PPAC: Botanical Garden Corsini 4.

How are you, people? I hope you’re having a hooping Sunday. To round up this series, here is more art from the botanical garden in the south of Tuscany last summer.

After two poems in April, inspired by this visit, last week we started our stroll through this exhibition called ENDGAME (after Samuel Beckett’s play) in the botanical garden Corsini in Porto Ercole, and today we round it up.

Last August I was happy to come across an article about this exhibition by chance (Facebook algorithm really knows me by now), or I’d never guess it was about 20 minutes from me. I didn’t even know of the existence of this botanical garden.

It was a hot day so my visiting uncle and I chose the 7 p.m. slot, even though the light for photographs was slowly going. There was an entrance fee but not too high.

Art was various, unlikely and beautiful, and what seemed joyful from afar often proved a little gloomy from closer. This is how it went.

Oh, in Luka news: It’s no fun to get up at 3 a.m. twice in three days only to see your team lose. The Mavs lost twice in a row on the road in the Western Conference final against Golden State Warriors, even though in the second game Luka scored 42 points and they dominated in the first half. And then… in the second half it was like they turned themselves off. On purpose? We shall see. Tonight 3 a.m. again. After all, they can now equalise in two home games, and then they need to win just two more…

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  Let’s start with two permanent fixtures.

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  This is an old place, full of former splendour, like much of Italy.

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  Aha, here is something interesting.

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  Pietro Pasolini: “N 42. 39. 04383, E 11. 2069710”, 2021.

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  Ahh what is that? Mushrooms?

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  Henryk Corsini: “Crying Generation”, 2001. Oh!

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  Federica di Carlo: “Sidereus”, 2021.

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  Tristano di Robilant: “Building for Angels”, 2017.

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  Desideria Corsini: “Agathe”, 2021.

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  Benedetto Pietromarchi: “Untitled”, 2021. It looks quite American.

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  David Worthington: “Green Botanic Pebble”, 2021, made from Guatemala green marble.

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  I loved it but my uncle is not easily impressed.

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  David Worthington: “Orange Sentinel”, 2021, made from Carrara marble.

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  Carlos Garcia Noriega Bueno: “infinito”, 2021.

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  Now I’m sorry that I didn’t approach for some closeups.

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  A glimpse of a new world.

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  Giada Ripa: “Untitled #3: Solfatara” (from Iconema and Displacement series), 2013.

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  Giada Ripa: “Untitled #1 Sculpture” (from Iconema and Displacement series), 2013.

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  Giada Ripa: “Untitled #2 Hot Springs” (from Iconema and Displacement series), 2013.

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  This is not Tuscany and she is no tourist.

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  As we were strolling, I noticed the neighbours were doing some proper, free public art on the other side of the fence.

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  And this one I liked the most. Fill your own frame. Be your own content provider.

In this series, from the ENDGAME exhibition in Orto botanico Corsini, Porto Ercole, August 2021:

• Boy with deer (poem on two statues)
• Hanging tree (poem on an artistic intervention)
• First half of exhibits
• Second half of exhibits (this post)

For Photographing Public Art Challenge (PPAC) hosted by Marsha at Always Write