Street art in Turin. 9 itineraries to discover urban art Street art in Turin | Page 39

We start our tour from Pozzo Strada, in via Giuseppe
Sapeto 18, where on a wall stands a long colored mural
without title made by various authors.
Crossing via Maria Mazzarello and continuing north along
corso Brunelleschi, we take via Monte Ortigara where, at
number 95, in the garden of the library Carluccio, we can
see the bronze sculpture Ai caduti sul lavoro (2005) by
Salvatore Vitale, a former metalworker who had to suffer the
partial amputation of a hand following an accident in the
workshop. The monument represents a shred of man
holding himself on one hand, deliberately made larger than
normal to emphasize the extraordinary effort. A work that
recalls the recent past of the city, made of industries and
workers.
Next to the sculpture of Vitale, there is the bronze bust that
the artist Lena Kosova dedicated to the Russian poet
Vladimir Majakovskij: it is the only monument to the artist in
Italy.
Continuing on via Ortigara to the corner with via
Castellino, you can see the outer wall of the kindergarten
J.J. Rousseau, which houses a colorful mural made by Mr.
Thoms for Picturin 2012, depicting a young boy happy to
open his mind through culture, a work that aims to be a real
source of inspiration for children preparing for a long school
career.
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