Dolls, flowers, colourful puppets reminding of the famous American sweets Marshmallows. This is the new surprising inspiration of Flavio Lucchini, delighting the people passing-by with an evocative installation in the window-gallery art.box.

Until 30th June.

“Who does not know the ‘Fruit Flavoured Marshmallows’?
It’s enough to remind them to someone who has a smattering of English and suddenly a smile appears and the eyes enlighten. Sweet childhood and naïve sweets, cooked simply, set one serene and in a good mood. The marshmallows, bon-bons with tender colours, are the American symbol of a puritan culture and of a familiar cooking.
My sculptures too aim to provoke a smile and to make our childish, romantic and positive side emerge. To see life through pink lenses. Or even better, through many pastel lenses.
A mawkish art? Yes, sweet and tender. To forget, for a while, about the disgusting things we have every day in front of our eyes.
Art has to stun, to move… well, I feel moved when I see a baby, a flower, a cake, an ice-cream. We must gather the good out of life, which can be found in the simplest things more than in the big things. I certainly appreciate also the “big emotions”, when they happen to arrive. But I enjoy every single moment, even the smallest ones. They are a lot, one only has to recognize them. I try to put them together and make a heap of them every day. Life, in this way, is a little more sweet”.

Flavio Lucchini

www.flaviolucchiniart.com

To emphasize young contemporary art in an innovative way through a Temporary Art action, inserting in the location of via Tortona representative artists and galleries, expressions of the new directions and developments of the visual arts. (con)TemporaryArt in via Tortona and surroundings arises with the objective of being the first artistic “fuorisalone” in Milan. Created by Gisella Borioli and supported by the most sensible operators in the area, the first appointment will be from 31st March until 6th April, under the name of “Aspettando Miart”, underlining the intention of being part of the contemporary-art phenomenon in Milan. (con)TemporaryArt is an artistic project where every location turns into a temporary artistic gallery with a unique and original proposition.
28 locations already adhered to the project and other artistic presences in the area are also confirmed: “artistic dish” in 12 selected restaurants, party with charity auction and a dedicated stand inside MiArt. Vernissage on Monday, 31st March.

www.con-temporaryart.it