Un Ospite di Venezia n-7 luglio 2023

BETWEEN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AT THE BUGNO ART GALLERY
The second destination is the Bugno Art Gallery, one of the
most representative Venetian art galleries, an ideal meeting
place for artists and art lovers, between two hubs of Venetian
culture, La Fenice Grand Theatre and the Veneto Athenaeum.
Directed with passion for over thirty years by Massimiliano
Bugno, it presents itself over two areas, the actual
headquarters looking out onto the square, and a suggestive
adjacent space, named In Corte.
Important retrospectives are presented there, but also
showcases by established artists and collective exhibitions.
This is the case this month, when it is possible to admire a selection
of Venetian artworks from the Fifties and Sixties, by masters
who have represented a renewal within the ideal continuity
originating from a great tradition, throughout the latter half
of the Twentieth century. Works by well-known masters may
be found among them, such as Mario Deluigi, Armando Pizzinato,
Emilio Vedova (the gallery holds the first two's valuable
archives), but also masters like Saverio Rampin, an exponent of
the Spatialist movement, versatile artist-designer Vinicio Vianello
and Giancarlo Franco Tramontin, now ninety years old,
considered one of the most successful sculptors in town.
The historical display is flanked by the Contemporary in the
central gallery, with artworks by eclectic Venetian artist Andrea
Morucchio, who has been capable of combining photography and video up to performance
and sculpture, by Fabio Bianco, characterised by a language dense with colour and
light; by the South Africans Gavin Rain and Philip Barlow, where neo-pointillism (or pixellism),
photorealism and abstraction are conspicuous, among others.
THE "BEL-AIR FINE ART", A GALLERY IN THE WORLD
Founded in 2004 in Geneva, Bel-Air Fine Art is one of the main groups of international contemporary
art galleries nowadays. Since its inception, the Bel-Air Fine Art group has established
itself in the most prestigious locations in Switzerland such as Crans-Montana, Zurich and St.
Moritz, and in Europe in Paris, Saint-Tropez, Venice, Cannes and, more recently, Bruges.
Heading the group, father and son gallery owners and art dealers François and Grégory Chabanian
assign great value to the presentation of an ample selection of internationally renowned
and emerging contemporary artists, belonging to various artistic movements.
In Venice since 2016, Bel-Air entered the lagoon scenario with its galleries at Saint Mark, then
at Dorsoduro in 2018. Since May 2023, it
has consolidated its presence by opening
a third venue in town, also at Saint Mark, in
Calle dello Spezier, right in front of its first
historic location.
Here, Francesco and his team are proud
to present an exclusive selection of iconic
contemporary artists, such as Carole
Feuerman, Fred Allard, Mr Brainwash,
Jeff Koons, Santiago Montoya, and a space
dedicated to the master of surrealism,
Salvador Dalì.
Feuerman is also the protagonist, until 16
September, of the solo exhibition “Crossing
the Sea” at the “Fondazione Made in
Cloister” in Naples.
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