Alex Fischer, Proscenium, 20190725
Proscenium, 20190725

Proscenium

Commission · Via della Spiga (Canada Goose) · Milan, Italy · July 2019

Production Breakdown

Commissioned for the Canada Goose Art Programme, installed at Canada Goose, Via della Spiga, Milan, Italy.

Proscenium was commissioned in response to the adjacent Manumie glasswork. With its vertical orientation inspired by 14th-Century Milanese painter Bernardino Luini the piece is here sectioned into vertical tiers, and references both the tree-lined streets of Canada's chic urban districts and its expansive and varied natural landscape. The stage is set for exploration as the scene unfolds upwards from its rippled marbled foreground through shores and onto aerial views of coastal cities and mountainous ranges—painted with a historical Canadian landscape aesthetic.