The folds in the material have their own way of running – I don’t create them – they happen naturally, by themselves. “I was playing with this idea of a ‘fabric’ as something that’s not fixed.
Speaking of the plastic qualities of his metallic composites, El Anatsui recalled: The success of these works owes much to the protean nature of the material itself, which being light and flexible yet still robust, is capable of repeatedly being reshaped and re-formed. Today, he is best known for his mesmerising works composed of many thousands of aluminium bottle-tops laboriously sewn together. Throughout his long career, he has focused his many interests to examine a wide range of subjects and explored an extraordinary array of media from cement, ceramics and tropical hardwoods in his early years, to corrugated iron, cassava graters, milk-tin lids and bottle-tops in his later installations.
When this immense work first covered the façade of the Royal Academy, in 2013, the artist won the prestigious Charles Wollaston Award.Įl Anatsui is undoubtedly one of the most influential artists of the present time. Moreover, in February 2019, TSIATSIA – searching for connection was installed in the atrium of Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town. The exhibition also coincides with the largest retrospective of the artist’s work to date, El Anatsui: Triumphant Scale, at Haus der Kunst, Munich. Next is the 1600s, represented by painters such as Maffei, Mazzoni and Strozzi, and the 1700s which includes paintings by Canaletto, Piazzetta and Tiepolo, just to name a few.įurthermore, in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe of the Gallerie dell’Accademia of Venice is another famous work of art (but as a preservation measure, rarely displayed): 'The Vitruvian Man' by Leonardo da Vinci, a symbol of the perfection and balance of Renaissance art.El Anatsui: Material Wonder marks the 40th anniversary of October Gallery and celebrates the vision and creative force of El Anatsui. The most famous work from the 1500s is probably Giorgione's 'The Tempest', but Titian's 'La Pietà' (completed by Palma the Younger after the master's death), 'The Miracle of San Marco' by Tintoretto and the famous masterpiece by Paolo Veronese entitled Feast in the House of Levi' are equally important. The Venetian Renaissance reigns supreme: among the most important works of the 15th century, the small but very precious panel by Andrea Mantegna entitled 'San Giorgio', the cycle on the 'Legend of Sant'Orsola' by Carpaccio, the 'Pala di San Giobbe' by Giovanni Bellini. The Galleria Accademia museum in Venice is a compendium of the history of Venetian painting: inside its rooms you will see how it has evolved over the centuries in the works of its greatest masters. It will take you around half an hour.Ĥ) WHY YOU SHOULD VISIT THE GALLERIE DELL'ACCADEMIA OF VENICE? Arriving by vaporetto? Take line 1 from Piazzale Roma or line 2 from the train station. Arriving by bus or car? It’s a 20 minutes’ walk from Piazzale Roma. The Accademia Gallery in Venice is located in the Dorsoduro district in Campo della Carità, along the Grand Canal, opposite the Accademia bridge.Īrriving by train? It’s a 25 minutes’ walk from Santa Lucia Train Station.
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