The artist-couple Roberta Cotterli and Claudio Zorzi jointly present their work. Roberta Cotterli’s sculptures examine male representation in art history; Claudio Zorzi’s portraits develop the idea of a modern Icon. Both investigate time in relationship with process, art history, and moments spent with the other. The exhibition centres around the question of muse and model, suggesting a play between intimate representation vs. presented intimacy. Classical motifs are taken up and continued; roles are turned around. Old Masters and Christian iconography intersect with the Contemporary. a matter of time.
Tag: Sculpture
Beatrice Bonino: Cosetta
Beatrice Bonino's work is characterized by a sense of alienated beauty. Her exhibition at mmxx.uno in Milan presents objects between office and catwalk, mortuary and luxury shop. Cunning beauty, or a calm betrayal.
Giant Triple Mushroom / An Easter Proposition
Carsten Höller’s 'Giant Triple Mushroom (Fly Agaric, Bay Bolete, Plums and Custard)' (2018) is what its title says: a giant sculpture composed of fragments of a Fly Agaric, Bay Bolete, and Plums and Custard mushrooms. As the mushroom’s two-sided effects, the installation creates perplexity, excitement, and delight. A contemporary artistic culinary Easter proposition.
Time.Machine
Malte Bartsch's "Time Machine" (2013 - ongoing) generates testimony and record, paths into past and future, brings together outer spaces and inner times A reflection with Immanuel Kant.
See a Tree Growing: Giuseppe Penone
Giuseppe Penone has donated 328 works on paper to the collection of the Centre Pompidou. The works show the development of the artist’s ideas, led by the hand, and a feeling for his subject: nature. A life-long experiment, outwards to the material and inwards to the body.
Venice Diaries IV: Chun Kwang Young: Times Reimagined
Venice Diaries, Episode IV: Painting as sculpture as work in paper. Chung Kwang Young's art works recall prehistoric rocks, extra-terrestrial objects, and dinosaurs, wrapped in a contemporary fashion. Hanji for healing!
Venice Diaries II: Claire Tabouret: I am spacious, singing flesh
Venice Diaries, Episode II: Devotional images meet contemporary painting, sculpture, film, collage, and Venetian chandeliers. Claire Tabouret's exhibition 'I am spacious, singing flesh' is a must-see for both its art and curation.