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CONTEMPORARY VENICE
Palazzo Flangini, Venice: December 16, 2016

CONTEMPORARY VENICE – It’s LIQUID International Art Show opened its doors on December 16, 2016 in Venice at the prestigious Palazzo Flangini, presenting a great selection of photography, painting, installation/sculpture, video-art and performance works of 84 emerging and important artists, coming from 35 countries.

The event is curated by Arch. Luca Curci (director of It’s LIQUID Group), and realized in collaboration with VALORIZZAZIONI CULTURALI | ART-EVENTS.

During the opening night more than 500 visitors attended the event CONTEMPORARY VENICE with considerable enthusiasm, satisfaction and interest of the participating audience. The event has been an amazing success and it has been considered as the most influential event in the whole city of Venice during the month of December 2016.

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CONTEMPORARY VENICE has been inaugurated with the live performance of international artists, as Massimiliano Manieri & Mina D’Elia, Maria del Carmen Rodriguez, Marjolaine Uscotti, Shakti Gomez, Athina Kanellopoulou, Eynav Rosolio, Maja Spasova, Gamze Ozturk, Gultug Yenidogan, Derya Dinc and Eylul Dizdar. The event is daily attended by many visitors, until January 15, 2017.

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French artist Nathalie Auzépy exhibits the sculpture: “Feuille de Ville, Paris 01“, created by stainless steel and epoxy covered steel. “Nature and the sacred are her fields of expression: trees create a link between earth and sky, femininity incarnates energy and a creative force”.
Nathalie Auzépy’s work is based on a desire to establish a sensory, poetic and sensitive artistic dialogue, between nature and sacred femininity and his political, social and symbolic environments.

Dahlia Mahmoud, Nubian artist and assistant Professor of Design presents two series “Her Island” and “Sister in Red“, as a part of body of work expressing the characteristics of Nubia’s people, the daily practices and oral histories handed down by a tribe of storytellers and creative minds. In these series she expresses the Nubian language and culture, as a call for the world to interact and keep the Nubian Heritage alive.

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Federico Martín Kiper, young Argentine artist, shows “Kyzz” a painting work, mixed by 4 panels. He works with every media, beacuse the art is his life. He is a also hip hop musician and video producer, fashion designer and produces as university studies, creator of Kiper Graffiti Argentina Supplies, and graphic designer.

The Spanish artist Carmen Ramon Cami exposes the photos “My Dream” and “White“, in which she aims to explore new forms of artistic expression, both symbolic and photo retouching. According to her ideas: “My work process of a conceptual idea or resulting idea of my artistic curiosity, which development to offer a different picture that leads to reflection or pure aesthetic enjoyment.”

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Luca Nanini (aka unaduna), italian video art and independent filmmaker, is selected to display “Homologos“, in which a reflection on the inability of the human being to react to the injustices he sees. Lacking in empathy and courage, he remains unmoved, blocked by fear and egoism, until he becomes himself part of that inhuman, unfair reality to which he failed to respond. Countless times he will be witness, victim and executioner of himself: cowardly author of his own impoverishment and homologation.

Pawel Wocial, graduated to the Faculty of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Poznan, Poland, presents his digital photo works “Net” and “2D3D“, influenced by the concept of design thinking “human ability to create in mind different kind of simulations resulting in relationships and perception of reality”. In his artworks (installations, objects, kinetic sculptures, photography, drawings) concentrates on relations between form, structure, perception and consciousness.

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From the paintings products, the French artist Atelier M (Myriam Schryve) is selected to show “Ellat Crepuscolaire, 2” and “Don’t Think Just Dream“. She starts a series of paintings linked to her will to bear witness of the complex situations of the visually impaired, She starts a series of paintings linked to her will to bear witness of the complex situations of the visually impaired, giving form to their visual fields, their inner anxiety, in order to better understand them, their situation, avoiding any statement, judgment, or dramatization. Lust for life and hope are at the center of her artwork.

Freely inspired by “Naked Lunch” W.S Burroughs, Pierre Ajavon proposes the video-art “Interzone (part.3)“, that takes us into the visual exploration of a soundscape, haunted by rhythms and sounds on which develops the narration. A succession of psychedelic “flashes” and repetition of nightly obsessions the video is the center work of a series of 3 videos browsing strange imaginary worlds.

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Ipung Purnomo, artist coming from Indonesia, works portraying Papuan figures, as “Pip #11“, showed during the event. He focuses on the focus on the expressions rather than visualizing the complete figures.Human’s expressions always drive me to paint. He arranges the images in semi-decorative and expressionistic style to capture the essence of the beauty.

The acclaimed artist from Israel, Gennady Roitich exhibits his paintings works “Eka” and “Meeting“, in which the colours and nuances are the focus of representation. His artwork is highly influenced by Japanese art, and he attempts to emphasize the richness of minimalism: simple and readable structure affording a complex texture.

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Karla Valle-Griffith presents her oil on canvas works “Fragmentos, 3” and “Fragmentos, 10“. Her works represent the ceramic tableware as porcelain, that breaks on the canvas of appearances, and leaves evidence that people are not imported luxury items. “We are human beings repeat what they have learned to survive without ever questioning why we always do the same.”

The Italian artists Massimiliano Manieri & Mina D’Elia show their live performance “Dandelion“, representing the emotion of the impossible meeting between a goddess (Iside) and a thinker (Albert Caraco). “The woman “stitches” the magnificent simplicity of nature on tissues ripped the sky. The man sews his vetoes in chimeras elected to executioners dogmas. She offers fertile seeds. He is chained to his seed: the seed for her salvationfor him is prison.”

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The Japanase artist, Yuki Kobayashi displays two video art works “New Gender Bending Strawberry“, the alter-ego character with performing a genderless futuristic creature that existing in the privilege of humanity and fairness from the equality that is representing by synchronised similar figures; and “The Beauty is Sleeping“, in which the artist wears the dress from the sleeping beauty. He sings a song of S following the alphabet song. “The world of contemporary art forget the love of art (human). Let’s wake them up so kiss me. Our body is art. S is sexual. S is something. S is someone. S is sexual. Sing a Song with S.”

The installation of Rakel Persson “La Robe – The dress in Love” is presented during the event, and it is one of her sculptures made by felted wool. All her installations and sculptures express the surreal way in which images from the subconscious are revealed in the conscious. In these works, she tries to examine feelings, relationships, moods, memories and dreams, inspired by nature’s shades, shadows and colors to create works that mix aspects that are animal, with those that are human and plant.

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The Austrian artist Marina Petri, shows her oil on canvas work “Karagiozis and The Hut“, in which the face of the man is a “mixed of colours”, near the colour hut. She focuses her works on comics, decoration, illustration and folklore.

Italian artist Francesca Busca exhibits “Used, Abused…Re-Made“, a mosaic “rock” work composed by mixed media. She creates her mosaics “no longer as a static pieces, but rather as art which can be incredibly rich…playing with materials allows for different textures and depths, whilst the single tilt of a tile can produce vibrant colours, reflections and shades: chances are that no two viewers will see it the same way at the same time.”

The Finnish artist Teppo Korte, living in The Netherlands presents his work “Oxygene, 2016“, created by resin, spray paint and led-lights, like a mixed of colours and lights.

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Renate Egger & Wilhelm Roseneder, coming from Austria present the street art project “Golden expansion/Goldene Erweiterung”, designed to be itinerant around the world. In fact it has been a temporary installation in public space in Venice in December 2016, and also in Rome, Florence and London (UK).

The Greek artist Athina Kanellopoulou performs “Looking Through” with a “simple” object, a mirror, used by humans since the ancient times as a utilitarian and also a ceremonial object. She invited the “viewer” to redefine the Ego through the dysmorphic depiction of his figure in another human figure (her), who just wears a different mask, the mask of the Other.

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CONTEMPORARY VENICE is an exhibition of contemporary art, an opportunity for international artists and architects to show their works in one of the most important exhibition place in Venice. The main theme is based on contemporaneity as a source of inspiration and a starting point for new visions of the world. The exhibition aims to analyze the contemporary human lives and behaviors, the relationship between man and urban/natural backgrounds.
The meditation about the daily contacts between humankind and contemporary phenomena is always object of artistic investigation. Art starts from the material and psychological aspects of the human life in specific time and contexts. We invite artists and architects to share their works, ideas and researches based on the theme of the event.

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Palazzo Flangini, located in the heart of Venice, nearby Santa Lucia railway station and overlooking Grand Canal, is a luxury, elegant and noble palace, a typical expression of the Venetian Baroque. Built since 1644 and projected by the famous architect Giuseppe Sardi, the palace is still finely decorated with sculptures, “stucchi”, frescos and paintings, with a monumental façade on Canal Grande. It is perfectly and entirely restored and fully equipped for hosting any type of events and exhibitions. In addition to an exclusive entrance directly from Campo San Geremia, it has a private water entrance and a dock alongside the facade. The total area of about 850 sq/mt is divided in ground floor (the typical Venetian Fondaco) and the noble first floor (Portego).

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