From the scale of whole buildings to the nooks within pieces of furniture, the sculptural work of British artist Rachel Whiteread materialises particular voids — confronting the viewer with a tangible object, the corresponding ‘positive’ to a negative space that both offers and witnesses the possibility of inhabitation. For her installation ...And The Animals Were Sold, she produced a series of sculptures using various types of stone found in the building
materials of both Palazzo della Ragione and Piazza Vecchia (Bergamo, IT), such as the Sarnico stone in the façade of the Palazzo della Ragione and the Zandobbio marble in the Contarini Fountain, which are still extracted from quarries near Bergamo. In this way, the artist aims to establish a close relationship with the territory and its history, as well as with the architecture of the venue hosting the exhibition itself.