Venice:
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana – Lore Bert – Art and Knowledge in the 5 Platonic
Solids exhibition. German artist Lore
Bert’s exhibition until November 24, Art and Knowledge in the 5 Platonic Solids in
the Sale Monumentali of the
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana is curated by Alice Jaillet-Brébant, Cristiana
Coletti and Petra Schaefer with the support of the van der Koelen Foundation for Art and Science in cooperation with
the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana. The
topic of Art and Knowledge refers to a constant in the oeuvre of Lore
Bert: the dialogue between fine arts and the universal heritage from
philosophy, literature, mathematics and astronomy.
Above. The main focus of the exhibition is the
large-sized environment The 5 Platonic
Solids that have been installed in the center of the Salone della Libreria Sansoviniana. The 5
Platonic Solids are integrated in an ocean of folded paper. They are 5-mirrored
sculptures, which reflect the room and which create a visual link to the
prestigious atmosphere of the library and, in the spiritual sense, to the City
of Venice and its history.
Biblioteca
Nazionale Marciana – Lore Bert – Art and Knowledge in the 5 Platonic Solids
exhibition. Detail LB_12074.
Biblioteca
Nazionale Marciana – Lore Bert – Art and Knowledge in the 5 Platonic Solids
exhibition. The environment is flanked by another 11 works, which underline the
meaning of the title of the exhibition and the reference to the City of Venice.
They refer to Venetian architectural shapes and floor structures, the Transcendental
Aesthetics by Immanuel Kant, the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke and The
Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (above), are the recurring topics in the
oeuvre of Lore Bert.
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