{"product_id":"maria-lai-albero-della-vita-1999","title":"Maria Lai — Albero della Vita (1999)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaria Lai's \u003cem\u003eAlbero della Vita\u003c\/em\u003e, executed in 1999, is one of the most monumental expressions of her mature production: two metres by two metres, mixed media on wood, a unique work in which the tree becomes the metaphor that runs through her entire research, knowledge, memory, relation, and the continuous dialogue between human being, nature and time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Lai's poetics the tree is an archive of life: the roots hold memory and tradition, the branches open towards the future and form a network of connections that recalls the thread, the central element of her language. The choice of wood amplifies the symbolic charge, as the material keeps its organic identity and dialogues with the pictorial and material interventions, producing a surface of rhythm and depth, while the scale turns the subject into an almost architectural presence that involves the viewer physically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorks of this dimension are among the rarest to appear on the market and represent the most prestigious segment of her output; the monumental pieces devoted to memory, nature and relation are among the most significant nuclei of a career now recognised by major Italian and international institutions, from the MAXXI in Rome to the Galleria Nazionale, the MAN in Nuoro and the Fondazione Prada. A museum-grade work, rare both in subject and in scale, that condenses the humanistic vision of one of the most influential Italian artists of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collecto Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58062956691796,"sku":"4223","price":66000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/9083\/7588\/files\/item-4223.png?v=1793445165","url":"https:\/\/collectoarchive.com\/products\/maria-lai-albero-della-vita-1999","provider":"Collecto Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}