Viareggio, the complaint: Giulio Turcato's work removed and thrown like trash among the weeds

In Viareggio, in recent days, an important work by Giulio Turcato (Mantua, 1912 - Rome, 1995), Le Oceaniche, donated in 1990 by the master of Italian abstractionism to the municipality of Viareggio and installed in Piazza Puccini, had been removed from its location, arousing indignation and raising doubts about its destination. The “mystery” had a solution this morning: images of the sculpture, disassembled, appeared in a municipal warehouse, resting on the ground on the grass and behind some dumpsters.

Denouncing the state of the work this morning were, with two independent Facebook posts, city councilor Alessandro Santini (Northern League) and journalist Rossella Martina, coordinator of Italia Viva in the city: both are lashing out at the city administration led by center-left independent Giorgio Del Ghingaro. “This is what happened to the sails in Puccini Square: thrown like trash among the weeds at the municipal depot,” writes Rossella Martina on social. “The sculptural complex of Maestro Turcato, one of the greatest exponents of Italian abstractionism, donated to the city of Viareggio and since the 1990s placed in Puccini Square, has been removed by order of the municipal administration and thrown among the weeds at the municipal depot of the former slaughterhouses. This is Del Ghingaro’s respect for Viareggio and the great artists who loved it.”

On the other hand, Santini is sarcastic, showing photos of the work on the ground at the municipal depot, commenting, "Ladies and gentlemen, here is the new museum of the City of Viareggio. Here is where Mayor Del Ghingaro and Culture Councilor Mei have placed the sculpture Le Oceaniche by Giulio Turcato, which until yesterday was in Piazza Puccini." The PD, on the other hand, has announced a question, set for tomorrow, in order to clarify the affair of the Oceaniche “that ended up among the garbage in the municipal warehouse of the Macelli,” the party writes in a statement. Indeed, everyone is waiting for clarification and wants to know what the destination of Turcato’s important work will be.

Pictured: Giulio Turcato’s Oceaniche in their location in Puccini Square, and the work dismantled in the municipal warehouses in a photo by the Viareggio PD and in a photo by Councilman Santini.

Viareggio, the complaint: Giulio Turcato's work removed and thrown like trash among the weeds

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