Spirits of the Landscape: Marco Kalach at OBC Sculpture, Tuscany
Through a series of sculptural interventions, the artist establishes new relationships between material, nature and architecture, integrating his practice into an environment where the history of the site becomes an essential part of the experience of the work.
The season continues on 17 July with the opening of Spirits of the Landscape at OBS Sculpture, a part of Association Orto Botanico Corsini in Porto Ercole, Tuscany. Part of the historic Corsini family estate, the botanical garden is among the region's most significant heritage sites and, in recent years, has developed a contemporary art programme dedicated to commissioning site specific projects that engage with its architecture, history and landscape.
Created specifically for this setting, Marco Kalach's installation reflects on the landscape as a cultural construct in constant transformation. Through a series of sculptural interventions, the artist establishes new relationships between material, nature and architecture, integrating his practice into an environment where the history of the site becomes an essential part of the experience of the work.
Represented by Georgina Pounds Gallery, Marco Kalach presents this project as part of an ongoing collaboration between the Orto Botanico Corsini gardens and Georgina Pounds, who has previously served as an advisor to the programme and has facilitated the participation of other contemporary artists within this context. Spirits of the Landscape supported by the Regione Toscana and the Comunedi Monte Argentario, bringing together Italian cultural institutions and the gallery in the development of a new site specific commission.
