“Egg: the Utopia of Form” (Uovo: l’Utopia della Forma) is the original exhibition on view this week at the Bompiani pastry shop in Rome: 30 Easter chocolate eggs inspired by the works of modern and contemporary artists, such as Da Klee, Kandinsky, Malevic, Léger, Boccioni, Brancusi, Pollock, Burri, Fontana, Mertz and Basquiat.
Now in its third edition, the exhibit’s goal is to spark interest and curiosity toward the world of art, while at the same time stressing the sensory aspect of it all, tied to chocolate.
Alongside the “artistic eggs” are those decorated by pastry chef and chocolatier Walter Musco, who has used high quality Valrhona chocolate, either milk or dark, and are ideal for an impressive gift. Although all of them edible, Musco himself suggests not to eat them, but to keep them as decorations.
Watch artsy egg-making:
