The exhibition THE ELEPHANT AND THE BLIND MEN – The Matter of the Void, organized by ZUECCA PROJECTS in collaboration with Rupture Arts & Books, presents a selection of paintings by Chiara Capellini, as the culmination of the artist’s research and meditation on the concept of emptiness and indeterminacy in physics.
 
The exhibition will take place from April 18 to June 29, 2024, at the Rupture Arts & Books bookshop in Venice, coinciding with the opening of the Biennale Arte 2024, and it will include a selection of books (the main source of the artist’s research) in dialogue with the artworks on display. A lecture on the concepts of matter and void in theoretical physics will be held during the opening period of the show. Following the Venice event, the project will also be presented at the Rupture bookshop in Paris and Marseille.
 
The exhibition is named after an ancient parable about a group of blind men who have never come across an elephant before and who learn and imagine what the elephant is like by touching it. Each blind man feels a different part of the animal’s body and, based on their limited experience, describes the animal in different ways. The moral of the parable is that subjective and limited experiences lead to different and partial interpretations of phenomena.

On show, two different series of paintings to evoke the transition from macro to micro: the multi-coloured series “VACUUM FIELDS”, and the monochrome “NEUTRINI”. “VACUUM FIELDS” focuses on the feeling of ‘almost emptiness’, on the uncertainty of matter and its constantly evolving state. “FLOATING NEUTRINI” are monochrome oils on canvas where the paint is scratched in search of imperceptible flaws in its background: the scratches have removed the pigment, leaving a sign without matter.
 
 
THE ELEPHANT AND THE BLIND MEN

The matter of the void
 
18.04.2024 – 29.06.2024

Tuesday-Saturday, 11AM – 7PM. Free entry.
 
Opening with Champagne breakfast: April 18, 11AM
 
Rupture Arts & Books Venezia

Fondamenta Ponte Lungo 289, Giudecca 30133, Venice