EXPLAINEDTHE MAKERS
The Third Paradise in Wheat
2019 · Parco dell'Anima, Noto · Sicily · Italy
WHAT IT IS
Three linked rings, the artist Michelangelo Pistoletto's 'Third Paradise' symbol, traced into a field of ancient Sicilian wheat. The crop formation as signed art.
WHERE IT STANDS
Explained. Made by people: its makers are known, or have shown how it was done.
STATUS IS OUR CURRENT ASSESSMENT, NOT A VERDICT · REVIEWED 5 OCT 2026
THE RECORD
- DATE
- 2019
- PLACE
- Parco dell'Anima, Noto · Sicily · Italy
- MADE BY
- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- TYPE
- The makers
- TECHNICAL
- Ancient russello wheat · the Third Paradise sign · made with the artist in June 2019 for a seed-biodiversity park · photographed December 2020
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