Ornellaia has commissioned Michelangelo Pistoletto, one of Italy’s most important and influential artists, to interpret ‘La Celebrazione’ for Vendemmia d’Artista Ornellaia 2010. The artist has created labels for an extremely limited and individually-signed and numbered series of large-size bottles.

The Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto

Michelangelo Pistoletto, born in Biella in 1933, is internationally recognized as one of the most important and influential artists of the world’s artistic community. Since the sixties, Pistoletto achieved international acclaim for his performances, sculptures and installations, in particular for his mirror paintings that include the presence of the viewer in the work. His introduction, in this body of work, of the dimensions of time and space, formed the basis of his subsequent artistic production and theory. Among the most significant protagonists of the Arte Povera movement, Pistoletto pursues from the very beginning a rigorous inquiry about the self portrait, representation and reality. Charismatic personality and promoter of cultural movements, he founded in the nineties Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella and the University of Ideas. This project aimed to put art at the centre of our intellectual discourse, with the goal of pursuing a comprehensive transformation of civil society.