11/09/2022 – 11/10/2022
Since WWII the production of Murano glass-beads has shrunk dramatically. So much so that in 2020 UNESCO listed this ancient craft as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. Glass-bead-making in Murano is approaching extinction: Inside Outside II pays homage to this ancient craft while also exploring new ways to revive it.
The 63 square metres tapestry of painted linen embroidered with thousands of Murano glass beads marks my entrance into the world of traditional Venetian glassware. The individually crafted beads set the tone of the work. Their uneven sizes and shades of colour capture and reflect light in such a dynamic way as to create the optical illusion of sun rays bouncing off the currents, ripples and waves of a restless ocean. Inside Outside II combines the solemnity of a monumental oeuvre with the fragile intimacy of a three-dimensional watercolour.
Occupying a whole magazzino in Palazzo Polignac, one of the most important early renaissance buildings in Venice, this piece explores the ephemeral boundaries between ‘inside’ and ‘outside’, between concepts of ‘feminine’ and ‘masculine’.
These beaded canvases trace an imaginary map on which intersecting beaded ‘paths’ all lead towards the pulsating center, the vulva: l’Origine du Monde.
Since WWII the production of Murano glass-beads has shrunk dramatically. So much so that in 2020 UNESCO listed this ancient craft as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. Glass-bead-making in Murano is approaching extinction: !Inside Outside II pays homage to this ancient craft while also exploring new ways to revive it.!
The 63 square metres tapestry of painted linen embroidered with thousands of Murano glass beads marks my entrance into the world of traditional Venetian glassware. The individually crafted beads set the tone of the work.
Their uneven sizes and shades of colour capture and reflect light in such a dynamic way as to create the optical illusion of sun rays bouncing off the currents, ripples and waves of a restless ocean.
Inside Outside II combines the solemnity of a monumental oeuvre with the fragile intimacy of a three-dimensional watercolour.
Occupying a whole magazzino in Palazzo Polignac, one of the most important early renaissance buildings in Venice, this piece explores the ephemeral boundaries between!‘inside’!and!‘outside’,!between concepts of!‘feminine’!and!‘masculine’.
These!beaded canvases trace an imaginary map on which intersecting beaded!‘paths’!all lead towards the pulsating center, the vulva: l’Origine du Monde.