Aldilà Sarà

The exhibition presents the paintings of thirty artists from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. The exhibition is a continuation of a project from spring 2023 entitled Liberi tutti (Free Everyone), a collective exhibition in three chapters held at the Project Room of the Marignana Arte Gallery, which at that time was hosting a solo exhibition by the artist Aldo Grazzi (Pomponesco, 1954 – Perugia, 2023), who taught for several years at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. The title of the exhibition was inspired by a work by the artist himself, which had been presented during his solo exhibition Evanescenze at Spazio Berlendis. The exhibition Liberi tutti, organised in collaboration with the Academy, not only drew inspiration for its title from Grazzi’s work, but also sought to pay tribute to him as a teacher; many of the nearly twenty artists featured were, in fact, his students. On this occasion too, the title Aldilà sarà (The Afterlife Will Be) is that of a series of works by Aldo Grazzi, and the desire to pay tribute to him as a teacher of a generation of painters remains unchanged, as does the desire to recognise the Academy, its teachers and its students for their central role in the development of the city’s artistic and cultural life. The exhibition therefore aims to provide an overview of contemporary painting, offering an opportunity to exhibit and promote the work of thirty Italian and foreign artists, all from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. In line with the vocation of Spazio Berlendis, the project aims to emphasise the value of a cultural programme that considers the contribution of the city, its schools, its teachers and the new generations trained in Venice, within an increasingly active and international context, to be fundamental to the contemporary art scene. Many of the participating artists have been working for some time with important galleries, which have been fundamental to the growth and enhancement of their research, and are also fundamental to the realisation of this project. For this reason, we would like to thank A+B Gallery, Amanita, Andrea Festa Fine Art, Boccanera Gallery, Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Galleria Poggiali, Galleria Secci, König Galerie, Kromya Art Gallery, Lunetta11, Marina Bastianello Gallery, Monitor, and NP-ArtLab. The project is sponsored by the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice and realised with the support of Galleria Marignana Arte.

Works by: 

Giuseppe Abate, Federico Borroni, Thomas Braida, Chiara Calore, Francesco Cima, Oscar Contreras Rojas, Leonardo Dalla Torre, Barbara De Vivi, Daria Dmytrenko, Jingge Dong, Bruno Fantelli, Greta Ferretti, Megan Elizabeth Freeman, Silvia Giordani, Gabriele Grones, Bogdan Koshevoy, Olga Lepri, Besnik Lushtaku, Giulio Malinverni, Luca Marignoni, Tiziano Martini, Laura Omacini, Sara Pacucci, Chiara Peruch, Paolo Pretolani, Simone Rutigliano, Pierluigi Scandiuzzi, Francesca Vacca, Fabiano Vicentini, Sophie Westerlind