Giulio Paolini Intervallo (Interval), 1985

The two halves of the Barberini Faun are arranged opposite each other. "Interval" - writes the artist - "is the distance that separates the two 'moments' in which the figure deconstructs. But, on a closer look, there are two intervals: the first one, visible, constitutes the short distance that separates the two halves of the same statue between the two walls of the room; the second, virtual or imaginary, is our planet’s entire circumference (minus the short portion visible in the room) through which the two halves could come together."