Alberto Burri (Città di Castello, 1915 – Nizza, 1995)
After meeting each other in the early 1960s at the artist’s studio-residence in Grottarossa, Rome, Alberto Burri and Giuliano Gori shared a long-lasting friendship characterized by collaboration on various projects, including the exhibition held in Florence at Orsanmichele in 1980-81. Four years later, Burri agreed to design what would become a symbolic work of the Gori Collection, to be placed at the entrance of Fattoria di Celle: an intervention aimed at requalifying the viaMontalese road area. The artist designed the raised green traffic island that serves as base for the work and conceived the sculpture as a see-through piece that does not obstruct road safety. Given the site and the work’s impressive size, Giuliano Gori donated it to the Municipality of Pistoia, which undertook to preserve it completely. In 2015, Goricollaborated on the exhibition “Burri e Pistoia. La Collezione Gori e le fotografie di Amendola,” promoted by the Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e Pescia and held in Palazzo Sozzifanti.
