contessanally: The Royal Gardens of Venice - Echoes of the Forest - Maria Thereza Alves

Echoes of the Forest

Labinac at the Royal Gardens of Venice

Maria Thereza Alves and Jimmie Durham

Adele Re Rebaudengo, president of the Venice Garden Foundation, and curator Chiara Bertola invited artists Maria Thereza Alves and Jimmie Durham to show selected works by their design collective Labinac in the greenhouse of the Royal Gardens, The Human Garden, during the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale. They were also commissioned to design work tables in keeping with the Foundation's idea that the gardens should also be a meeting place where researchers and artists can develop the vast metaphorical concept of the garden, sowing signs, sounds and words, cultivating and nurturing new visions.

https://www.venicegardensfoundation.org/en/foundation-gardens/

The exhibition is viewable by appointment only - from 3-17th September

"Architecture must begin with a specific place, considering the nature

of the surroundings. Every building is created in a garden, whether or not that is recognised."

Maria Thereza Alves

Jimmi Durham, Kai-Morten Vollmer and Maria Thereza Alves

The exhibition also includes eight one of a kind vases designed by Maria Thereza Alves. The vases were made in different glass workshops through a process of experimentation between the artist and the master glassblowers. Jimmie Durham exhibits a chandelier inspired by trees and the play of light on leaves and on broken glass.

Maria Thereza Alves - vases for Labinac

"On the occasion of the 17th Architecture Biennale, the Foundation presents Labinac's Echoes of the Forrest, works by Maria Thereza Alves and Jimmie Durham, in the greenhouse of the Royal Gardens, The Human Garden. The artists were invited to present their works in recognition of their particular sensitivity

and the attention they dedicate to translating everyday objects and natural materials into sculptures with vivid organic forms. Alves and Durham share many years of artistic experience working to defend culture, nature and human rights."

Adele Re Rebaudengo

President - Venice Gardens Foundation