Venice: Palazzo Cesari Marchesi - The Pool
NYC – James Case-Leal – Ultravoilet Catastrophe. The Palazzo Cesari-Marchesi is temporarily
transformed by The Pool NYC into a gallery for James Case-Leal’s first solo
show in Italy, entitled Ultravoilet Catastrophe, until September 15.
Above. Black Rainbow XVIII - 2014 -
mixed media.
The Pool NYC – James Case-Leal – Ultravoilet
Catastrophe. James Case-Leal creates rainbows and celestial bodies
linked to the creation of the universe. His paintings are made with numerous
layers of paint sprayed on linen canvases stretched over wood. The surfaces are
scrubbed and polished to perfection. The effect is extremely beautiful and
powerful. You can see many things in these perfect works. They reference
moments from the Big Bang to the intensity of Turner to the serenity of James
Turrell. A selection of small porcelain sculptures representing masks and
heads are displayed throughout on the floor. They evoke anthropology and ground
the ethereal experience of the paintings to remind us that we are here with the
earth.
Above. The Pool NYC’s Viola Romoli, Gigi Franchin
and Lorenzo Marcelli-Flori are in front of Case-Leal’s Sixth Sun 4 - 2015 -mixed media.
The Pool NYC – James Case-Leal – Ultravoilet
Catastrophe. Case-Leal’s Sun
paintings offer the experience of staring at the sun with all its warmth,
brightness, and intensity. In his Black Rainbow paintings he creates a rainbow,
the result of sun and rain together, and places it against a deep black
background, a space that appears dreamy and mysterious. The White Light paintings
are based on invisible light - the light that is outside of our visible
spectrum, but surrounds us.
Above. James Case Leal - Invisible Light 3 – 2015 - mixed media.
The Pool NYC – James Case-Leal – Ultravoilet
Catastrophe
James Case Leal - Fifth
Sun - 2015
-Mixed media
Palazzo Cesari Marchesi –
Castello di Roncade – Patriarca