NAPOLI – Nella città più tumultuosa e caotica d’Italia, la metropolitana più straordinaria al mondo è nata.
Le stazioni sono state disegnate da alcuni grandi architetti e le stazioni assomigliano ad un museo. L’idea è semplice: portare l’arte contemporanea più vicino ai pendolari, che sono, per definizione, distratti e in fretta.
Le piattaforme e i corridoi della metro della città partenopea sono cosparsi di dipinti, sculture, affreschi, mosaici e foto. Non c’è bisogno di rinchiudersi in un museo o una galleria d’arte per assorbirle.
A Napoli, una delle città storicamente più vive del mondo dal punto di vista della cultura, l’arte finisce in strada. Le stazioni della metropolitana sono sempre state considerate come di “nessuno”: ora, grazie a questa iniziativa, hanno acquisito un’identità
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People walk in the amazing 'Cilea-Quattro Giornate' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. In this station worrying seated models wearing helmets observe commuters passing by on elevators. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
Children play football outside the 'Salvator Rosa' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. Salvator Rosa Station, designed by Alessandro Mendini on Vomero hill, is noticeable by its two blue domes thrusting up into the sky. Around them, artists realized totems, surrealistic statues, mural frescoes... in an immense symphony of colors, and for the joy of local children who quickly used these strange multicolored objects as football goals. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
People walk in the amazing 'Salvator Rosa' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. Inside the station, commuters are surprized to find a line of old rusty Fiat 500, an installation by Perino and Vele. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
People walk in the amazing 'Museo' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. In this station commuters are welcomed by a gigantic Hercules. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
People walk in the amazing 'Materdei' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. In this station the ramp which leads down the lower levels passes underneath mosaics with ceramic reliefs by Luigi Ontani, a great marine expanse in which fantastic creatures and Neapolitan people splash around with a Pulcinella with the face of the artist. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
Children lay football outside the 'Materdei' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. Entering 'Madredei' station feels like walking inside the dome of a new-age temple. A sort of glass steeple soaring up from the ground. Inside, huge frescoes and mosaics cover the walls. And an endless multicolored corridor made by Sol Lewitt separates the two platforms. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
People walk in the amazing 'Materdei' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. Entering 'Madredei' station feels like walking inside the dome of a new-age temple. A sort of glass steeple soaring up from the ground. Inside, huge frescoes and mosaics cover the walls. And an endless multicolored corridor made by Sol Lewitt separates the two platforms. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
People walk in the amazing 'Materdei' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. Entering 'Madredei' station feels like walking inside the dome of a new-age temple. A sort of glass steeple soaring up from the ground. Inside, huge frescoes and mosaics cover the walls. And an endless multicolored corridor made by Sol Lewitt separates the two platforms. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
People walk in the amazing 'Materdei' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. Entering 'Madredei' station feels like walking inside the dome of a new-age temple. A sort of glass steeple soaring up from the ground. Inside, huge frescoes and mosaics cover the walls. And an endless multicolored corridor made by Sol Lewitt separates the two platforms. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
People walk in the amazing 'Materdei' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. Entering 'Madredei' station feels like walking inside the dome of a new-age temple. A sort of glass steeple soaring up from the ground. Inside, huge frescoes and mosaics cover the walls. And an endless multicolored corridor made by Sol Lewitt separates the two platforms. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
People walk in the amazing 'Materdei' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. Entering 'Madredei' station feels like walking inside the dome of a new-age temple. A sort of glass steeple soaring up from the ground. Inside, huge frescoes and mosaics cover the walls. And an endless multicolored corridor made by Sol Lewitt separates the two platforms. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
People walk in the amazing 'Universita' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. This new station created by Anglo-Egyptian designer Karim Rashid , offers a new sensory and esthetic experience, characterized by soft volumes, light boxes, vivacious florescent colors and innovative materials which can properly accommodate expressive and poetic needs. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
People walk in the amazing 'Universita' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. In this new station created by Anglo-Egyptian designer Karim Rashid , within a long light box (Ikon) on the back wall, a series of figures, seemingly three-dimensional, appear to float. In the center 'Synapsi', a sinuous sculpture in satin-finished steel, recalls human intelligence and in particular the synapses of our brain. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
People walk in the amazing 'Universita' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. This new station created by Anglo-Egyptian designer Karim Rashid , offers a new sensory and esthetic experience, characterized by soft volumes, light boxes, vivacious florescent colors and innovative materials which can properly accommodate expressive and poetic needs. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
People walk in the amazing 'Dante' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. In this station Italian Nicola de Maria realized a gigantic mosaic entitled 'Universe with no bomb, flower kingdom. Seven red angels'. It is a dance consisting of a multitude of small protruding geometric shapes and seven large colourful ovoids. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
People walk in the amazing 'Toledo' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013.In this new station we can see a spectacular mosaics of a blue which is becoming more intense as we go deeper. This brings us to a monumental underground room created in 2012 by catalan artist Oscar Tusquet Blanca, dominated by the charm of the oval mouth of the Crater de luz, a large cone that crosses in depth all levels of the station, connecting the street level with the spectacular hall built 40 meters underground. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. The surrealistic subway stations delight tourists and give an extra vitality tot this already magical city. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
People walk in the amazing 'Toledo' metro station in Naples, Italy on February 1, 2013. In this station we can see this digital printing by Achille Cevoli : 'Men at work, 2012'. In the tumultuous and chaotic Italian city, the world?s most extraordinary subway is born. Imagined by Italy?s greatest architects, the stations look like a fantastic museum. The idea is a simple one: to bring contemporary art closer to commuters, who are by definition distracted and in a hurry. Platforms and corridors of Naple?s subway are sprinkled with paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics and photographs. No need to shut oneself in a museum or a gallery to absorb art... In Naples, art takes to the street or rather under the street, in the womb of one of the world?s culturally richest towns. The subway stations, which have always been considered as 'no man?s land', have thus acquired an identity. The line number one is the network?s artistic jewel. It links up the 'museum- stations: Universita, Toledo, Dante, Museo, Cilea-Quattro Giornate, Salvator Rosa, Materdei, Rione Alto. Here, commuters buy their tickets from an office that looks like a modern art museum or even a third type church. They walk through corridors covered with frescoes, mosaics and statues. Bright colors alternate with pastel tons. All shapes are found. Photo by Eric Vandeville /ABACAPRESS.COM LaPresseOnly Italy
