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.