Italian artist Mimmo Paladino interprets the eternal modernity of Don Quijote. A large installation, fifteen bronzes and paintings, forty watercolours, an artist’s book for a surprising journey in Don Quijote’s imaginary world. The works by Paladino are a trip in the universe of the “sad knight”, so far away in the story of his adventures and his fantastic battles against the windmills, but also so close, in his emotional and sentimental reactions, to modern day.
Paladino, as director, continues the story of “his” Quijote also on the big screen, with a cast: the pop singers Peppe Servillo, from Avion Travel, and Lucio Dalla are Don Quijote and Sancho Panza, the artist Enzo Cucchi is Merlin the Wizard, the actor Alessandro Bergonzoni is Wizard Festone and Ginestra Paladino is Dulcinea.
Paladino is also the author of the pictures for a precious artist’s book entitled Don Quijote, published by Editalia (Gruppo Istituto Poligrafico-Zecca dello Stato). The pictures by the artist interface with the lines by the poet Giuseppe Conte narrating “the legendary Mediterranean hero “.
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