Venice: Palazzo Grassi - The Illusion of Light Exhibition

 Photograph – copyright courtesy Palazzo Grassi – Orsenigo Chemollo

Venice: Palazzo Grassi - The Illusion of Light Exhibition.  The exhibition “The Illusion of Light” at Palazzo Grassi, until December 31, curated by Caroline Bourgeois, explores the physical, aesthetic, symbolic, philosophical and political stakes of an essential dimension of human experience that has also been, since (at least) the Renaissance, a fundamental element of art: light.

Above: Latifa Echakhch - Fantome (Jasmin) - 2012 / A Chaque Stencil une Revolution, 2007. Courtesy the artist and Kamel Mennour, Paris
 Pinault Collection 
installation on view at Palazzo Grassi 2014.

 

Venice: Palazzo Grassi - The Illusion of Light Exhibition.  It is the light that makes the invisible dimension become visible. The blazing light that, at its maximum intensity, nullifies the ability to actually see. The light of revelation, of illumination, which brings us beyond the visible… The exhibition is built on these extremes and, through the works of eighteen artists from the 1960s to today, evokes the profound ambivalence of light, its numerous meanings and values.

Above: Doug Wheeler – D – N SF 12 PG VI – 2012. 

 

 

Paola Manfredi and Martin Bethenod

Palazzo Grassi - The Illusion of Light: Vidya Gastaldon  - Escalator (Rainbow Rain) – 2007

 

 Yaya and Vittorio Coin

 

Cecilia Rossi Colussi, Franco and Vitti Zoppas

 

Palazzo Grassi - The Illusion of Light: Bruce Conner – Crossroads – 1976

 

Marco Loredan and Manuela Luca Dazio

 

Melanie Van Ogtrop, Paola Caovilla and Paola Gradi

Palazzo Grassi - The Illusion of Light. The visitor can discover  “Light” as if going through all the synonyms of the verbs “to light up”, “bring to light”, “come to light”, “shed light on” provided by languages: appear, bring to notice, clarify, comment on, detect, dig up, disclose, elucidate, emerge, enlighten, explain, expose, identify, lay bare, manifest, materialize, reveal, set alight, set on fire, shine, show up, transpire, turn up, uncover, unearth, unveil…

Above: Claire Tabouret – Les Veilleurs - 2014.

 

Daniela Ferretti

 

Ketty Alvera, Luca and Isabella Castagna

 

Palazzo Grassi - The Illusion of Light: Danh Vo – Autoerotic Asphyxiation - installation – 2010 

 

Paola Goppion

  Veronica and Luca  Marzotto

Palazzo Grassi - The Illusion of Light.   The exhibition does not exhaust the vast field of questions posed by contemporary artists on the concept of Light. However, it encourages the visitors to invent, in absolute freedom and in light of their own intelligence and sensibility, their path between the opposite polarities of black and white, day and night, reality and illusion.

Above: Philippe Parreno – Marquee – 2013.

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London: Gastropub – The Bird in the Hand

 

London: Gastropub – The Bird in the Hand. The gastropub, The Bird in the Hand, is third of four restaurants for restaurateur Jasper Gorst. Set in the heart of Brook Green, Kensington and a short walking distance from Holland Park, and Shepherd’s Bush, it is appropriately named; as the proverb goes… “A bird in the hand - is worth two in the bush”.

Gastropub – The Bird in the Hand.  Head chef Steve prepares delicious, simple yet sophisticated gastropub food.  He combines British and European classics and enhances them by using modern techniques with his own interpretation. The Menu is divided into five sections; Garden – Land – Sea – Land – and - Heaven.

Above. Burrata, Roasted Cherry Tomato and Basil Tart. The food is served on pretty mismatched antique plates from flea markets.

  Roast Onion Humus, Toasted Sesame and Flat Bread

  Prawn Scotch Egg, Avocado, Baby Gem Lettuce and Roasted Tomato Aioli

Gastropub – The Bird in the Hand. With terracotta hues, bricks, tiles and natural wood, the spartan decor combines restaurant functionality and stylish English pub furnishings. The corner bar located in the center of the restaurant is in keeping with classic English pub style.

 

Baby Leeks Vinaigrette, Egg Mimosa and Bottarga

 

White Chocolate Tart, Raspberry and Vanilla

  Frozen Pistachio and Cherry Terrine, Griottines

 

 Harpo

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Montecchio Maggiore: Fondazione Bisazza – Candida Hofer. Images of Architecture

photograph and copyright manfredi bellati

Montecchio Maggiore: Fondazione Bisazza – Candida Hofer.  Images of Architecture.  At the Bisazza Foundation for Design and Contemporary Architecture, near Vicenza, Candida Hofer’s exhibition entitled "Candida Höfer. Images of Architecture".  A journey through more than twenty large-format photographs personally chosen by the artist, which are on display until July 27^th.

  

Candida Hofer and Rossella Bisazza

“The subjects of my work are public and semi-public spaces. I prefer them when they are without people. Spaces then seem to tell more about people, what they do for them and what people have been doing to them. Spaces are about light. This is why I photograph them in the light that I find in them, may it be natural or artificial light. Spaces have functions. Functions create similarities. I am fascinated by the differences in these similarities.” Candida Hofer.

Piero Bisazza

Axel Huette and Katlen Hewel

Stefano Casciani

Photograph courtesy Fondazione Bisazza

 

Fondazione Bisazza – Candida Hofer. Long the preferred subject matter of Candida Hofer's photography are the interiors of public spaces; museums, libraries, public archives, theaters, offices, banks, historic buildings, all photographed with straightforward composition and long exposure times, devoid of any human figures, and illuminated solely by ambient light. Her photographs are known for their unique sharpness and clarity and do not employ any form of digital enhancement. Therefore they offer the viewer the opportunity to establish an exclusive relationship with the space being portrayed, while immersed in solitary contemplation, where every detail, (which might otherwise be invisible), can be captured by the eye.

Above. IES Otero Pedrayo Ourense II 2010_©Candida Hofer, Koln; VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014.

 

 Anna Bisazza and Gianluca Sacchetto

 

 

Hillary Recordati with Edoardo Cegan and Antonio Riva

Cleto Munari

photograph and copyright manfredi bellati 

Fondazione Bisazza: Candida Hofer.  Images of Architecture 

  Aldo Cibic and Maria Cristina Didero

  Suomi and Nadia La Valle

photograph and copyright manfredi bellati 

Fondazione Bisazza: Candida Hofer.  Images of Architecture

 

Pietro Los, Eleonora Botti, Jacopo Jarach and Adamaria Giammarino

 

Elia and Giovanni

Candida Hofer and Herbert Burkert

Canapes

 

Fondazione Bisazza: Candida Hofer.  Images of Architecture

 

Charles Levine, Elisa Stancil and Gary Paul

Cristiano Seganfreddo

 Canapes

Giulia Businello

Chiara Sitzia and Matteo Cibic

  Pupi Thun

 

Joseph Rossi and Monica Frigo

 Fondazione Bisazza

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