Olbia-Costa Smeralda F. Airport ar Away so Close / So far, so close is the title of Vincenzo Pattusi’s work which marks the debut and seals an agreement between Geasar and the MAN Museum, in the belief that art, with its pervasiveness, is increasingly part of our lives, more than ever outside from the confines of its place par excellence, the museum, and outside the clichés, understood both in a physical and figurative sense. In this sense the airport is no longer seen as a “non-place” but as a place in common, as the center of a community in transit that inhabits it even if for a few minutes or a few hours.

The project measures focus, the ability of our gaze to distinguish but also to confuse, to concentrate on different aspects of a reality that is always variable and complex. He invites us to decide, to choose, perhaps just to prefer. It measures our changing interest in the foreground or background, guides us to discover a detail or simply summarizes by preserving the memory of a place for an instant or forever. Nothing is thrown away, least of all the past that belongs to us as well as the future we dream of .

This collaboration is the culmination of a process that began last year, with our first contacts to create a new mode of communication in our terminal, and also represents a starting point for the development of partnerships that bring the airport world closer to other quality circuits. Geasar has made a large showcase available to fill it with content and allow the circulation of ideas and new visions also through art. Geasar began its exhibition activity with the project Art Port Gallery, which saw the birth of the museum space in April 2010 with the first exhibition dedicated to archeology in collaboration with the Superintendence for archaeological heritage for the Provinces of Sassari and Nuoro: exceptionally exposed the fragment of a cogwheel attributed to the Planetarium of Archimedes and the funerary objects composed of table ceramics coming from the subsoil of the city of Olbia and referable to ancient history. A few months later he was born Art – Port Corner , which in this month of May has reached its eleventh exhibition of works by Sardinian artists. The wall that welcomes them is inserted inside the self-service and has the aim of stimulating the visual sensations of customers sitting at the Kara Food . The last section, perhaps the most relevant in terms of size and prestige, is the Art Port Wall signed in his first exhibition by the MAN Museum. The exhibition consists of six reproductions, printed on canvas, belonging to the figurative production of Vincenzo Pattusi. The works are displayed on frames located in the central hall and reach a length of one hundred and thirty linear metres. An impressive exhibition with an entirely Sardinian background represented by the repeated motifs of the Sardinian carpet. The subjects in the foreground, however, are particularly captivating and look at the passengers in motion. The work Far Away, so Close/So far, so close it forces us to reflect on what we are and on the variability, differences or distances that the cultural stratifications that characterize each individual can produce.

Vincenzo Pattusi lives and works in Nuoro. He is 33 years old and, after graduating in Art History and a master’s degree in Conservation and Restoration, he began his collaboration with the MAN Museum, taking care of the educational workshops and taking care of the exhibitions. At the same time he follows his artistic passion, which began on the streets together with writers, producing personal exhibitions and participating in group exhibitions in Sardinian and Italian art galleries. Among his latest exhibitions he catalogs the exhibition of illustrations created to celebrate “Sa die de sa Sardigna” at Palazzo Regio in Cagliari and the collective “Le roots in sky” in Sassari. In 2011 he participated in the 54th Venice Biennale – Sardinia Region.