Tuttomondo, Mural at Sant'Antonio Abate church, Pisa, Italy
Tuttomondo is a large outdoor painting on the exterior wall of the Sant'Antonio Abate church in Pisa, Italy. The work displays thirty connected figures across 180 square meters, painted in bright colors with strong black outlines.
American artist Keith Haring finished the work in June 1989 after meeting Italian student Piergiorgio Castellani in New York. The execution took one full week, representing a longer working time than his usual public projects.
Haring rarely titled his works, but he proposed Tuttomondo himself in Italian, meaning 'all the world', to state the mural's theme of unity and peace. The composition holds 30 interlocking figures: at the centre four bodies joined at the waist form the Pisan cross, while near the street a yellow walking figure stands for the passer-by heading towards the Leaning Tower.
The painting sits close to Pisa Central Station on Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II and is freely accessible at any time. You can view it in any daylight without paying admission or observing opening hours.
Haring chose this church wall after walking through Pisa together with Castellani, who had shown him several possible locations. The finished work became one of his last major public commissions, as the artist passed away less than a year later.
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