anatomy of architecture

bologna, Italy

UPSIDE-DOWN HEAD

FOR THE SAIE3 FAIR’S ART EXHIBITION

Anatomy of architecture, bologna

Built as a temporary exhibition for the SAIE construction fair in Bologna, the upside-down head, based on Piero della Francesca’s drawings on mirroring perspective, is the first thing one notices about the Anatomy of Architecture installation. The mysterious sculpture combines Renaissance anatomical research with mathematized perspective and maverick geometries. The installation questions the neutrality of space by situating the uncannily upside-down head along a perspectival axis within a hallucinatory, architectonic space.

close up of strings

detail View

is the head still looking?

exhibit View
Project by architect Daniel Libeskind in collaboration with Lev Libeskind and his studio Libeskind Design S.r.l.