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Chiesa di Sant’Antonio
It was founded in 1341 with
the annexed convent, destroyed during World War II, and underwent
several restorations in 1392, ordered by Pietro Gambacorti. It was
reconstructed after the war as it was at the end of the XVIII century.
The lower part of the façade, made by Lupo and Giovanni di Gante and
Simone di Matteo from Siena, has bichrome marble rows (1399-1410).
Behind the courtyard, there is a large ("Universal Peace") by
Keith Hering (1989).
Keith Haring mural
It is one of the very few outdoor public works created by Haring for
permanent display, not ephemeral and destined to be used only as one in
a series of temporary mass communications. In fact, he spent longer
producing it, a full week, than the one or two days it took him to paint
most other murals. On the first day, working alone, and without any
preparatory sketches, Haring drew the black outline. For the rest of the
week, he was assisted by students and craftsmen from the Caparol Center,
the suppliers of the acrylic tempera paint, selected for it’s vibrancy
and durability, filling in the outlines. The mural’s title, is “Tuttomondo”,
sums up the artist’s constant pursuit of interaction with the public,
represented in this instance by the central, eye-level running yellow
figure. The 30 figures in the mural evoke Haring’s typical vitality,
and his ceaseless creative energy, energy which allowed him to create
and leave behind this anthem to life only a few months before his death
from AIDS.
www.haring.com
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