Jim Dine – Dog on the Forge
Palazzo Rocca Contarini Corfù, Venezia
April 20 – July 21, 2024

On the occasion of the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, this April, Jim Dine, American painter, sculptor, and poet, is set to take over the Palazzo Rocca Contarini Corfù with an ambitious survey exhibition curated by Gerhard Steidl, Founding Director of Kunsthaus Göttingen. Jim Dine – Dog on the Forge is a Collateral Event of the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. Jim Dine’s show will open to the public on Saturday, 20 April 2024 and will run through 21 July 2024.

Jim Dine – Dog on the Forge presents around 50 works from the artist. Paintings, drawings, bronze and wood sculptures, as well as an impressive outdoor installation of large-scale bronze sculptures. The exhibition debuts monumental and site-specific works conceived specifically for the Biennale Arte 2024. Never before exhibited paintings and sculptures will be arranged in dialogue with each other and with artworks spanning from the ‘80s through today. Curator Gerhard Steidl drew inspiration from Dine’s relentless odysseys between the United States and Europe, as well as his lifetime dedication to the concept of visual, cultural, and linguistic hybridization.

“My whole life, I’ve been in motion. I find it difficult to sit still. It’s a hyperactive quality, I would say. I’ve always enjoyed going from studio to studio, country to country. For me, travelling is like using red. It’s another thing to make the picture.”

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