Flower landscapes
Marsilio
Trivero, Casa Zegna, 16 April - 28 June 2015.
English Text.
Venezia, 2015; paperback, pp. 112, ill., cm 17x23,5.
(Cataloghi).
series: Cataloghi
Other editions available: Edizione Italiana (ISBN: 88-317-2224-7).
ISBN: 88-317-2225-5 - EAN13: 9788831722254
Subject: Graphic Arts (Prints, Drawings, Engravings, Miniatures),Textiles (Tapestries, Carpets, Embroyderies)
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Weight: 0.43 kg
Flower Landscapes are images of flowers printed on fabrics in the treasurable Heberlein division of the Zegna Archives. They are realistic, abstract, graphic and decorative impressions, but they are also the actual flowers that adorn the scenery around Casa Zegna in Trivero. They include the plants that Ermenegildo Zegna wanted along his Panoramic road in a project that shaped the local landscape, but also wild flowers that in all seasons can be picked along mountain paths and used to create amazing recipes.
At the inauguration of the exhibition, on 16th May, it will also be possible to take part in a cooking workshop for children from 6 to 12, with Mina Novello Vachino, an expert in traditional Piemonte cooking and author of Oasi Zegna's new floral recipes.
On Sunday, 17th May, to celebrate the spectacular month of the rhododendrons blossoming, it is proposed a tour of the Rhododendron Bowl with a nature guide.
The Rhododendron Bowl originally created by Ermenegildo Zegna, who planted azaleas, dahlias, hydrangeas and hundreds of rhododendrons, owes its current aspect to the great landscape architect Pietro Porcinai and more recent work by the architect Paolo Pejrone. Since 2014 it has hosted Dan Graham 's "Two Way Mirror, Hedge Arabesque", a contemporary art work under the "All'Aperto" project.