The contemporary art collection of the Archaeological Parks of Paestum and Velia also includes the work “L’attesa” by the artist Sergio Vecchio, who passed away prematurely in 2018.The work, now an integral part of the heritage of the National Archaeological Museum of Paestum, represents a tangible sign of the desire to keep his memory alive through art, entrusting it to a place that symbolizes the history and cultural identity of the area.“The donation of this canvas is a homecoming for Sergio Vecchio, an artist who has always experienced Paestum viscerally, marking its ancient and contemporary landscape with his painting – declares the Director of Parks, Tiziana D’Angelo – With great emotion and gratitude towards Bruna Alfieri we welcome “L’Attesa” into the Pesta collection.
The work will once again bring Sergio Vecchio’s gaze into the Museum, creating for visitors a new perspective on the past of Poseidonia-Paestum”.The painting, created using oil painting on canvas, depicts an ox and a donkey facing each other, set in a nocturnal landscape where the colonnade of a Doric temple can be recognized. Sergio Vecchio, a painter and sculptor from Pesta, had undertaken a fruitful dialogue between art and archaeology in his homeland, which culminated in two important exhibitions at the Parks: Sancta Venera. Contemporary art and archaeology in Paestum (2016) in the industrial plant of the former Cirio factory and In the place of the story (2018) at the National Archaeological Museum of Paestum. The canvas, kindly donated by the Vecchio family, was acquired by the State heritage with inventory number 25.M267-1.1 and is permanently displayed in a space dedicated to it in the Museum.
I Parchi archeologici di Paestum e Velia sono un istituto del Ministero della Cultura dotato di autonomia speciale, iscritto dal 1998 nella lista del patrimonio mondiale UNESCO.
The Archaeological Parks of Paestum and Velia; an institute of the Ministry of Culture, with special autonomy and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998.
