Our friends at Cool Hunting tipped us off the work of Argentine artist Tomás Saraceno. 14 Billions, his new site-specific exhibit at Stockholm’s Bonniers Konsthall (Saraceno’s first major show in Europe) is an extension of a piece he showed at last year’s Venice Biennale. It took two years and the aid of astrophysicists, architects, engineers and spider researcher to complete the installations, which use “the imagery and structure of spider webs to map the origin and structure of the universe.” The black rope of said webs spans an impressive 400 cubic meters, overtaking the gallery space.
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This is beautiful. I was sad to find out it is not real spider webbing. But I’m sure that could get pretty messy, and leave some scary creatures behind! Sadly, I have not seen this yet. I’ll be at the Ico Gallery Tomorrow night, checking out some pretty amazing artists, including Judy Chicago, Wendy Cohen, and Karima WIlliams. All really interesting, women artists. Check out the website for more information on the event.
http://www.icogallery.com
It’s entitled, The Velvet Waltz.
Excited!
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