On October 5th, within the framework of the Dizarium conference, the exhibition Beautiful Numbers by Austrian designer Stefan Sagmeister will open in Lviv. This will be the first time the artist's works are exhibited in Ukraine. The press service of the Tvory! network reported that the proceeds from ticket sales will be directed to support art institutions that have suffered destruction due to Russian aggression.
The exhibition will be held in the cultural space Module of Temporality (MOT), located in Hasyna Square.
“Beautiful Numbers is a completely new collection of works by Stefan Sagmeister that no one has seen before. Thus, Ukrainians will have the opportunity to attend its first exhibition. In the works, design and data are skillfully combined to convey a message for our time. Using relevant data from the UN, World Bank, and other global and national databases, Sagmeister artistically transforms numbers into captivating visual representations accessible to a wide audience,” the press service of Tvory! stated.
“Beautiful Numbers presents real evidence that, in the long term, most aspects of human development have improved. The integration of these impressive 'data visualizations' into ancient paintings connects the past and present, telling an inspiring story of progress over time,” the Tvory! network added.
It is noted that the Beautiful Numbers exhibition is organized by the Tvory! network in collaboration with the Lviv City Council, the Pixlab space, the Dizarium conference, MOT by the don't Take Fake team, with the support of Alterra Group.
Stefan Sagmeister is a renowned Austrian designer who lives and works in New York. He is a two-time Grammy Award winner, and his works can be seen at MoMA in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, SFMoMA, and MAK in Vienna. His clients include the Guggenheim Museum, Rolling Stones, and HBO.