masks of artists

Already known by the Venetian public, the styles of Baccanti, Deandrea, and Katz are unique, yet they are similar in their search for distinctive perspectives in themes such as respect for the environment, the life of the theatre, and the world of advertising. The peculiar masks presented by Gloria Deandrea were designed and made for the theatre version of the "Turandot" by Bertolt Brecht. Much bigger than normal size, the masks were worn by the actors as hats and not over their faces, thus exasperating the desired effect of flattening the human shape and cancelling its real image until the actor turns into his or her own "avatar". This search reverses the direction of the traditional quest in visual arts by starting with 3D figures and attempting to convert them into 2D. Baccanti displays his "plastic grins", sculptures between caricature and the grotesque style, and the DVD shows the "do-it-yourself grin". Katz presents his new series of masks, permeated by the zany irony of his sculpture-paintings.

Vernissage of "Maschere d'Artista": 6 February 2010 from 5.30 pm. Free entrance.
Opening hours: from 6 to 16 February 2010, 3 pm - 8 pm and by appointment.
Giudecca795 Art Gallery, Fondamenta S.Biagio 795 (100 meters from Molino Stucky - Hotel Hilton). ACTV: 41, 42, 2, to the Palanca stop.
Phone: (+39) 3408798327 - www.giudecca795.com