Saturday, February 02, 2013

Bologna: Palazzo Sassoli de Bianchi – Tomas Saraceno exhibition


Bologna: Palazzo Sassoli de Bianchi – Tomas Saraceno exhibition.  During Artefiera, the halls of the first floor of the sixteenth century Palazzo Sassoli de' Bianchi, were open to the public, with some works by the artist Tomás Saraceno, chosen in collaboration with  the Pinksummer, gallery in Genoa.  The visit offered a rare opportunity to visit some salons on the first floor, known for the presence of the Galleria della Meridiana, so called because longitudinally crossed by the line of the sundial made ​​in 1674 by the astronomer Montanari. Argentine artist Tomás Saraceno is internationally recognized for his fantastic architectural proposals, pneumatic sculptures, and environmental installations.

photograph and copyright by manfredi bellati 


Palazzo Sassoli de Bianchi – Tomas Saraceno exhibition. Spica (Star), 2012,acrylic, LED lighting, iridescent foil, diameter of the sphere 70 cm, Edition of 3.

 

Jas Gawronski, Muni Sassoli de Bianchi  and collector Filippo Pappalardo.



 photograph and copyright by manfredi bellati






Palazzo Sassoli de Bianchi – Tomas Saraceno exhibition. Big Space Elevator Tree, 2010 and Small Space Elevator Tree.  Among Saraceno’s most visionary works: "Galaxies Forming along Filaments, like Droplets along the Strands of a Spider's Web," presented in 2009 at the Venice Biennale; "Cloud City" of 2012, designed for the Roof Garden of the Metropolitan Museum of NY, "On Space Time Foam", the monumental installation on display until February 17, 2013 at Hangar Bicocca in Milan.

 

Palazzo Sassoli de Bianchi – Tomas Saraceno exhibition. Space Elevator (2009-10), a video projection that documents Saraceno (above) and his team testing concepts and materials in the form of a field trial.  As the title suggests, the piece playfully appropriates the spirit of an actual NASA endeavor, which aims to produce an “elevator” reaching from Earth’s surface into space. In the video, Saraceno and collaborators are shown inflating three large balloons that glisten brightly against a blue Argentine sky. Suspended between the balloons and the land below is a small tent in which the artist himself sits and, soon, is lifted aloft, like so much cargo en route to the heavens above.


Palazzo Sassoli de Bianchi – Tomas Saraceno exhibition. Stills from the video Space Elevator, 2009-10.

 


Pinksummer’s Antonella Berruti and Francesca Pennone curators of the exhibition.

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