Metro Art ANM
The Art Stations along Line 1 of the underground in Naples, managed by ANM, are the result of a project by the municipal administration in Naples. They have inaugurated a new way of devising transit areas which combines architecture and art.
The main purpose of the Art Stations is to preserve the crucial points of the urban transportation’s network from the anonymity and the homogeneity that usually characterizes stations, airports, highways.
The architectures were designed by internationally famous designerssuch as Àlvaro Siza, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Dominique Perrault, Oscar Tusquets, Karim Rashid, Gae Aulenti, Alessandro Mendini.
Each station has its own stylistic features and was designed specifically for the area it would serve. The designers were also assigned the task of redesigning the surrounding street system and furniture, bringing to new life areas previously abandoned and so doing a strong social requalification and aesthetic rehabilitation were brought about in large areas of the urban fabric.
At the same time, under the artistic coordination by Achille Bonito Oliva, more than 150 works of art by 80 protagonists of contemporary art have been placed inside and outside the stations. There are site-specific paintings, sculptures, mosaics, ceramics, photographs and installations directly commissioned to internationally famous artists.
This strategy aims to improve citizen’s quality of life, not only in physical but also in moral and intellectual terms, and to make the use of public transportation a more attractive experience.
The Art Stations are managed by the Neapolitan Mobility Company which, together with the city transport service, promotes the knowledge of this great artistic heritage of the city of Naples.
They propose guided tours, educational activities for students and creative workshops for children and a wide range of educational services enriched by the scientific contribution of art historians, to meet the growing demand for international tourism and the prestige of one of the largest public art collections in the world.
The Neapolitan Mobility Company with the Metro Art Tour educational services enhance the rich heritage of underground art and architecture with educational visits, itinerant themed lessons, creative workshops for the little ones.
For those who wish to organise a tailor-made guided tour of the Art Stations, ANM offers the Metro Art Your Tour service.
e-mail address: infoarte@anm.it
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