EXHIBITION REVIEW
SENSES INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2024
July 12 – 21, 2024
MUST Museum & Museum center at Chiesa di San Francesco della Scarpa | Lecce, Italy

ITSLIQUID Group is pleased to share the great success of SENSES ART FAIR 2024, an international exhibition of photography, painting, video art, installation/sculpture, and performance art, which took place in several cultural exhibition spaces across Lecce, a splendid gem in the South of Italy, such as the MUST Museum (Museo Storico Città di Lecce) and the Museum Center at Chiesa di San Francesco della Scarpa, during Lecce Art Week. The event opened on July 12 and ran until July 21, 2024.

For the first time in Lecce, SENSES International Art Fair represented a unique occasion that brought together creatives from around the world in Salento, a charming and fascinating area located at the extreme tip of Apulia, internationally known as a treasure of natural beauty, rich history, delicious food, and vibrant culture. Lecce, the capital of this region, stood as a Southern Italian jewel, where the profound spiritual power of its Baroque history and sun-kissed limestone buildings and churches resonated through its architecture, forging connections that transcended time and space, offering a unique glimpse into the essence of existence.

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Starting from paintings, through photography and video art, exploring the human body and the digital world, the senses were the creatives’ common ground, the core and essence through which they expressed themselves. SENSES ART FAIR was about delving into and experimenting with new hybridizations, creating new possible worlds while sharing a hub for dialogue, unity, and exchange among artists, architects, designers, critics, public and private institutions, and art enthusiasts.

We invited all the artists to immerse themselves in a multisensory exploration of their consciousness and to share their personal artistic research through any kind of media. This included painting, sculptures, installations, photography, video art, and live performances. The fair provided a dynamic platform where the boundaries between traditional and contemporary art forms blurred, fostering an environment where innovative ideas could flourish. Artists were encouraged to push the limits of their creativity, using their chosen mediums to interpret and represent the complexities of human perception and interaction in an increasingly digital age.

The opening event in Lecce provided the perfect backdrop for artists to explore the interplay between the human senses and the digital world through various media, from painting to photography and sculpture. Such is the case for Catherine Nickford, who showcased her fine ink drawings and digital adaptations, weaving complex, surreal imagery inspired by Albrecht Dürer’s Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Her detailed and expansive compositions captured the audience’s imagination, reflecting on the transformative power of art in connecting body and mind. Małgorzata Czerniawska offered a profound reflection on emotions and perceptions, with her display of “Clearances” series. Her paintings, created immersive maps of interior spaces while being deeply connected to the mental and metaphysical realms.

Morgan Allis channeled her divine inspirations through her process-oriented approach through vibrant, emotion-laden canvases. Her depictions of goddesses symbolized the conflict between humanity and divinity, giving a sensory experience to the public. Meanwhile, Elena Ksanti‘s abstract artworks invited to introspection, with non-objective elements encouraging viewers to find personal meanings in her creations. Her use of shapes, colors, and lines to evoke individual interpretations exemplified the investigation of senses as a creative common ground. Boris Rodnyy’s cosmoglyphs connected ancient writings and modern symbols to the collective unconscious, bridging the gap between different cultures through a universal visual language.

Combining nature and technology in dynamic compositions, Fant Wenger‘s paintings display powerful colors and light to illuminate the canvas. His intricate and thoughtful approach highlighted the collision of natural and artificial elements. Using sculpture as artistic means, Rolf Frischherz added a tactile dimension to the fair: covered in gold leaf, his 3D sculptures depicted intertwined lovers, embodying the timeless theme of interpersonal connections and personal transformation.

SENSES Art Fair
art director Arch Luca Curci
art curators Melis Di Gennaro, Amaride Ferrante, Annachiara Recchia, Giulia Tassi

SENSES Art Fair is part of LECCE ART WEEK by Darte Studio di Andrea Tapparini

VENUE
MUST Museum | Lecce, Italy
Via Degli Ammirati, 11, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Opening hours | Monday – Sunday | 10:00AM – 09:00 PM
Please note that on July 15 the exhibition space will be closed.

Museum center at Chiesa di San Francesco della Scarpa | Lecce, Italy
Via Benedetto Cairoli, 15, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Opening hours | Monday – Sunday | 10:00 AM – 01:00 PM and 6:00 PM- 10:00 PM

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