Piazze d’Italia by Giorgio de Chirico

Through perspective, de Chirico frames in a unitary space the fragments of the past and visions of the future.

The artist imagines views of of ancient cities that overlap with visions of modern cities, taken from places where he himself lived:\

They are places where public space is uninhabited by man and comes populated with objects – fragments, ruins, arches, arcades, street corners, walls, buildings, towers, chimneys, trains, statues, mannequins –

all estranged from their usual context emerge with all their iconic strength becoming unrealistic, mysterious, and enigmatic.