Au Coucher du soleil – At Sunset (short version) Patricia Jacomella Bonola 2018 Video (Single-channel digital, colour, sound) 10’ 07’’ Courtesy of the artist Patricia Jacomella Bonola’s video “Au Coucher du soleil” (At Sunset) is the time lapse version of a film with the same name, with a duration of 1 hour, 9 minutes… (read more)
Imago Pietatis, Serie 1 Elena Franco 2019 4 digital prints on Fedrigoni XPER paper, 220 gr 40 cm x 60 cm each, framed Edition of 7 + 1 PDA The series 1 of Elena Franco’s project on the Imago Pietatis (Christ of Pity) consists of four posters. They are showing painted book edges of volumes… (read more)
Love Silvia Levenson 2019 Kiln formed glass 11 cm x 11 cm x 22 cm Edition of 20 pieces Silvia Levenson’s glass sculpture “Love” is a soft pink hand grenade positioned on a round cake plate with pedestal. A transparent glass dome encloses it. On the shell, the word “Love” is written…. (read more)
Rimediazioni Analogiche (Analogue Remediation) Donatella Lombardo 2015 Installation, mixed media 145 cm x 90 cm x 40 cm (support included) Donatella Lombardo’s installation “Rimediazioni Analogiche (Analogue Remediation)” is a red merchantable typewriter, type Olivetti Valentine with a long white panel of cloth coming out of the platen-roller. Digitally printed on the cloth are… (read more)
Buzz Kelly Reemtsen 2017 Oil on panel 111,76 cm x 111,76 cm The painting “Buzz” by Kelly Reemtsen, shows a woman in a delicate dusky pink summer dress in front of a white background. She is holding a chainsaw in her left hand. Besides the unusual combination of a fine feminine outfit and brachial tool,… (read more)
Utopia XXII Inna Artemova 2019 Oil on canvas 170 cm x 240 cm The oil painting “Utopia XXII” by Inna Artemova is part of her series “Future Structures”, where she reflects on prospective living and working environments, which might be united in one single space. “Utopia XXII” shows two sets of freely floating square-shaped boxes… (read more)
Urban Platform burned Valeria Vaccaro 2018 White Carrara marble, ink 80 cm x 60 cm x 15 cm “Urban Platform burned” by Valeria Vaccaro is seemingly a ready-made: a used and singed EUR-pallet, which has even the trademark of the European Pallet Association (EPAL). Nevertheless, the size is different. The standardised tool for goods… (read more)
Second Hand: Kyiv (Kiev), 2015 Zhanna Kadyrova 2015 Soviet period tiles, wood Variable dimensions The series “Second Hand” by the Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadyrova is a long-lasting project of several single interventions, which started in 2014 in Sao Paulo. After four more venues, the last one up to now, is the “Hotel All’Angelo” for… (read more)
Black Out 2 Ester Grossi 2018 Acrylic on canvas 120 cm x 100 cm Courtesy Spazio Testoni, Bologna, Foto Giulia Mazza Ester Grossi’s painting “Black Out 2” is a composition of four geometric shapes on black ground, which overlap each other partially. The upper diagonally red lined field could be described as rectangle with rounded… (read more)
Before the summer break, we would like to remind you our first six artworks. The six featured artists came from various corners of the world, as the artworks were different by technique and subject. With this review, we would like to thank all artists for their support. In January, “Bucket & Reflection” by the… (read more)
Inversion II Glenda León 2011 Video (Single channel, Sound, Colour) 3’00 Courtesy of the artist Glenda León’s video “Inversion II” illustrates the abrasion of the colour of a banknote and the sniffing of the resulting powder. The first images are introducing to the used objects, lying on a white plane: in the left lower… (read more)
Receiving Orders. Salome and St. John (series: Revival) Katerina Belkina Courtesy Lilja Zakirova Gallery, Heusden a/d Maas, Netherlands 2017 Photography and digital drawing Archival pigment print 100 cm x 72 cm Edition of 8 plus 2 artist’s proof “Receiving Orders. Salome and St John” by Katerina Belkina shows a young woman, sitting in a straight… (read more)
Voronezh (series 1971) Tamara Stoffers 2018 Collage 110 cm x 87 cm, Edition of 3 80 cm x 63 cm, Edition of 4 50 cm x 40 cm, Edition of 5 For her collage “Voronezh” from 2018, Tamara Stoffers applied a coloured photo for the background. It shows huge prefabricated apartment buildings under a… (read more)
Door, NY, 1986 Betty Zanelli 1986 Collage Graphite, oil pastels, acrylic and newspaper on sketching paper 25 cm x 19 cm The collage “Door, NY, 1986” by Betty Zanelli shows a door ajar. In contrast to the background, which presents the bare paper and the sketched spatial environment with black pastels, the front of the… (read more)
Untitled (Series Fata Morgana) Alessia Rollo 2015 Print on RC paper matt Edition of 7 + 2 PA, 100 cm x 60 cm Alessia Rollo’s photo from the series Fata Morgana shows illuminated greenhouses in totally dark surroundings. They are positioned on the horizontal axis in the middle of the image plane. It is not… (read more)
Bucket & Reflection Cally Lotz 2018 Oil on linen 41 cm x 31 cm The oil painting “Bucket & Reflection” by the Australian painter Cally Lotz shows, as the title indicates, a bucket with reflections. Depicted in a photorealistic manner, the artist placed the metal pail at the right picture half, on a bright support…. (read more)
Garage Still #10/2014 Jacquie Maria Wessels 2014 Analogue C-print Edition of 6, 120 cm x 120 cm Edition of 10, 70 cm x 70 cm The photography “Garage Still #10/2014” by Jacquie Maria Wessels shows a table with an open red box on it. There are objects – more or less identifiable – in front… (read more)
Il Primo Universo (The First Universe) Greta Schödl 1980 Oil and gold leaf on French canvas Signed on the verso 216 cm x 160 cm The painting “Il Primo Universo” (The First Universe) by Greta Schödl shows an asymmetrical accumulation of golden dots and lines on a blue irregular ground. Slightly right from the… (read more)
Nella clandestinità (Living clandestine) Agnese Purgatorio Courtesy Podbielski Contemporary Milano 2013 Digital collage Ink-jet on Canson Infinity Baryta, di-bond, framed Edition 5 + 2AP 90 cm x 120 cm The digital collage “Nella clandestinità” (Living clandestine) from 2013 by Agnese Purgatorio shows people standing on a map of Italy. This map seems to be… (read more)
Dancing Wave Patricia Lascabannes 2014 15 prints on Alu Dibond, direct print: 4 prints 150 cm x 70 cm 5 prints 100 cm x 50 cm 6 prints 75 cm x 30 cm “Dancing Wave” from the series “Eaux – Mer” (Water – Sea) is a photo by Patricia Lascabannes, which shows a… (read more)
Before the summer break, we would like to remind you our first six artworks by seven artists of this year: Joana Choumali from the Ivory Coast pointed with the diptych Ouagadougou/New York from her series “Translation” to the effects of migration in both: the arrival countries and the countries of origin. … (read more)
Luciferine 11 Petra Warrass 2015 Fine Art Print, hand coloured 20 cm x 30 cm The photo “Luciferine 11” by Petra Warrass shows a branch in front of a blurry background in grey tones. This branch, coming from the left image border is ramifying into slimmer twigs, whose tips are cut by the other three… (read more)
“Question de Liberté” (Question of Freedom) Marie Cagnasso 2017 Porcelain, barbed wire, tree trunk Height: 100 cm “Question de Liberté” (Question of Freedom) by Marie Cagnasso is a brain made of ceramics braided by barbed wire, presented on a tree trunk. The wire encloses the figure like a nest. Placed on its base, it seems… (read more)
Autorretrato (Self-portrait) Proyecto Quarta Dimensione Mariela Fornasari & Ainelén Bertotti Burket 2017 Installation with serigraphy on canvas 200 cm x 150 cm x 150 cm “Self-portrait” by Mariela Fornasari and Ainelén Bertotti Burket is an installation of five semi-transparent canvases. A black and white photo of the two sitting artists is printed on each… (read more)
Huisvrouw (Housewife) From the series: Apolline, Constance et les autres … Elyse Galiano 2014-2018 Natural hair, cotton canvas, wood 60 cm x 120 cm In her series “Apolline, Constance et les autres …” Elyse Galiano embroidered texts from ancient manuals of good manners for women. The most part of the quotes dates from the… (read more)
Untitled (Series Urban Landscape – The Habitat Project) Lissette Solórzano 2007-2009, photography The photo from the series “Urban Landscape – The Habitat Project” by Lissette Solórzano is showing a sewing machine, placed on a wall, with the outlook to the sky and roofs. It is an unusual spot, since one would expect an apparatus like… (read more)
Ouagadougou/New York Joana Choumali 2016 Numeric photographs on canvas, hand embroidered with DMC cotton thread 50 x 80 cm Ouagadougou/New York by Joana Choumali is a diptych of two photographs, both embroidered with coloured threads. The left one shows a stony field with a truck and some green trees in the background. In the foreground… (read more)
In our third year online, we had once again ten artworks of the month, some a little bit older, some brand-new. Even though Bolognese exhibitions were on focus, we had the occasion to visit some exhibitions and art fairs outside the city. Moreover, we went to the Venice Biennale, the Florence Biennale and the… (read more)
Madonna con Bambino (Madonna with Child) Véronique Champollion 2008 Paper (posters), glue, fiberglass and resin 65 cm x 42 cm Representations of Mary have a long tradition in the Christian iconography. Already in the 2nd century, there was the probably oldest Madonna with Child displayed in the Catacombs of Priscilla in Rome. Nevertheless, at that… (read more)
Ellipsis Katia Miranda 2016 Oil on canvas 92 cm x 92 cm “Ellipsis” by Katia Miranda is a photorealistic oil painting. It shows a black plastic shopping bag with white dots, in front of a background of a similar design. The bag stands upright and is open at the top. At first glance, one might… (read more)
Thyra Schmidt: Zwei Freunde verlassen den Raum und gehen in getrennte Richtungen Two friends leave the room and walk in different directions 두 친구가 그 방을 떠난다. 그리고 다른 길로 걸어간다 (translated into Korean by Kyung-Ah Cho) 120 cm x 1150 cm 2017 Textile banner “Two friends leave the room and walk in… (read more)
Orchidées sur fond Bleu (Orchids on blue background) Monique Thibaudin 2,33 m x 1,33 m 2017 Acrylic and graphite pencil on awning fabric The picture “Orchids on blue background” by Monique Thibaudin is a mixture of printing, painting and drawing, accompanied by letters on an unusual canvas: awning fabric. Mostly central on the blue ground… (read more)
Kompliment (Compliment) Kirsten Klöckner 11 cm x 15 cm 1999 Mirror, engraved Edition: unlimited, numbered, signed If our last artwork of the month by Lourdes de la Riva was ephemeral, the artwork of this month is all but volatile. Nevertheless, it isn’t locatable at a certain place, due to its conception as multiple. Kirsten Klöckner… (read more)
Busca una pista, inventa la historia (Search a track, invent history) Lourdes de la Riva 3,50 m x 4,70 m 2016 Remains of small sections of paper books perforated by the moths and attached to the wall The mural collage “Busca una pista, inventa la historia” (Search a track, invent history) from 2016 by Lourdes… (read more)
Coups de Mains (Helping Hands) Margaret Michel 100 cm x 50 cm x 40 cm 2006 Non rip nylon, aluminium, wire, fish wire The “Coups de Mains” (Helping Hands) by Margaret Michel are a monumental sculpture with an ephemeral character, since they are conceived to be presented outside, but not as a long-term installation…. (read more)
Acrylique bleu émeraude (Emerald blue acrylic) Gloria Li Mir 80 cm x 80 cm 1986 Acrylic on strengthened and worked canvas The square-shaped painting “Acrylique bleu émeraude” (Emerald blue acrylic) from 1986 by Gloria Li Mir, is relief with a quadratic elevation in the centre and several round to oval bulges in the lower… (read more)
Partitura n.1 (Score Nr. 1) Donatella Lombardo 2016 Digital print on linen, needles, coloured thread, bobbins, plexiglass, adhesive paper, polyurethane padding, threaded screws 48 cm x 20 cm x 13 cm incl. 3 bobbins The base of “Partitura n.1” by Donatella Lombardo is an upholstered segmental arch, with a white linen surface. Printed on it… (read more)
Arbeitspause – Mädchen mit der Milchtüte (Work Break – Girl with milk carton) Barbara Müller-Kageler 1974 Oil on hardboard 94 cm x 58 cm Barbara Müller-Kageler’s painting “Arbeitspause – Mädchen mit der Milchtüte” (Work Break – Girl with milk carton) is today part of the Kunstarchiv Beeskow / Art Archive Beeskow, Germany. Originally, it was… (read more)
Sentimientos Anónimos IV – (Anonymous Feelings IV) Karla Acuna Vela 2016 48 cm x 33 cm Digital print on 100% press natural cotton (fine print art) Ed. 10 The photo “Sentimientos Anónimos IV” (Anonymous Feelings IV) is part of the series “Grito Silenciado” (Silenced Scream) from 2016. Most of the photos are taken at cemeteries…. (read more)
Calentamiento de la Tierra (Global Warming) Karla Higueros 2010 Acrylic on canvas 40” x 60” (101,6 cm x 152,4 cm) The painting “Global Warming” by Karla Higueros is part of her series “Mil Ventanas al Cambio” (A Thousand Windows to Change), inspired by the artist’s idea, that we have to open our windows to allow… (read more)
Heavenly Gossips Martha Jiménez Serigraphy in 62 colours 40 cm x 30 cm Ed. 3 “Heavenly Gossips” by Martha Jiménez is a coloured serigraphy. Three voluptuous women with waving hair are standing close together and take up the most of the pictorial space. They are wearing nice dresses. All three have a small ellipse floating above… (read more)
Untitled Maria Savoldi 2016 360 cm x 360 cm x 23 cm Wire, cement, wood, polystyrene For the exhibition “Simmetria di Riflessione” (Symmetry of Reflection) in June 2016 at Meccaniche Ceruti in Brescia, Maria Savoldi created a site-specific work. It is a wall, made out of cement, polystyrene, wood and wire. The title of… (read more)
Before the summer break, we would like to remind you to our first six artworks of this year: Our first step into 2016 we made with Monique Thibaudin’s “Forme Hybrinde” (Hybrind Form), which is a pacing anti-bust. In February, Petra Warras allowed us a glance at young Cédric,… (read more)
Blue Ink Giovanna Sarti 2014 100 cm x 87 cm Vanish and ink on canvas The painting “Blue Ink” by Giovanna Sarti is a monochrome. The main part of the surface is painted in not homogeneous blue, but there are some graphical appearing elements in white or lighter blue. There are straight and curved lines… (read more)
Melo in fiore, EXPO 2015 (Flowering Apple Tree, EXPO 2015) Irene Kung 2014 100 cm x 140 cm D-print on rag paper To start the merry month of May, we’ve chosen a flowery artwork of the month, the photo “Melo in fiore” (Flowering Apple Tree) by Irene Kung. After early bloomers like snowdrops, crocuses, daffodils… (read more)
Landschaft (Landscape) Betty Zanelli 2014 50 x 90 cm Pigment print on Epson Canvas Satin – Ed. 1/5 A lonely footpath leads into bushes. A half-height nature stonewall frames the woods on the left side. Low shrubs on the right provide the view to a Ferris wheel. Despite the grey and cloudy sky, some… (read more)
Untitled Ingeborg zu Schleswig-Holstein 2011 303 cm x 185 cm Oil and mixed media on canvas The untitled painting by Ingeborg zu Schleswig-Holstein is a large size painting in portrait format. Principally it is oil on canvas, whereas the grey colour of the ground is enriched with glass dust. This has the result that its… (read more)
« Wo es ist # 7» (Where it is # 7) Petra Warrass 2006-2007 30 cm x 40 cm b/w-print The photo # 7 is part of Petra Warrass’ series “Wo es ist” (Where it is), which contains black and white photos of young Cédric or other boys. Looking through an ajar door, we see… (read more)
Monique Thibaudin « Forme Hybride » (Hybrid Form) 2014 Height: 30 cm Ceramics, bones, acrylic The sculpture by Monique Thibaudin is a pacing anti-bust. These black legs with the lower body part executed until under the bosom are crowned by a yellow painted duck skull. The same colour is used for the right food, which… (read more)
« Achtung Zeitloch » (Attention! Time hole) Anke Heelemann 2015 Installation FOTOTHEK, Karl Liebknecht Straße 10, Weimar 10 zograscopes, each 5,5 cm x 5,5 cm x 22 cm From October 20th to November 30th people who passed the FOTOTHEK in Weimar (Germany) risked falling into a time hole! They could embark on a journey through… (read more)
