MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO
'Ogni punto è il centro dell'universo, ogni persona è il centro della società'

Organised by the Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in Santiago the show focuses on turning the individual into an active player in society and aims to express the concept of participatory art, in which the viewer becomes the author, and also the artist’s social mission, which consists in transforming individuals into committed members of society. The exhibition includes the installation titled 'Love Difference' representing Latin America: a large table surrounded by 33 chairs, each one of which is the expression of a characteristic style; the performance “Twenty-Six Less One”, that consisted of 26 mirrors of exactly the same size hung around the walls of a large Museum hall. The 25 mirrors broken by the artist – leaving only one intact – unveiled the word “understand” written in 25 different languages.  One of the artist’s most emblematic artworks, 'The Third Paradise', was hung in the large entrance hall of the MAC. Least but no last, the attended performance led by Pistoletto himself, who rolled a ball of newspapers of approximately one meter in diameter along the trajectory from the La Moneda Palace to the MAC.