Pursuing her research on the vacuum, Chiara Capellini continues her series with the exhibition RIEN N’EST RIEN – The Quantity of the Void, focusing on the concept of vacuum in theoretical mathematics. Organised by Zuecca Projects in collaboration with Rupture Arts & Books, the exhibition will be held at Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse in Marseille, from 18 July to 24 August 2024.
Emptiness has always been a central theme in the artist’s practice, which seeks to remove as much as possible from her paintings, even if something must remain on the canvas in order to exist. From this initial observation and methodology, she has found parallels in other fields such as quantum physics, mathematics, meditation or religion. In each exhibition on the subject of emptiness, starting with the one in Venice during the 2024 Venice Art Biennale (“The Elephant and the Blind Men – The matter of the void”), Chiara interviews a researcher or scholar from these fields, transcribes the conversation in a book and creates the artworks in response to this confrontation.