Venice Day 10
Weather: Beautiful clear blue skies, very pleasant in the shade...until THB decided to take a dip in the pool mid-afternoon. An hour later the thunderstorm with copious rain has ended. Instead of swimming, THB decides to start packing (THB and DB fly to Munich tomorrow).
the falcon returns
Palazzo Grassi
Some of you have seen Mehretu's big display in lobby of SF MOMA.
There are also several pieces by David Hammons. There is also a great documentary on Hammons: The Melt Goes on Forever
many of Hammons' piece used scavenged material
Mehretu
Jesse Rankin
Still from video by Robin Coste Lewis, narrated with the female voice of god
Huma Bhahia
Hammons
Mehretu
Hammons
Hammons' work is full of humor and mind-games: the Pan-African colors in the theme of the American flag
A number of pieces by Paul Pfeiffer
THB modeling for his tat artist visit: YEP, just like these
Fresh fish delivery vehicle
taken when the sun had been shining all morning....now, kids, put on your bathing suits before going outside
The Fortuny has a great exhibit, pics don't capture them very well
hard to describe, even with pics: maybe embroidery, carving, stitching, thread, cardboard, ....?
most reminiscent of a temple at Angkor Wat...high praise!
Jaume Plensa
parts of San Marcos are several inches underwater (before the thunderstorm)
the waiters are wearing waders?!
There are 3 shows sharing a space: photos by Hujar from the mid 70s
Several artists from Zimbabwe
and an installation in the courtyard
Zimbabwe
Gillian Roselli
Moffat Takadiwa; made of unusual items (toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, etc.)
Roselli
Takadiwa detail: computer keys
toothbrush bristles
toothpaste tubes
Peter Hujar photographs: famous people and dead folks
John Waters
Divine
John Ashbery (THB's fave poet)
Fran Leibowitz
Susan Sontag
Lunch: excellent pizza, octopus with polenta, water, lemon soda (house made), $65 very good, pizza terrific...all the tourists were getting their own pie
great crust
Last show of the Venice portion of the trip: A WINNER!!
recreation of Kentridge's studio
9 30 minute episodes, we come in at the end of Episode 6, 3 large TV screens with chairs before each
Name of the show
DB and THB are transfixed, we watch two full episodes, 7 and 8
Streaming on MUBI (no, THB has never heard of MUBI), HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Kentridge shows you how movie magic/art is made
The wedding site at 3pm, ceremony is at 4:30
Something wicked this way comes: DARK clouds moving over the pool, everything being folded up and people running for the exits....yo, wait, THB just JUST got here
Huge lightning and loud claps of thunder...THB thinks the wedding has been moved indoors
THB and DB and RR and SMC have a going away dinner at the bar: salads for three and THB goes for the club sandwich. Three negronis and a non-alcholic dring, and lots of discussion about what a great week of art it turned out to be...
Off to Munich tomorrow, and the Hotel Cipriani closes for the season, a month earlier than usual and opening a month or two later than usual due to renovations.
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