Fausto Melotti (Rovereto, 1901 – Milano, 1986)
A great admirer of Fausto Melotti’s work, Giuliano Goribegan frequenting the artist’s atelier in Milan (formerly Lucio Fontana’s studio) in the 1960s. An affectionate friendship developed, which also includedMelotti’s cousin, the art critic Carlo Belli. In the 1970s, their relationship deepened just as the project of environmental art was taking shape. In 1975, on the occasion of Pina and Giuliano Gori’s golden wedding anniversary, Melottipresented them with an original bed with a headboard he designed using silver, rock crystal, and two intertwined wires symbolizing love.
In the early 1980s, various collaborations for projects in Tuscany emerged from the friendship between the two men, with the extraordinary retrospective at Forte Belvedere in Florence in 1981 being the first. To ensure the success of the event, organized in a very short time, the collector worked with administrative offices and also managed to find the skilled workers needed to prepare the stainless steel artworks to be exhibited on the terraces of the Fortress. After the exhibition, the artwork Tema e variazioni II was transported to Celle and installed on the park’s smaller lake. Later on, the monumental “Amore,” nearly eleven meters tall, was installed in front of Villa Celle.
