A unique exhibition in Venice explores the omnipresence of universal proportions in art.
Until November 22th 2015 the fascinating spaces of
Palazzo Fortuny in
Venice hosts “
Proportio”, the exhibition organised by the Axel & May Vervoordt Foundation and the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia that explores the omnipresence of universal proportions in art, science, music and architecture.
PROPORTIO carries on the highly acclaimed exhibition project that has already presented a trilogy of exhibitions: Artempo (2007), In-finitum (2009) TRA (2011) and Tàpies. Lo Sguardo dell’artista (2013).
Throughout human history, the concept of proportions has been applied across civilisations. In the West, the knowledge of
sacred geometry was intentionally guarded for hundreds of years and may have been forgotten or discarded.
PROPORTIO want to relaunch
a contemporary dialogue about the lost knowledge of proportions and sacred geometry. The work of artists, scientists, architects, philosophers and other thinkers helps the visitor to understand how proportions can inform the essential design of life in the present and how we can use them to have a blueprint for the future.
The exhibition includes specially commissioned works by leading artists such as
Marina Abramovic,
Bae Bien-U,
Michael Borremans,
Maurizio Donzelli,
Riccardo De Marchi Arthur Duff,
Anish Kapoor and
Izhar Patkin, which are displayed alongside major works by
Berlinde de Bruyckere,
Luciano Fabro,
Antony Gormley,
Anselm Kiefer,
Ellsworth Kelly,
Sol Lewitt,
Agnes Martin,
Fausto Melotti,
Mario Merz,
Ad Ryman and
Bill Viola. Moreover you can admire a unique selection of Egyptian artefacts, a series of Dutch Old Master architectural paintings, a splendid portrait by Botticelli and a monumental sculpure by Antonio Canova.
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