Tag: exhibition

  • Treasures of the Wreck of the Unbelievable.

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    Another reason besides the fog for me to come back to Venice in November was the Damien Hirst exhibition in the Punta della Dogana and Palazzo Grassi: “Treasures of the Wreck of the Unbelievable.”

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    On the day of the show’s preview, curator Elena Guena narrated the fairytale of Cif Amotan II, the first-century Antioch freed-slave-turned-art-collector whose ship, the Apistos (Greek for “unbelievable”), had sunk into the Indian Ocean 2,000 years ago along with his colossal wealth of art and artifacts. In 2008, the story goes, his wreckage was discovered. These were his treasures, which Hirst himself had painstakingly lifted from the bottom of the ocean to put on display here. (Artnews.com)

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    Hirst goes to extraordinary lengths to tell this story and mixes historical elements with modern – sometimes resulting in huge sculptures.

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    But I especially like the smaller objects – the golden treasures rescued from deep down in the sea!

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    Spread through two of Venice’s most palatial museums, its 189 pieces in bronze, marble, malachite, rock crystal, silver, gold, and more brought to life the legend of an (entirely fictional) 2nd-century collector, and his (entirely fictional) hoard of coral-covered sculptures and religious relics salvaged from an (entirely fictional) shipwreck in the Indian Ocean. Taking ten years and more than $65 million to create, and ending this Sunday, “Treasures” is in all likelihood the most extravagant and expensive show of work that a single artist has ever produced. (Vulture.com)

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    Not everyone loved the grande exhibition – it polarised from the beginning – from being “the worst in the last decade” to “surprising, unsettling and delighting”.

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    I did enjoy the exhibition at Punta della Dogana – didn´t understand all the connections or context – but just had to admire the beauty of the artwork and textures. Doing both parts in one day wasn´t probably the best idea but I didn´t want to miss the one at Palazzo Grassi – coming here soon!

  • Baroque Baroque – Olafur Eliasson

     

    Thanks to the Igersvienna I had the opportunity to visit the new exhibition by Olafur Eliasson in the Winterpalais some days ago – to be honest I didn´t know Eliasson before but visiting the Winterpalais in the first district has been on my to-do-list for a long time!

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    Die organische und kristalline Beschreibung, 1996

    Despite of having no idea on what to expect I was hook as soon as I entered the building. This light installation was simply perfect to leave the city outside behind and getting ready to explore the meeting of modern art and baroque! It even got better on the staircase bathed in yellow light, which elimanted all the other colours and made the expirence even more surreal.

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    Entering the state rooms one was greeted by the beautiful “New Berlin Sphere”, (2009) which leaded to a room of your own colourful silhouette(s):

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    Entering even more breathtaking rooms – Prince Eugene did know how to have the most stunning Palais bulit – with two Vincenzo Coronelli Coronelli Globes (1688 / 1693) from the Augustiner­ Chorherrenstift Vorau. Every large library had to have globes during the Baroque era.

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    Beautiful chandeliers everywhere but I really did fell in love with the one in the red “room”

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    Fivefold tunnel, 2000

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