Contini Art Gallery

Con ognuno dei miei artisti ho un rapporto bellissimo, un feeling fatto di complicità, ho il piacere di respirare con loro le stesse emozioni...

In gallery: Vetture in vetrina a Venezia

The Contini Art Gallery has the pleasure to invite you at the personal exhibition of Enrico Ghinato hold in the venetian seat in Campo Santo Stefano, San Marco 2765, from the 15th of December 2011 until the 15th of April 2012.

Open every day from 10:30am until 1:00pm and from 2:00am until 7:30pm.

Work of the Month

The Contini Art Gallery is glad to present you the video installation by Fabrizio Plessi, who with a simulation of waterfalls enriches the windows of the entire faҫade of Palazzo Pestrin, located in Calle Larga XXII Marzo,
San Marco 2288, Venice. Inside is hosted a
collective exhibition of international artists,
and solo exhibitions and Fabrizio Plessi
Enzo Fiore.

The exhibition is open every day from 10:30
am until 1:00pm and from 2:00pm until 7:30pm.

Meet the Artist

The Contini Art Gallery invites you to meet the artwork of Igor Mitoraj in the Archeological Park Valle dei templi of Agrigento, from 15th of April 2011 until November 2011.
“Extended to February 15, 2012"

In gallery: Virtual Tour

The Contini Art Gallery has the pleasure to invite you at the personal exhibition of Enrico Ghinato hold in the venetian seat in Campo Santo Stefano, San Marco 2765, from the 15th of December 2011 until the 15th of April 2012.

Open every day from 10:30am until 1:00pm and from 2:00am until 7:30pm.

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Fabrizio Plessi

	Fabrizio Plessi was born in 1940 in the region of Reggio Emilia. He completed his studies at the Artistic Lyceum and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice where he was eventually assigned the Chair of the Department of Painting.Since 1968, Plessi has been fascinated by water, a recurring theme which has become the focus of his artwork in the form of installations, films, videotapes and performances.In 1970 his work was exhibited at the experimental Pavilion of the Biennial of Venice and again in 1972.From this moment on, he holds exhibitions in various European galleries and museums, amongst which the Städtische Galerie of Munich, the International Cultural Center of Antwerp and the Palais des Beaux Arts of Brussels. During the 1980’s Plessi begins to experiment with video, focusing on the illusions created between representation and reality of liquid elements which are amplified by the extreme technology of mechanical and electronic reproduction. In 1985 Plessi presents his first complete anthology and the first exhibition of environmental video-installations in Milan Italy at the Rotunda Besana. The following year the artist represents Italy at the 42nd Biennial of Art in Venice where he creates one of his most significant works, Bronx.In 1987 Plessi displays Roma, a monumental installation in Kassel, and from this moment becomes notoriously famous on an international scale with exhibitions in many prestigious locations worldwide, amongst which the Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art, the Kuntsterverein of Cologne, the Biennial of Nagoya in Japan, the Juan Mirò Foundation of Barcelona, the Historical Art Museum of Vienna and the Sony-sponsored exhibition space in Berlin, just to mention a few. More recently his artistic endeavours have drawn him closer to the city of Venice, where water – focal point of his art – plays a dominant role. In the year 2003, Fabrizio Plessi creates an installation for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection entitled Digital Fall, one of the most technologically advanced sculptures in the world, fully equipped with constant air-control, an ultra-flat Led screen and full colour display.In 2005 the artist creates an updated version of Mare Verticale, visible at the entrance to the Biennial Gardens (Giardini) in Venice, a cylinder that appears to emerge from the Venetian lagoon at a height of 44 meters, a symbol of the same Biennial of Art.
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