An installation created by Ingo Maurer for
the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio della
Spezia has been conceived as a homage to
the renaissance master of light, Piero della
Francesca.
A hundred kilos of aluminium and five
kilos of eggshells provide the main
ingredients of this fascinating artwork
that conceals a light source without
so much as a glimpse of an electrical
cable. “The egg is the origin
of life. It is perfect form; it is ideality,”
Maurer declared at the presentation
of the piece along with an exhibition
of some of his most famous works
(running until July 6). A span of 500
years divides the ostrich egg that Piero
hung over the head of Mary in the altar
piece painted for Duke Ferdinand of
Montefeltro (“Like a primordial light
bulb without wires,” writes Fulvio Irace
in the catalogue) and the immense
light installation by Ingo, which will
remain at the Fondazione. And the large
shell has broken: “Something that is
beautiful”, he explains, “can also be
destroyed and remain perfect. And I
thought of an egg that had cracked.” Elena Sommariva
www.ingo-maurer.com
Ingo, Piero e l’Uovo
An installation created by Ingo Maurer for the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio della Spezia has been conceived as a homage to the renaissance master of light, Piero della Francesca.
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- 29 May 2008
- La Spezia