“The Layering of materials in my paintings, handmade paper constructs and
sculptures continue to be an essential part of my art making process.”
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Palazzo Ferro Fini
Nancy Genn –
Architecture from Within
For the first time in Venice, Nancy Genn’s powerful
paintings, sculptures, handmade paper works and prints are on display in a solo
show entitled Nancy Genn: Architecture
from Within, until August 7, curated by Francesca Valente and housed at Palazzo Ferro Fini, one of Venice’s most significant historic
palaces, today the home of the Regional
Council of Venice.
Francesca Valente and
Nancy Genn
Nancy Genn
Architecture from Within
Nancy Genn is
a multifaceted, interdisciplinary, cross-cultural Californian artist who
has been a major contributor to the history
of post-war American art in the
fields of gestural abstraction and abstract expressionism. Her career has
spanned several generations, revealing her to be equally gifted in drawing,
painting, sculpting, paper- and printmaking. An indefatigable traveler who continuously explores new
techniques, Nancy Genn successfully melds western Modernism and Asian aesthetics
into a personal and public synthesis.
Nancy Genn
Architecture from Within
Many of her paintings on handmade
paper are inspired by the water, fog, and ever- changing atmosphere of San Francisco, where she was born and
raised, and which Genn continues to
call home. There is no better place to display an oeuvre so closely associated
with the Bay than a palazzo
overlooking Venice’s Grand Canal. Coinciding with the 16th Venice Biennale of Architecture,
this display of selected works by Genn configures an interior architecture,
which propels the viewer into a rarefied, continually changing dimension,
leaving us with an archaic sense of wonder.
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