Burri, Samorì, Witkowski in Dialogue at Padua's Anatomical Theatre

The exhibition 'Gare de l’Est' at Palazzo del Bo, University of Padua, curated by Chiara Ianeselli, brings together three works in the historic Cucina and the Anatomical Theatre, the oldest preserved anatomical theatre (1595). Alberto Burri's 'Cretto' (from Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri) hangs on a wall, while Gustave Joseph Witkowski's 1880 ocular mechanism atlas is displayed centrally, and Nicola Samorì's 'Primo Bianco'—a marble frame flowing into sculpture—occupies another wall. In the Anatomical Theatre, Samorì's 'Lucy'—a dense white marble sculpture with a lunar shard—reaches toward the light. The exhibition explores vision, distance, and subjective perception, referencing Girolamo Fabrici d’Acquapendente's 'De visione' (1960) and Aldous Huxley's ideas on the invasive ego. The show runs in Padua, Italy.