Alighiero Boetti
Alternando da uno a cento e viceversa, 1977
embroidery, 126 × 126 cm
Alternando da uno a cento e viceversa is a typical "mathematical" work by Boetti, based on numerical progression: on the chessboard embroidered above the two twin tapestries, black and white squares alternate, increasing their quantity from one to a hundred, and allowing the progression to also be read in the opposite direction. An example of work based on a very precise formal rule, which however allows for a large range of variations within it.
from: Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro. La Collezione permanente, exhibition catalogue, edited by G. Verzotti, A. Vettese, Milano, Skira, 2007, p. 174.
