Verso la Stazione di P.G., 2017 © Paolo Ventura. Courtesy of the artist and Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
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Paolo Ventura - Eclipse
21/09/2017 - 11/11/2017
EDWYNN HOUK
Stockerstrasse 33
8002 Zurich
http://www.houkgallery.com
Edwynn Houk Gallery is pleased to announce our representation of Paolo Ventura and the artist’s inaugural exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition opens on 21 September and continues through 11 November 2017.
Paolo Ventura, born in Milan in 1968, grew up with storytellers. His father was a popular author of children’s books, while his grandmother told memorable tales of living in the Italian countryside during World War II. Ventura has developed his own inventive approach to narrative, blending two forms of storytelling—one inspired by historical events and the other entirely fictive—with a creative technical approach that has earned him widespread recognition.
Each of Ventura’s photographs involves multiple steps. The process includes building and painting simple sets, dressing and directing actors, and combining photographs of the two in a unique topographic reality. Lovers, soldiers, and jesters are some of the recurring characters, often played by family members, including his twin brother, son, wife, and himself. In this present exhibition, Ventura collages and hand-paints over every image. The resulting tableaus engage each other in dialogue, but each exists as its own imaginative world.
21/09/2017 - 11/11/2017
EDWYNN HOUK
Stockerstrasse 33
8002 Zurich
http://www.houkgallery.com
Edwynn Houk Gallery is pleased to announce our representation of Paolo Ventura and the artist’s inaugural exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition opens on 21 September and continues through 11 November 2017.
Paolo Ventura, born in Milan in 1968, grew up with storytellers. His father was a popular author of children’s books, while his grandmother told memorable tales of living in the Italian countryside during World War II. Ventura has developed his own inventive approach to narrative, blending two forms of storytelling—one inspired by historical events and the other entirely fictive—with a creative technical approach that has earned him widespread recognition.
Each of Ventura’s photographs involves multiple steps. The process includes building and painting simple sets, dressing and directing actors, and combining photographs of the two in a unique topographic reality. Lovers, soldiers, and jesters are some of the recurring characters, often played by family members, including his twin brother, son, wife, and himself. In this present exhibition, Ventura collages and hand-paints over every image. The resulting tableaus engage each other in dialogue, but each exists as its own imaginative world.