Turcato work behind dumpsters, Viareggio mayor: It's awaiting restoration. It didn't seem relevant

After the controversy raised over the way a work by Giulio Turcato (Mantua, 1912 - Rome, 1995), Le Oceaniche, donated by the master to the city in 1990 (yesterday local members of Italia Viva, Lega and Pd denounced the removal of the sculpture from Piazza Puccini and the abandonment of the work, disassembled, in a municipal warehouse, among the weeds and behind garbage bins), the mayor of the Tuscan municipality, Giorgio Del Ghingaro, a center-left independent, intervened with the intention of clarifying his position, and he did so with a post on Facebook.

Turcato’sOceanics (or “sails,” as they are known in the city), the first citizen wrote, “were removed from the new Piazza Puccini because the pedestals needed maintenance, were corroded and the wind could make the artwork dangerous. They will be fixed up, with all the proper care, and the whole thing will be given new life in a more visible place, so that its colorful beauty will stand out even more. That’s all, nothing more.” To citizens who pointed out to him that in any case the temporary arrangement is completely inappropriate for such a work, Del Ghingaro merely replied that Le Oceaniche “will be properly arranged so that it will be safer.” On the doubts about the lack of communication to the citizens, who were not informed about the operation, the mayor responded by saying “it did not seem to me a relevant thing, moving statues to restore them.”

Pictured is Turcato’s work in the municipal Macelli depot in Viareggio.

Turcato work behind dumpsters, Viareggio mayor: It's awaiting restoration. It didn't seem relevant

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