OPEN | 14th International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations

A feverishly transforming material, it presents unforeseen reactions to
the attempt to fix it in rigid coordinates: that’s why it consists of
sculptures, installations, happenings, performances, continuously
changing. OPEN is a moving observation point, open to the contemporary scene. Set out along the avenues and in open spaces, the art, so cosmopolitan, springing from absolutely different contexts, reveals the need to probe language freely, to pass right across codes, with acts of courage.

The exhibition begins with a tribute to life reborn in the form of the imposing painted bronze orchid "The Chromatic Archaeology of Desire" by Marc Quinn.

Among the innovations this year, and for the first time on the international scene, will be the participation of the enfant prodige Mahdiyar Arab, the youngest Iranian sculptor who at only 7 years of age has already presented numerous personal and collective exhibitions in his own country.

The reciprocal exchange with Academies of Fine Arts continues, this year presenting the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts on the Island of San Servolo. OPEN will therefore encourage contacts among participants to reflect the multiple nature of the circuits and the values expressed in young creative art.
The attention towards new recruits to art is also seen in the collaboration with the Premio Arte Laguna, under which the Arte Communications Prize was presented. During the exhibition the second edition of the Premio Speciale Arte Laguna will be assigned to an artist from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, selected by the Arte Laguna jury. This award will offer the winner the possibility to be included among the finalists of the Premio Arte Laguna 2011 and to show his or her work on the circuit organised by the same association.

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