l Cielo sopra Firenze is the title of the new exhibition by the artist Emanuele Giannelli, which will be open to the public in Piazza San Lorenzo and Piazza del Duomo from 20 February to 15 May 2025.
After the great success of Mr. Arbitrium's installation next to the Basilica of San Lorenzo in 2022, the Roman artist returns with his works in Piazza San Lorenzo, next to the Basilica of the same name, and in Piazza del Duomo, in front of the entrance to Palazzo Strozzi Sacrati, the seat of the Tuscan Regional Government.
Giannelli's exhibition is inspired by Wim Wenders' famous film The Sky Above Berlin, but the parallels do not stop at the title: just as in Wenders' film the guardian angels move around the city, visible only to children, the artist tells of the visionaries in Florence who looked to the sky and were able to build its history thanks to their thinking.
With the sculptures in the squares, The Watcher and Korf17, the artist invites us to look elsewhere in search of a philosophical and spiritual dimension, a fantastic vision, a perception of the transcendent.
The Watcher portrays a man on a journey, intent on gazing into the universe: he is a bridge between man and his spiritual and religious quest. Korf17, on the other hand, solemn and hieratic, represents a man who wants to perceive a distant space while wearing a virtual reality goggle that takes the observer beyond reality.
The initiative is promoted and organised by the Opera Medicea Laurenziana and the Region of Tuscany.
