Daniel Arsham at the Venice biennale

Everything is almost ready for International Art exhibition the prestigious Venice Biennale in it’s 60th edition curated by Adriano Pedrosa from April the 20th until November 24th at the Giardini and Arsenale venues and for the occasion Galerie Perrotin is pleased to announce the forthcoming solo exhibition “Venice 3024” by artist Daniel Arsham in collaboration with art advisor, curator and collector Ronald Harrar.

The exhibit transports viewers from the past and present into the future where Arsham transforms artifacts and images that hold significant influence to comment on and memorialize the permanence of collective cultural memory.

The artist introduces new techniques into his “Fractured Idols” series alongside a survey of artwork in his signature “Fictional Archaeology” series.

Situated in the apse of the Chiesa di Santa Caterina, a large scale bronze and stainless steel sculpture oversees the larger installation. In this body of work the artist joins seemingly recognizable personas from both anime, cartoons and antiquity transforming the images through artificial intelligence, recreating and juxtaposing these fictionalized portraits. Arsham also debuts a collaboration with Italian design company Bisazza introducing a new suite mosaic works in glass.

Throughout the cathedral Arsham presents a suite of sculptures inspired by artworks of antiquity in collaboration with Réunion des Musées Nationaux , Grand Palais (RMN) a 200 year old French molding atelier using molds and scans from the collections of the Louvre, Acropolis Museum, the Kunshistorisches Museum in Vienna among others where he recreates this historic works in his signature geological materials.

If you are planning to go to the Venice Biennale this is a must visit exhibition from April 17th to September 15, 2024 at the Chiesa di Santa Caterina, Venice, Italy.

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