A fairy tale featuring animals will come to life in the streets of Limone’s town center starting on June 10. The village will be transformed by a gentle, colorful, and decidedly larger-than-life invasion. This is Cracking Art, the international art movement that for more than thirty years has been bringing animal-inspired artworks to cities around the world. Throughout the season, its artists will gift the tourist destination with crocodiles, snails, swallows, rabbits, and many other charming protagonists.
Monumental installations will transform Via Roma into an open-air artistic route, with a preview event for journalists and art enthusiasts in mid-June and the official opening on June 26. The exhibition will remain accessible in the town center until September 24.
Founded in 1993, Cracking Art has built its identity around the use of regenerated and recyclable plastic, transformed into sculptures characterized by vivid colors and essential forms.
The creators explain: “Against the backdrop of the Maritime Alps, the sculptures evoke the surrounding natural environment and, through their interaction with the people who live in Limone, generate a fertile interference, a kind of hybridization. From this dialogue between nature and urban space emerge new inspirations and stories to imagine and tell.”
With this project, Limone has chosen to express itself in a new way through contemporary public art, turning a stroll through the village into a journey of installations and details that change the way people perceive everyday spaces, while also opening gateways to the worlds of imagination and play.
The presence of the artworks throughout the urban landscape invites both residents and visitors to view the village from different perspectives. The installations are also striking for their scale: the snails exceed three meters in length, the rabbits reach two and a half meters in height, and the monumental crocodile stretches over five meters long.
The project promoters, My Limone and the Ego Bianchi Association, with the support of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo, aim to create a visually impactful contrast: the rarefied atmosphere of the mountains meeting the industrial plasticity of the artworks; the peaceful landscape and Alpine traditions set against the bright-colored silhouettes of pop animals that burst into streets and squares, creating a captivating sense of surreal irony.
The initiative is sponsored by the Municipality of Limone. Partners include Limone Riserva Bianca, Fiocco di Neve Relais, Mac Miche Restaurant, Galleria d’Arte Senesi, and Ambiente e Servizi Eco Solutions.
