On the occasion of “Siena fa Scacco Matto”, the Festival dedicated to the world of chess held at the Santa Maria della Scala, the SENSI ARTE Contemporary Art Gallery presents a selection of unique pieces related to the game, symbol of art, science and creativity, but above all a metaphor of life itself. In the Italo Calvino Room, in the section of the event dedicated to art, will be exhibited works by artists Alessandro Reggioli and Matteo Nannini.
For the event, Alessandro Reggioli has created a raku ceramics Chess Set. In a sculptural key, the artist employed the ancient Japanese technique to apply it to all six protagonists in the game, from the Queen to the Pawn. The works of Matteo Nannini presented to the public are instead the result of the previous collaboration between the artist and the chess historian Mario Leoncini on the occasion of “Matto in due – Paintings and comics in the world of Chess”. The outcome is a group of different oil paintings depicting historical and well known chess matches never illustrated before.
