Sculture di tovaglioli ripiegati

Le foto delle opere di Joan Sallas, che si ispira a un'arte molto diffusa durante il Rinascimento italiano e nella Germania del XVII secolo

BATH, ENGLAND - JANUARY 31: Frohmut Zscheckel helps put the finishing touches to artist Joan Sallas' 1.5-metre-high folded linen table fountain he is displaying as part of a new exhibition 'Folded Beauty: Masterpieces in Linen', which is opening at the Holbourne Museum on January 31, 2013 in Bath, England. The exhibition of the lost art of linen folding, examples of which would once have graced the dining tables of Kings and Emperors in seventeenth century Europe, will include animals, flowers and even miniature buildings and fountains all made from intricately starched and folded linen. This is the first UK exhibition by the world's leading authority on historic linen folding who has previously exhibited his work across Europe and the USA. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
BATH, ENGLAND - JANUARY 31: Frohmut Zscheckel helps put the finishing touches to artist Joan Sallas' 1.5-metre-high folded linen table fountain he is displaying as part of a new exhibition 'Folded Beauty: Masterpieces in Linen', which is opening at the Holbourne Museum on January 31, 2013 in Bath, England. The exhibition of the lost art of linen folding, examples of which would once have graced the dining tables of Kings and Emperors in seventeenth century Europe, will include animals, flowers and even miniature buildings and fountains all made from intricately starched and folded linen. This is the first UK exhibition by the world's leading authority on historic linen folding who has previously exhibited his work across Europe and the USA. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Dal 3 febbraio al 28 aprile l’Holburne Museum di Bath, in Inghilterra, ospiterà la mostra Folded Beauty: Masterpieces in Linen (L’arte piegata: capolavori in lino), che espone le elaborate opere realizzate dall’artista spagnolo Joan Sallas piegando meticolosamente dei tovaglioli in lino. L’arte di piegare tovaglioli per abbellire le tavole delle corti e delle più ricche case europee si diffuse nel Medioevo, divenne sempre più raffinata durante il Rinascimento italiano e toccò il suo apice nel XVII secolo in Germania. Sallas – un artista catalano che vive in Germania – ha iniziato a lavorare con gli origami finché non ha scoperto l’esistenza dell’arte di piegare i tovaglioli: fece numerose ricerche, studiò i manuali dell’epoca e diventò il principale esperto in materia, imparando a riprodurre perfettamente gli originali. A gennaio Sallas ha lavorato insieme al suo assistente per realizzare all’interno del museo di Bath una fontana da tavolo alta 1,5 metri e fiancheggiata da animali, tra cui un serpente di tre metri, piante ed elementi architettonici, tutti ispirati a modelli originali.