Dutch street art in six Italian cities: second stop is in Molise

HollAndMe - Dutch Street Art In Six Italian Cities, the urban art project, part of the broader cultural (S)viewpoints program of the Embassy and Consulate General of the Netherlands in Italy in partnership with INWARD - National Observatory on Urban Creativity and in collaboration with six ACUs - Associations for Urban Creativity from all over Italy, continues. The project has in fact reached its second stage, in Santa Croce di Magliano (Campobasso).

The protagonist is the Dutch artist Maaike Canne, an illustrator living in Rotterdam, who was called to the Molise territory by ACAG - Associazione Culturale Antonio Giordano on the occasion of the eighth edition of PAG - Premio Antonio Giordano. Since 2014, the intent of PAG has been to establish a strong dialogue between the works and the territory: the artists called to intervene in the Molise municipality, have always dealt with issues related to local culture or architecture of the place.

Maaike Canne’s style and multifaceted nature, which combines tradition, architecture and design, is a spokesperson for a universal message: it addresses both the viewer and the urban space, thus returning to the territory an intervention that is actually an invitation to stop and contemplate the scene and immerse oneself in an ideal, dreamlike world.
Canne’s work is intended to stimulate the imagination, somehow fueling optimism.

“We are thrilled to bring Dutch urban art to Molise by supporting the work of such an original, vibrant and powerful creative mind,” says Bas Ernst, cultural attaché at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Rome, “and to do so in partnership with the Antonio Giordano Prize, whose mission converges with our goal of generating dialogue on social issues through art. Maaike Canne’s work has many levels of interpretation and is a poetic testimony to how our inner and outer worlds interact.”

Daydream, this is the title of the work, is deeply influenced by the liminal spaces of architecture and nature of the land on which the artist created: this dreamlike mural represents a reality between two worlds that coexist side by side, seeming familiar but surreal at the same time. The work allows the viewer to think simultaneously in two and three dimensions, thus offering the feeling of being both outside and inside it, while space, perspective and color play an important role in setting the scene. “Times are and have been tough for many people,” said the artist. “So I desperately wanted to create a relaxing and serene work that would allow people to get away from everyday stress for a moment. A place where everyone could dream a little and reflect.”

Made with quartz acrylic paints, the work is painted on the wall of an early 20th-century building, a typical working-class home that lines the historic center of Santa Croce di Magliano. Overlooking one of the busiest streets in the Molise municipality, Daydream thus becomes an integral part of an open-air gallery along with forty other urban art interventions made in the last seven editions of the Prize.

Daydream is part of HollAndMe, a project that is part of the broader (S)points of View, a cultural program of the Embassy and Consulate General of the Netherlands in Italy that, for 2021, intends to bring new examples of Dutch creativity to the attention of the Italian public at large, creating, also through the disruptive force of Urban Art, a dialogue around social issues such as human rights, climate change and inclusion.

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Dutch street art in six Italian cities: second stop is in Molise

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