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.
SOCIAL NETWORK SPECIAL PROJECTS
In 2020, the temporary closure of the exhibition space has prompted the Fondazione Memmo to pursue its activities in an alternative manner.
Through Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts, a campaign was launched, curated by Saverio Verini, involving some of the artists who have collaborated with the Foundation in recent years, among them: Jonathan Baldock, Rossella Biscotti, Rebecca Digne, Corinna Gosmaro, FrancescaGrilli, Isabell Heimerdinger, Thomas Hutton, Invernomuto, Christoph Keller, Diego Marcon, Jonathan Monk, OscarMurillo, Anna-Bella Papp, Calixto Ramirez, Maaike Schoorel, Marinella Senatore, Claudia Wieser, Jakub Woynarowski.
Each artist has made a visual contribution capable of reflecting in a personal way on the moment we are going through: drawings, videos, photographs, images found on the internet have thus formed a small gallery able to testify vitality and desire to look beyond. Through this series of posts on its social network channels, the Fondazione Memmo desired to offer a positive signal, becoming an amplifier of the artists’ voices.
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- Calixto Ramirez, Casa dolce casa, 2015
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- Europa Deserta, Terra Incognita, film still, 2017, courtesy of the artists & Pinksummer
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- Isabell Heimerdinger – Pictures of a distant island
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- Jonathan Monk, pictures from the artist studio
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- Marinella-Senatore-Piccolo-Chaos-2013
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- Isabell Heimerdinger – Pictures of a distant island
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- Jonathan Monk, pictures from the artist studio
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- Rossella Biscotti
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- Anna-Bella Papp, Students exiting Brera Academy, Milan, 2019
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- Anna-Bella Papp, Students exiting Brera Academy, Milan, 2019
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- Jakub Woynarowski, Phosphorus, 2020. Digital print
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- Thomas Hutton, Early 2011, 2018. Pigment ink pen on Samsung paper
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- Thomas Hutton, Early 2011, 2018. Pigment ink pen on Samsung paper
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- Thomas Hutton, Early 2011, 2018. Pigment ink pen on Samsung paper
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- Corinna Gosmaro, image found on internet
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- Diego Marcon, image found on internet
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- Christoph Keller, image found on internet
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- Jonathan Baldock, Mask XXVI, 2019. Ceramic. Copyright Jonathan Baldock. Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
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- Rebecca Digne, Metodo dei Loci, 2019. Video still
TALKS
With the aim of contributing to the development of the cultural context of the city the Fondazione Memmo has promoted, during these years, many talks, conferences and projects such as: “TedX Rome Salon“; “An imaginary dialogue between Salvator Rosa and Gaspard Dughet“, a conference held by artist David Schutter who attended to the group show Conversation Piece | Part II; “A guided tour through the Giardino Zoologico di Roma“, a walk through the city zoo with Thomas Hutton who took part to Conversation Piece | Part I.