Fiori Freschi

FIORI FRESCHI

Fiori Freschi (Fresh Flowers) consists of 54 color slides created by Clino Castelli in 1967, designed to be projected onto the walls of the Piper Pluriclub in Turin using Carrousel projectors suspended from the nightclub's ceiling.

Each slide represents a “ready-made” flower, obtained by recombining petals from different freshly picked flowers, reassembled and then photographed by the artist using a Rolleiflex 4x4.

These “floral chimeras” reveal the condition of youth and the figurative culture of the time, often characterized by themes of strong formal disarticulation.

The subtle irony that characterizes them anticipates the irreverent spirit of the protests in 1968, which sought new images of “freshness,” where flowers and the “flower children” played a major role.

Limpidity #02, 1967 (ed. 2017)

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Initially, the projection of Fiori Freschi was not part of the program of exhibitions and events at Piper, a venue famous for helping to consolidate the group of artists, gallery owners, and promoters of the Turin art scene, which later became internationally known as Arte Povera. The Kundgebung Program created by Clino Castelli included the Beat Fashion show of Boetti’s clothes, Pistoletto’s Mirrors, Piacentino’s Poles, Gilardi’s Natural Carpets, and Castelli’s Badges—luminescent button-pins that anticipated his research on light (a recurring theme in his artistic and design expression) and were later replaced by the projection of Fiori Freschi.

Fiori Freschi - Work on Paper, 1967 (ed. 2017)

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Fiori Freschi - Work on Paper, 1967 (ed. 2017)

  • 100% Cotton Hahnemühle paper

  • Price available upon request.

Fiori Freschi - Work on Paper, 1967 (ed. 2017)

  • 100% Cotton Hahnemühle paper

  • Price available upon request.