While art hunters were searching the Biennale, four non-conventional artists were disseminating their art in the silent streets of Venice at night: non-commissioned public art, made available to everyone, commonly referred to as Street Art. Artworks by Ache77, Blub, Exit Enter and Nian, produced in the nights before the opening of one of the most important art festival in the world.
Their artworks call into question their favourite themes, each developed with a different technique and medium but with a common purpose: a kind of art open to everyone in the city streets. Ache77, the stencil artist known for the strong emotional appeal of his portrayed faces, has glued his most significant xylographs: 1+1=1, meaning the power of uniting diversities, and She, inaccessible and fierce, changing her facial expression depending on the medium she lays on; impalpable paper, eternal and fragile, like life.
Blub is back in Venice, after one year. His acts, dipped in blue, depict famous icons or masterpieces of the past, all of them wearing a scuba mask: his anthem âArt can swimâ underlines his incursions, finding their natural habitat in a submerged city.
Exit Enter is known for drawing an ageless little man telling little truths and big dreams. In addition to his usual puzzling, the litthe man is wondering about nowadays Venice; a showcase city, not so different from his hometown Florence.
Nian, from Florence too, is dealing with the connection between humanity, nature and the world rhythms; working on recycled media, she has âsownâ her colourful flowers and her vital, revitalizing creatures...
Giudecca 795 Art Gallery has decided to give this form of art the chance to enter a protected space, so that it can be observed and described: so the exhibit âInside-Outers: 4 street artists in Veniceâ was born, a retrospective of the artwork on the city wall, told by Marco Siracusano's photos. At the Giudecca 795 Art Gallery the artists have produced some original artworks, whilst the art on the city walls has not been commissioned by the gallery.
Inside-Outers's originals, and Marco Siracusano's photos are for sale at the gallery, along with smaller art and prints, and they will be on show until the end of the Biennale (November), on a rotation basis with the other artists represented by the gallery, in a dialogue of views, styles, and techniques. Last but not least, the new incognito (?) street artist Guerrilla Malva is now among the artists represented by our gallery, with an ongoing guerrilla gardening project.