Curatorial Notes

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In conjunction with the Venice Biennale, ContArt Gallery in Rome presents two parallel exhibitions at our Venice venue.

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FULGOR

Renata Schussheim

To look at Renata Schussheim’s drawings is to enter a fluid, nocturnal and intuitive realm, where water, darkness and suspended bodies become symbols of metamorphosis and memory.Swimmers move through silent landscapes, immersed in an almost uterine dimension, where the feminine emerges as a generative, cyclical and mysterious force. Beneath the surface, ambiguous creatures and delicate presences emerge, transforming fragility into tenderness and imagination into a place of refuge. Here, darkness is not a threat, but a space of revelation. Against deep skies, iridescent surfaces and star-filled landscapes, figures radiate an inner light, like an aura that persists in the darkness. Schussheim’s work thus leads us towards a suspended and ineffable time: an inner space where mystery, metamorphosis and light continue to emerge from the depths.

Curated by Romina Del Prete.

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FLOWER POWER

Michel Oz

Beauty in Michel Oz’s work never inhabits protected spaces. It is a force that moves through the city, making its way through tears, posters, faded colours and fragments of a form of communication destined to be superseded and forgotten.

With Flower Power, the flower becomes the protagonist of this encounter: a symbol of delicacy, seduction, fragility and life, emerging from the chaos of the street without being erased by it. Delicate blossoms take root in wounded surfaces, creating a blurring of boundaries between that which is created to be contemplated and that which is created to be consumed.

Curated by Carlo Ciuffo.