BIGLIA, A14 Km 50

The idea to dedicate a work to Marco Pantani, winner of both Giro d’Italia and Tour de France of 1998, came to mind to Romano Cenni, President of the group Mercatone Uno, historic sponsor of the cyclist, one year after this death.
The international competition, launched in the frame of the project, was won by Alessandra Andrini. The work consists of a photograph of the cyclist in pink jersey inserted in a giant transparent plastic ball. Placed next to the highway, the work evokes the marble beach game, and the asphalt strip connecting Bologna to the sea is then perceived as a track on which to play. The work retains the characteristics of the monument, but declines it in a contemporary language, capable of transmitting the memory of the great cyclist in a non-rhetorical manner