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
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