Venice Biennale – Giardini

Below are the pavillions I visited on 26 September 2019. I am still busy finishing the writing and comparing it with my notes and photos. I added the list in the meantime. Switzerland Their installation is called Moving Backwards - a video in an environment of a dance/night club the...

VENICE BIENNALE 2019

23.09 - 30.09 Arsenale, Giardini, Collateral events and some Old Masters in churches Arsenale From the onset I have to say that this was my first visit to Venice and that I was completely taken by its location on water and the obvious enormity of this 58th Biennale. I will...

Research on artists and their paint application

Howard Hodgkin In our notes we have a work of the artist, In the Bay of Naples, 1980-82 (oil on panel) which reminded me of the work of Adrian Ghenie and I decided to read about the artist and ask myself why this example was chosen as well as why...

Collateral events in Venice

Outside of the Giardini and Arsenale, there were 35 national pavilions and 19 collateral events spread around the Venice historic centre, Giudecca, San Servolo, and Forte Marghera. I focus on the few I got to see. Glasstress exhibition on Murano Island This was another highlight of my visit. I loved...

Part two: Project 1 Intimacy

11 May 2018 There are 4 projects to address in this part: • Composition:pos and neg space: • Detailed observation of natural objects: detail and tone • Still life:using line, using tone/colour, experiment with mixed media, monochrome • Home: subject, light source, quick sketches around the house, composition - an...