The Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia and the Vervoordt Foundation present  In-finitum, which will be held in Palazzo Fortuny in Venice from June 6 June through November 15 2009. It will guide visitors from the soul of the unfinished to the border of the infinite, a spiritual journey through works of art, science and philosophy.In-finitum (organized by Axel Vervoordt, Daniela Ferretti, Giandomenico Romanelli and Francesco Poli) is the final segment of the trilogy – created by Axel Vervoordt; it began with with Artempo: Where time becomes art (Venice, 2007) and continued with Academia: Qui es-tu? (Paris, 2008).

Thomas Ruff, ‘Sterne, 11h 54m, -20°’, 1989. Collection Axel Vervoordt

Thomas Ruff, ‘Sterne, 11h 54m, -20°’, 1989. Collection Axel Vervoordt

Questioning ‘infinity’ is a spiritual journey. The human condition strives for perfection, hungers for completion. In this quest for the untouchable, the unimaginable, the incomprehensible, man faces his limitations and struggles with the unachievable. Infinity is found in this part of incompleteness, the void, the recipient and source of the all and the everything, of the vacuum and the nothing. The infinite is a never-ending road to completion, knowledge and enlightenment and has inspired intellectuals, artists, scientists and literati since the beginning of time. Their discoveries and writings, artistic impressions and thoughts will define another segment of the In-finitum exhibition.

Bill Viola, ‘Bodies of light’, 2006, Courtesy Bill Viola Studio

Bill Viola, ‘Bodies of light’, 2006, Courtesy Bill Viola Studio

In-finitum will present works by Giovanni Anselmo, Natvar Bhavsar, Pierre Bonnard, Berlinde de Bruyckere, Michael Borremans, Alberto Burri, Alexander Calder, Paul Cézanne, Antonio Canova, Eugène Delacroix, Ray & Charles Eames, Lucio Fontana, Adam Fuss, Giuseppe Gabellone, Francesco Hayez, Ann-Veronica Janssens, Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Kimsooja, Yves Klein, Piero Manzoni, Brice Marden, Fausto Melotti, Mario Merz, Joan Mirò, Tatsuo Miyajima, Vic Muniz, Renato Nicolodi, Roman Opalka, Palagio Pelagi, Pablo Picasso, Otto Piene, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Guido Reni, Gerhard Richter, George Romney, Thomas Ruff, Kazuo Shiraga, Ettore Spaletti, Vassilikis Takis, Diana Thater, Dirk Van De Len, Jef Verheyen, Rik Wouters, Gilberto Zorio.

Duane Michals, ‘The Human Condition’, 1969. © Duane Michals / Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York

Duane Michals, ‘The Human Condition’, 1969. © Duane Michals / Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York

The catalogue is published by MER. Paper Kunsthalle, edited by Axel Vervoordt, with articles by Francesco Poli, Giandomenico Romanelli, Eddi De Wolf and Norbert Jocks and a conversation between Axel Vervoordt and Tatsuro Miki; graphic layout Studio Luc Derycke.

Palazzo Fortuny, San Marco 3780, San Beneto, Venezia, 6 june-15 november 2009

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