Venice: Biennale – Around Town – Palazzo Fortuny – Proportio Exhibition.
The Proportio exhibition at Palazzo Fortuny is organized by Axel and May
Vervoordt Foundation and the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, on until November
22. It is curated by Axel Vervoordt and Daniela Ferretti and explores the
omnipresence of universal proportions in art, science, music and architecture.
Above. Five large architectural pavilions designed by Axel Vervoordt and
architect Tasuro Miki in collaboration with Jorgen Hempel and built using
solely organic materials, transform the Sala Gondola on the ground floor. Each
pavilion is designed according to ‘sacred’ dimensions, providing a physical
embodiment of proportional features for visitors to experience as they walk
through the empty spaces.
Palazzo Fortuny – Proportio - Francesco Poli, Eddi De Wolf,
Daniela Ferretti, Tatsuro Miki, Gira Gratier, Axel Vervoordt, Jorgen Hempel and
Mireille Capelle. Behind: Henri Foucault and Dominique Strooband.
Palazzo Fortuny – Proportio. An installation and performance by Shuji
Mukai entitled, Space of the Signs Selfie Studio, it occupies the room leading
to the upper level, examining how visitors experience artistic spaces in the
age of ubiquitous self-representation and social media.
Palazzo Fortuny – Proportio. The Piano Nobile or Fortuny Floor is filled
with a variety of architectural works. The room also presents a large ‘ideal’
library with antiquarian editions. Canvases on back wall by Luciano Fabro - Ogni Ordine e Contemporaneo
d’Ogni Altro Ordine: Quattro Modi d’Esaminare La Facciata del Ss. Redentore a
Venezia – series of four screen prints on various papers.
Palazzo
Fortuny – Proportio
Michael Borremans – Raio – 2014 – oil on canvas.
Cristiano
Bianchin – Public Observatory – 2010-2015 – polished stones, glass, hemp and
wooden polyhedral
Palazzo Fortuny – Proportio - Marta
Dell’Angelo – A4 2089 Caryatids – 2015 – installation – 2089 A4 sheets of paper
with colored prints, nails
Palazzo Fortuny – Proportio – Anish Kapoor –
Gathering Clouds – 2014 – fiberglass and paint
Palazzo Fortuny – Proportio
Antonio Canova – Paris
– 1807 – plaster.
Vincenzo Castella – Aiming at the Dusk – 2013 –
video projection
Palazzo Fortuny – Proportio – Otto Boll – Helix –
2014 – Aluminum, steel