 17-21, 2012
New parking Garage LAC Lugano
Entrance Cantiere Riva Caccia
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