Art blooms on iconic sloping grass roof at NTU Singapore

Art is in full bloom on the sloping grass roof of the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore).

A living art installation created by world-renowned Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto now adorns the curving green roof of the NTU art school. The work comprises three large connecting circles spanning 41 metres at its longest length.

Pistoletto is renowned for his Mirror Paintings - artworks made of human size mirrors that have been displayed in major galleries and museums across Europe and the United States since the 1960s.

His Third Paradise conceptual art work on display at NTU Singapore uses a symbol he has created that plays on the mathematical infinity sign, with two smaller circles on opposing ends that represent nature’s paradise and an artificial paradise. For the first living installation in Asia of his Third Paradise, he has used the Red Sessile Joyweed plant , an edible local shrub that is also made into herbal tea.

“The artificial world has provided mankind with comforts, but also led to the deterioration of our natural environment,” said Mr Pistoletto. “The central circle in the symbol, the Third Paradise, represents a world in which there is an ideal balance between human activities and nature, something which is indispensable in order to ensure the survival of mankind.”

The installation will be displayed till 10 February and is supported by modern and contemporary art gallery Partners & Mucciaccia.