A new edition by TCM_ How many declinations does art know? Among all possible nuances employed by an artist in order to shape his vision of the world, we have tried to analyse the ways by which the perceptions of the five sculptors unfold.
Five artists: by no means a random number. It is a highly symbolic and evocative number which, since ancient times, is associated with experimenting, with the concrete knowledge of facts, with transformation, with the “changing aspects” of a situation.
The ancient Greeks associated this number with Hermes, the messenger of the Gods, the connection between sky and earth. Five are also the human senses which serve as a compass to the human being through his life: from an emotional, mental and physical point of view to an ever-changing condition.
Number five is the symbol for a polymorphic mind, which is constantly devoted to intelligence and curiosity and has the tendency to reach extreme limits and transgressive boundaries, sometimes in dangerous ways.