Aphrodite Cries
from 29 May 2021 at Manhattan
· New York City
"Aphrodite Cries" is an invisible art installation by Italian conceptual artist Salvatore Garau, presented in New York. Following his celebrated series of immaterial sculptures, Garau once again challenges the boundaries of what art can be — asserting that a work of art can exist purely in the mind, shaped by thought and collective belief.
The installation occupies a defined space yet contains nothing visible. Viewers are invited to stand before an empty area and confront the absence itself, allowing imagination to fill the void. The title evokes the grief of Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, lending the invisible work an emotional and mythological resonance that transcends its physical emptiness.
The installation occupies a defined space yet contains nothing visible. Viewers are invited to stand before an empty area and confront the absence itself, allowing imagination to fill the void. The title evokes the grief of Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, lending the invisible work an emotional and mythological resonance that transcends its physical emptiness.
About the artist
Salvatore Garau
1953 · Postmodernism
Salvatore Garau is an Italian artist from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia.
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Manhattan
· New York City
Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the smallest county by area in the U.S. state of New York, and one of the smallest in the United States. Located almost entirely on Manhattan…
