The exhibition Herbarium Mirabile, curated by Raffaello Galiotto and organized by Marmomac, takes inspiration from the plant geometries to present itself to visitors as a lithic botanical garden composed of seventeen marble sculptures. All the artworks have been designed using advanced parametric 3D modelling software and crafted with high-precision computer numerical control (CNC) machines. Each sculpture is created through the synergistic collaboration of leading exhibiting companies in various sectors of the stone industry: machinery production, processing, and extraction.
Within a rectangular space enclosed by semi-transparent canvas walls, the artworks rise above flat slabs of Botticino marble resting on a bed of coarse gravel. The arrangement is irregular, but the sculptures are adequately spaced to allow visitors to explore each artwork.
ACUTUM, CRISPATO & PERFORATUM
Herbarium Mirabile, open for viewing at Marmomac from September 26th to 29th, is an opportunity to intimately experience the beauty of coloured marbles from various parts of the world and to sensually perceive the folds, engravings, and unique surfaces shaped by digital devices.
List of the projects:
ACANTHUS
Production: Gmm
Material: Vitoria Regia by Brasigran
ACUTUM
Production: Prussiani Engineering
Tools: Diamond Service
Software: DDX
Material: Bronzite by Decolores
ALOACEA
Production: Margraf
Material: Verde Giada
APORO
Production: Omag
Material: Bianco Carrara
BILOBA
Production: Generelli
Machinery: Biesse
Material: Amazonita by Granistone
CRISPATUM
Production: Prussiani Engineering
Tools: Diamond Service
Software: DDX
Material: Bronzite by Decolores
Production: Generelli
Material: Grand Antique
DICOTOMO
Production: Kramer Steinmetzbetrieb
Machinery: Emmedue
Tools: Nicolai Diamant
Software: DDX
Material: Sodalite by Decolores
EULYCHNIA
Production: Margraf
Material: Verde Imperiale
GORGONIA
Production: Odone Angelo
Material: Palissandro Reale by Gruppo Tosco Marmi
OPUNTIA
Production: Odone Angelo
Material: Verde Saint Denis
PENTACACTO
Production: Omag
Material: Bianco Carrara
PERFORATUM
Production: Prussiani Engineering
Tools: Diamond Service
Software: DDX
PRISTIS
Production: Margraf
Material: Green Lime
QUERCUS
Production: Decormarmi
Machinery: Pellegrini Meccanica
Material: Amazonita by Granistone
RUBUS
Production: Salesiani San Zeno - Scuola della Formazione Professionale
Settore Arte e Automazione del Marmo - Sant’Ambrogio di Valpolicella
Tools: Nicolai Diamant
Material: Azul Macaubas
VALVATIDA
Production: Generelli
Material: Pocahontas
LANDSCAPE
Consorzio Marmisti Bresciani
Material: Basament and parterre in Botticino
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