Catherine Opie Milan-Venice Venice- 
Studio Guenther presents a solo exhibition by Catherine Opie titled Venice / Venice.
Opening: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, at 18:00 in via Eustachi 10, Milan.
For his third solo exhibition at the Studio Guenther, Catherine Opie presents a group of photographs that the artist made last summer in Venice. Catherine Opie
focuses Venetian opulence architectural landscape and natural distillation of a series of images depicting the city at times and very different moods: the explosion of fireworks
the feast of the Redeemer, the empty space and silent when the loggias of the Rialto fish market is gone and yet the profile of the bell tower St. Mark's taken ironically next to the huge publicity of Venice's most famous cocktail, to return to the classic sunset over the city, heritage
collective imaginary world, mention of an act that nobody who is in Venice can afford to miss.
The sun at sunset and sunrise are the subject of two large diptychs on display, in which the image is perfectly balanced with the horizon at the center, is divided vertically into two parts almost to want to double the delicate beauty, as two films still a long sequence field. As always
Catherine Opie's gaze is contemplative and participatory at the same time. The portrait, which together with the landscape scans all the work of the artist, is proposed in the Venetian pictures almost like a moment of return to real time when the photographs were taken: The portrait of a friend, a friend
shooting from behind near the water in the heat summer sun in the background cuil city fades or disappears altogether.
In one of the two portraits in the exhibition you can see the artist at home, leaning on the windowsill, the classic wooden blinds half-closed taxes do get a little light inside, while outside you see the wall in front illuminated full day. E 'image is very evocative and romantic, the perfect
formal rigor: the artist's eye U.S. opens up in Venice, a balance between attraction and desire to maintain their identity.
This research is in the second of two self-synthesis. The artist takes up the front, in the classical style of his portraits: a half-length, skin and hair wet eyes facing up. In the background, the angle of a wall painted in Venetian red.
few important elements that the artist chooses it to be decrypted and used to enter into the plot more
deep meaning of his photographs which is always political, personal and highly aesthetic at the same time. The formal aspects, conceptual, and documentaries are simultaneously present in his work American has been able to tell and analyze places and people of his city with fascinating views
minimalism and technical perfection that sets them apart.
In 2008, the Guggenheim Museum in New York dedicated to the artist has a retrospective exhibition of his art entitled: Catherine Opie. American Photographer.
Catherine Opie was born in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1961. He lives in Los Angeles.
The exhibition continues until July 30, 2010.
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 15 to 19.30. The morning appointment.
For information: 0229409251 - INFO@STUDIOGUENZANI.IT
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Guenther Studio presents a personal exhibition of Catherine Opie titled Venice / Venice.
Opening: Wednesday 19 May 2010, at 18:00, at the gallery on a Eustachi 10, Milan.
The exhibiton will be open to 30 July 2010.
Opening hours: from Tuesday to Saturday, from 15 to 19.30. Morning by appointment only.
For information: 0229409251 - INFO@STUDIOGUENZANI.IT
