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pictures courtesy of Cristina Calicelli |
A garden in Italy with a lot of poles bearing colorful devices, that can rotate in the wind: ventole in Italian, fans or, my favourite, whirligigs in English.
Life and work
This art environment, located in the Lombardian community of Cremona, Italy, is a creation by Giacomo Rebecchi (born 1932).
Rebecchi had a job as a machinist with the Italian railways and when in the 1980s he got retired, he began constructing mobiles, using wheels of discarded bicycles and all kinds of recycled material, which he painted in bright colours.
In January 2012, when this article was first published, the garden all together had some fifty poles with these colorful mobiles and constructions on top. A number of the creations have been dedicated to members of Rebecchi's family.
Almost twelve years later, in December 2023 the garden is still maintained by Rebecchi, who is now 91 years old.
Documentation
* Article in the website Costruttori di Babele
* Article (December 2023) on the new French website Tipeek Photos
first published January 2012, last revised July 2024
Giacomo Rebecchi
Il giardino delle ventole
Via dei Ferrovieri Caduti 7
26100 Cremona, Lombardia, Italy
can be seen from the street
superbe..je ne connaissais pas..
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