Formentera welcomes «L’art de la taula periòdica»

cartell 2021 taula periodicaThe Formentera Culture Department reports that Monday 8 February will mark the unveiling of L’art de la taula periòdica: Les dones i els seus elements—a celebration of female scientists’ contributions to the periodic table of elements that comes to life against the work of 32 painters from the Balearic Islands.

The project underscores the periodic table’s harmony and beauty while simultaneously ringing as an ode to the many female scientists who have contributed to our knowledge about the chemical elements and the table’s current configuration.

Often pieces started out as a text about the table itself or the discoverers of some element in particular before being transmogrified at the hands of the show’s contributing artists, some relative rookies, others old hands on the art scene. The exhibit is meant to serve as a sort of meeting place, a highly nuanced spectacle counterposing techniques, styles and colours which, together, offer a survey of art in the Balearics.

Travelling show
Initially conceived by the University of the Balearic Islands chemistry department and the Balearic Islands’ College and Association of Chemists to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the table’s appearance, the show has now been seen by audiences across the archipelago.

The “Ajuntament Vell” exhibition space welcomes visitors to L’art de la taula periòdica: Les dones i els seus elements 8–20 February (Monday to Saturday) from 11.00am to 2.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm.

5 February 2021
Communications Department
Consell de Formentera