Untitled
During the 1980s, Mario Merz created large-scale works on paper that blur the boundaries between painting and drawing. The animal imagery in Merz’s work forms a contemporary bestiary, imbued with symbolic meanings. In this drawing, the shape of the animal is cut out on black paper and attached to the translucent Folex. Numbers from the Fibonacci sequence appear in blue neon. Light is a flow of vital energy for Merz. It spreads from inside to outside and from object to painting in a continuous metamorphosis. This metamorphosis is in turn linked to the Fibonacci sequence—a sequence in which each number is the sum of the two numbers that precede it. The series often refers to growth in nature. The numbers from the sequence that appear on the animal follow a circular path that traverses the animal and emanates energy onto it.
Mario Merz (1925 – 2003)
Descubre a Mario Merz (1925-2003), artista italiano clave del Arte Povera, conocido por neones, secuencias de Fibonacci e iglús. Explora su fusión única de naturaleza, matemáticas y espacio.
Magazzino Italian Art (Cold Spring, Estados Unidos de América)
Descubre el arte italiano posguerra y contemporáneo en Magazzino Art! Arte Povera, vidrio de Murano y arquitectura innovadora en un museo único del Valle del Hudson.
Sobre esta obra
- Título: Untitled
- Artista: Mario Merz
- Año: 1998
- Estado de derechos de autor: Bajo derechos de autor
- Ubicación: Magazzino Italian Art
- Movimiento: Arte Povera
- Contexto de la obra: arte povera's materiality , fibonacci & natural growth
- Palabras clave: light and shadow art , horse drawing art , geometric artwork


