The Pinacoteca Nazionale in Sassari hosted a crowded opening of Leonardo Boscani's exhibition "Unità Resistenti" and the first "Tappeto Urbano" (Urban Carpet) created in the museum's courtyard in Piazza Santa Caterina. This marks the first step in a collaborative project between the Pinacoteca and the Archaeological Museum of Nuoro, directed respectively by Maria Paola Dettori and Antonio Cosseddu.
The project, which won the Ministry of Culture's "Il Museo rigenera" competition, brings together visual arts and music, craftsmanship and design, and even extends beyond the museums to continue its work in the "suburbs" of the two cities.
Leonardo Boscani's work is in keeping with the initiative, as the Sassari-born artist has been engaged for years in reinterpreting the island's narrative, and his works offer a contemporary take on the tradition of artistic craftsmanship that in the mid-twentieth century made the Sassari Island Pavilion a center of national and international importance. Cosmic warriors, mouflons, and the mother goddess are the subjects Boscani has depicted on tapestries and rugs made by Sartapp of Samugheo with Sardinian wool, and on ancient basalt stones, laser-engraved.
The first Urban Carpet was also inaugurated, again designed by Boscani: a large tapestry on the floor measuring 5 metres by 5 .
Now it's up to the Municipality of Sassari to give the green light for the other urban carpets that will be created on the streets leading to the Largo delle Monache Cappuccine and the former Infermeria San Pietro, home to the municipal Department of Culture.