Unveiled the artwork celebrating the 20th anniversary of Top Marques
“Le Sillage du Temps": officially presented my work for the 20th anniversary of Top Marques Monaco at the press conference held at the Casino de Monte Carlo
Time leaves its mark, and this year it does so with a recognition that has a very profound value for me. On May 7, during the official opening of Top Marques Monaco, “Le Sillage du Temps,” a work designed to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the event, sponsored by SAS Prince Albert II of Monaco, will be unveiled in its entirety.
This image will become the official cover of Top Marques magazine, but that’s not all: its reproduction will be displayed at different points in Monte Carlo, transforming the city into a small open-air gallery dedicated to speed, movement and creative energy.
After these last ten particular years, facing the difficulties of our times, this expression represents much more than a work of art: it is a dialogue between past and future, between engineering and imagination. The confirmation and the beginning of an important artistic journey, certainly, but above all, the irrefutable demonstration of how creativity is, today more than ever, the key to drawing new visions, overcoming the adversities that time places before us.
Therefore, my artistic vision does not want to limit itself to one privileged medium, but seeks to manifest itself in an idea of “total art,” where visual expression dialogues with writing.
The link with the Principality of Monaco is now rooted in time: my first project here dates back to 2015, when I curated the presentation of a prototype through video and photography precisely at Top Marques. Ten years later, fate has this important recognition in store for me: to create the cover of the 20th anniversary edition of Top Marques, sealing that path of growth and consolidating my connection with the Principality.
The artwork created for the occasion, “Le Sillage du Temps,” is inspired by futurist dynamism and celebrates movement as a creative force. The trace, a symbol of energy and transformation, takes the form of an automobile, leaving the viewer free to imagine its origin and propulsion. The colors evoke the Principality of Monaco, transforming the 20th anniversary of the Monaco supercar show into a new starting point, projected into the future.
“Le Sillage du Temps” is part of a larger collection of works dedicated to the Principality of Monaco to be unveiled in 2025, further exploring how this nation has inspired my artistic journey. I am delighted.
I look forward to seeing you from May 7 to 11, and thank you very much, Top Marques!
Stefano Cigana
