Rome: An Italian artist Salvatore Garau recently auctioned an 'invisible sculpture' for 1,500 Euros (in Indian rate Rs 13.36 lakh). The artwork, titled Io Sono (meaning "I am") went up for auction last month at an Italian auction house 'Art-Rite.'
According to the artist, despite lacking any physical form, the sculpture very much existed in its nothingness. "The vacuum is nothing more than a space full of energy, and even if we empty it and there is nothing left, according to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, that nothing has a weight". Spanish news platform Diario AS further quoted the artist as saying, "…It has energy that is condensed and transformed into particles, that is, into us," the artist said.
Sources said that buyer who managed to buy the 'sculpture' was given a certificate of authenticity and a set of instructions on how to display the invisible sculpture. According to the instructions, the sculpture is to be exhibited in a space with five by five dimensions and no obstructions inside a "private" house.
The artist further said that by exhibiting an invisible object in a certain space, he was trying to concentrate the viewers' thoughts and perceptions on that empty space. This will lend various shapes and shades to the sculpture. "When I decide to 'exhibit' an immaterial sculpture in a given space, that space will concentrate a certain amount and density of thoughts at a precise point, creating a sculpture that, from my title, will only take the most varied forms," he added.
Meanwhile, this week, he installed AFRODITE CRIES in front of the New York City stock exchange. "You don't see it but it exists; it is made of air and spirit. It is a work that asks you to activate the power of the imagination, a power that anyone has, even those who don't believe they have it, he explained.
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