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2005
MARIO BOTTA EXHIBITION
exhibition “Lo spazio del
Sacro- Preghiere di Pietra”
- Florence
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project start date |
2005 |
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exhibition period |
from April 30 to
July 30, 2005 |
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promoter - client |
Ente Cassa di
Risparmio di Firenze |
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location |
Gipsoteca
dell'Istituto
Statale d’arte di
Porta Romana,
Florence , Italy |
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architects |
Mario Botta - Marco
Meozzi - Massimo
Lastrucci - Gabriele
Cappellato,
Architects
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publications |
- CHIESA OGGI
ARCHITETTURA E
COMUNICAZIONE N. 71
- Milan |
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- OPERE Rivista
toscana di
architettura n. 8
March 2005 |
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- OTTAGONO n. 180
May 2005 |
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- OTTAGONO n. 181
June 2005 |
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- OTTAGONO n. 182
July-August 2005 |
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- ARCHITETTURE DEL
SACRO - Editrice
Compositori Bologna
2005 |
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photo |
Alessandro Ciampi |
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web |
www.mostrabotta.it |
The exhibition was installed
inside the particularly
fascinating spaces of the
Gallery of Plaster Casts at
the Florentine Art
Institute. Thus a dual
relationship was created
with the plaster
reproductions in the hall, a
tension between the
chromatic contrast of the
new structures made in
absolute black and the same
white as the plasters as
well as the elective
affinities and theme of
Mario Botta's architecture.
The masterpieces reproduced
in plaster dialogued with
the large black and white
photographs as well as with
the Swiss artist's
spontaneous sketches in
white chalk and black
graphite.
The low sloping, almost
“suspended”, bases that
supported the drawings
allowed a constant and
reciprocal visual
relationship with the
plaster works.
Outdoors in the front
garden, a black footbridge
was situated on the drive
historically used for
carriage access to the Royal
Stables, thus pointing the
most direct way to follow
the exhibition itinerary.
The installation structures
were designed to be
dismantled and re-used for
future exhibitions at the
art institute.
Mario Botta's show titled
"Architectures of the Sacred
– Prayers of Stone” was also
presented at the RIBA
Gallery in London from
November 23, 2005 to January
2006. |