Mario Merz at Sperone Westwater Gallery

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Iconic Italian Arte Povera artist Mario Merz demonstrated his ongoing interest in the Fibonacci sequence this spiral table from 1982, now on view at Sperone Westwater Gallery. Merz translates the Fibonacci numbers – in which each number is the sum of the previous two – into a symbolic display of nature’s beautiful bounty. (On the Lower East Side through June 25th).

Mario Merz, Tavola a spirale (Spiral Table), aluminum, glass, fruit, vegetables, laurel branches, tar paper and beeswax, 216 inches diameter, 1982.
Mario Merz, Tavola a spirale (Spiral Table), aluminum, glass, fruit, vegetables, laurel branches, tar paper and beeswax, 216 inches diameter, 1982.