Fondazione Stazione dell'arte Ulassai

FOUNDATION STATION ART ULASSAI

The art station is the culmination of the ambitious project that Maria Lai and country of Ulassai have cultivated for over a ventennio.Un long journey, started from the magic of the mountain Bind event, which had as its protagonist, the ' ulassese entire community. From that 1981 other interventions have followed, evidence of the intense bond that the artist keeps with his country of origin, up to the decision to give the share a significant part of his research that has been collected and exhibited in the spaces of Foundation. So Ulassai, from country insulation symbol of Ogliastra region, and become one of the island's cultural community centers. The art station occupies three blocks of the old train station that was built just outside the village, on a floor that overlooks the valley below and overlooks the scenic switchbacks that lead to Jerzu. The spaces have been renovated in a modern Museum of Contemporary Art, which is not limited to welcome the donated works by the artist, but open to other artistic disciplines such as music and theater, and in particular, it engages in a important work of education to the reading of the works of art.

FOUNDATION STATION ART ULASSAI

The "art station" is the result of the ambitious project Which Maria Lai and the Ulassai villagers have worked on for over twenty years. A long journey, Which had as its protagonist not only the artist but Also the entire community of Ulassai. Since 1981 a number of events have taken place, as proof of the strong bond between the artist and her country of origin, including the decision to donate to the museum project to significant part of her works. As a result, from being an isolated village in the Ogliastra region, Ulassai has become a cultural community center of Sardinia. The "art station" occupies the three buildings of the old train station located just outside the village, on a plateau overlooking the valley and the picturesque and fascinating road, full of hairpin bends, That lead to Jerzu. Renovation has Transformed the space into a modern Museum of Contemporary Art, Which it is not only confined to the work donated by the artist but it is Also open to other disciplines such as music and theater, and it is Particularly committed to working towards educating and interpretation of the works of art.

Why it is worth visiting The museum is unique in its kind, because it has the most extensive collection, a hundred works of one of the greatest contemporary artists, made with different techniques and materials such as terracotta, frames, ceramics, paintings and sewn books. The museum offers not only a place of exposure, but as a place from which closed its rooms opens out, growing up in the country and in the landscape, to its inhabitants. The museum also deals with the organization of exhibitions, workshops and artistic events that can promote knowledge of contemporary art.

Services There is a guided tour, highly specialized, included in the ticket price. There is a bookshop, the art specialist library, thanks to two important donations: Donation Maria Lai, Donation Angela Grilletti Migliavacca. Is there a cloakroom service.

Activities on reservation There is a guided tour, with price to be agreed, which includes a visit to the historic center and in the territory, where you can admire the open-air sculptures by Maria Lai and other contemporary artists; excursions in the territory to the caves of "Su Marmuri", considered among the most extensive in Europe thanks to the breadth of salt and one of only still "live" to the concretions of stalactites and stalagmites in a slow but steady growth; excursions to the country church of Santa Barbara in the late Romanesque style, beside which lie the ancient arcades dating back to the twelfth century.

Accessibility There are architectural barriers.

Museum opening: from 1 May to 30 September from Monday to Sunday from 9:00 to 21:00 from October 1 to April 30 from Monday to Sunday from 9:00 to 19:00