Jakub Woynarowski
Characteristica Universalis, 2017
Courtesy of BWA, Warsaw and z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome
Jakub Woynarowski’s installation was made specifically for the facade of Palazzo Ruspoli as part of Conversation Piece | Part IV – Giant steps are what you take, curated by Marcello Smarrelli. The title of the work, Characteristica Universalis, pays homage to the philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Leibniz, who sought to identify a formal and universal language expressed through a series of symbols, mathematical, scientific, architectural and metaphysical concepts.
These are evocative symbols, printed on panels with a black background, halfway between the esoteric codes and the language of the graphic design: very clear in formal terms and, at the same time, enigmatic figures that establish an active dialogue with the passersby.
