B i e n B n iennale a l e C hianciano 2015
Art museum Chianciano
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Chianciano Art museum
Chianciano Biennale 2015
With the Patronage of Chianciano City Council Front Cover: “False & Real� - oil on canvas by Jincheng Liu
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The Russian room Chianciano Art Museum
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Preface Over the years, the Chianciano Biennale has always been considered by art critics, art historians and curators as an outstanding event and the most prestigious biennale in Italy. Following the great success attained, this year the museum has decided to present a historic event spanning over the entire town of Chianciano. A unique and new experience that encompasses all forms of creativity and unites contemporary art to other expressive arts. The Art Museum will, as usual, present over one hundred artists rigorously selected, to represent the five continents: Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Their different artistic expressions will bring the forefront of the contemporary art world to Chianciano. The artistic, cultural and intellectual genius gathered within the confines of the Chianciano Museum will be a universal banner of art; an array of wordless interpretation and communication that lives and breathes through the talent and creativity of the great artists themselves who share their views of the world that surrounds us. The Museum thanks the large number of artists that applied for the Biennale making the selection of over one hundred wonderful talents possible. Life is a test and should never be a discouragement. Art knows no limits, neither geographical nor cultural albeit one is ever curious to compare and contrast the art born within the Amazonian tropics with that conceived within a metropolis such as New York or Stockholm. The influence of nature and man endlessly pivotal regardless of whether the artist’s eye explores the landscape or the mind’s eye explores the subconscious. Contemporary art is the elegant queen of the Chianciano Biennale. The unhindered artistic expression of art is the unchallenged protagonist in the visual journey represented by this exhibition. The viewer meanders freely over the reflections of what artists see, elaborate, analyse and express through the process of creating art.
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Roberto Gagliardi
Chianciano Art Museum Founder Bronze by Eithne Healy
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In light of this celebration of contemporary art, the museum has created an array of events that embrace the world of art in general. The Museo della Collegiata, which hosts exceptional examples of sacred art from the 13th to the 21st century, will exhibit the magnificent portrait of Pope Saint Pius V by Palma the Younger (1544-1628). This Renaissance master, heir to Tintoretto, apprentice to Raffaello and painter who finished Titian’s “Pietà” in 1575, was commissioned to create the portrait of Pope Pius V by the Bellanti Counts, an influential family who gave four “Capitani del Popolo” to Siena in the Middle Ages. It is an artwork of great importance that, after three centuries in Tuscany, was bought by Sir Robert Dick in 1842 to the UK. Another two hundred years later, thanks to the Chianciano Art Museum acquiring the portrait from Bonham’s in London, one of the most ancient auction houses in the world founded in 1793, it has been returned to Chianciano, only a few kilometers from Siena. In the same collection, the unique icon that Pope Pius XII gave to HRH Princess Margaret on her historic visit to the Vatican in 1949 will also be on show. A work of great historic and religious significance, created by the world famous Italian jeweler Mario Buccellati in 1949 expressly for the Princess on her visit to the Vatican City, marking the first visit in hundreds of years by a British Royal. The Biennale is an artistic as well as historical event that offers collectors, tourists and art lovers a wonderful experience ranging from art history to the avant-guard. At Palazzo de Vegni, built between the 18th and 19th centuries, there will be an exhibition of engravings and etchings by the great masters Dürer, Piranesi and Rembrandt. Numerous of these artworks have been acquired from the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Cincinnati Art Museum and the private collection of Count Antoine Seilern, the world’s most important collector of Dürer’s works.
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The Turner room Chianciano Art Museum
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Villa Simoneschi, built in 1830 and subsequently bought by patron Ottavio Simoneschi, was used to house important collections of paintings, furniture, archaeological findings, books and coins. Today, this magnificent building is part of the town’s heritage and is used by the Municipality of Chianciano Terme as an important venue for meetings, concerts and events. During the Biennale, the Villa will host drawings made by the great Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani in the 80s and 90s, beside some of his most important creations. Armani’s fashion drawings have previously been seen at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and will offer yet another dimension to the international art on show. Medieval churches will host an important series of lithographs by Toulouse Lautrec, commissioned by the Toulouse Lautrec Society and the ‘The Times’ of London, while the Etruscan Museum will present some of the most important archaeological findings, burial chambers and remnants of this magnificent pre-Roman population, taking visitors to the Italian cultural roots, uncovering the journey and discovering the important imprint that they left on the history of Italian art. The Chianciano Biennale, thanks to the support of the Municipality in granting these magnificent exhibition spaces and museums, will be an exceptional and stimulating event in which contemporary art is the centerpiece albeit in a historical context that embraces works of art that span thousands of years. In occasion of the Biennale, the Bonaventura Somma Institute of Music will organise numerous unmissable concerts at the Terme di Sant’Elena, the Terme dell’Acqua Santa and at the Art Museum, blending visual art and music together. Visitors will embark on a stimulating emotional experience in the very heart of Tuscany, cradle of Italian Renaissance. Roberto Gagliardi
National Union of Journalists, UK
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The Artists
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The Art of Five Continents
B i e n n a l e
Ziyad Almashkhdani “Horses Sun” - oil on canvas
Iraq 11
C h i a n c i a n o
Tanya Alvits “Forest Dreams II” - acrylic on canvas
Denmark 12
B i e n n a l e
Aelita Andre “Cosmic Rainbow Magic Supernova” - acrylic and mixed media on canvas
Australia 13
C h i a n c i a n o
Ayhatun ATEŞİN “Silent walk” - ceramic shoe installation
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 14
B i e n n a l e
Manss Aval “Dante’s Visit” - mixed media
Iran 15
C h i a n c i a n o
Aziralili “Curriculum Vitae” - oil on canvas
Poland 16
B i e n n a l e
Mitch Barrett “The Illusionist“ - mixed media on canvas
UK 17
C h i a n c i a n o
Leonardo Beccegato “Concerto Campestre� - oil on canvas
Italy 18
B i e n n a l e
Beddru “Here and Elsewhere” - mixed media on plexiglas
Italy 19
C h i a n c i a n o
Jenny Bennett “Kaitoki Walk Great Barrier Island” - oil on canvas
New Zealand 20
B i e n n a l e
Tiril Benton “Timeless Bliss” - acrylic on canvas
USA 21
C h i a n c i a n o
Gültekin Bilge “Surprise” - oil & mixed media on carved wood set on board
Cyprus 22
B i e n n a l e
Joanna Blair “Underwater Tranquility” - oil on canvas
Australia 23
C h i a n c i a n o
Asli Bolayir “Vendi, Vidi, Ici” - mixed media
Cyprus 24
B i e n n a l e
Mari Bueno “Mary receives the body of Jesus� - oil and wood dust from the amazon
Brazil 25
C h i a n c i a n o
Jill Louise Campbell “Releasing Grace” - acrylic on canvas
Canada 26
B i e n n a l e
David Anthony Cassar “Yellow Boat” - oil on linen
Malta 27
C h i a n c i a n o
Somsak Chaituch “Dancing Eyes” - acrylic on canvas
Thailand 28
B i e n n a l e
Ariel Chavarro Avila “The Creation Of The Mountains” - oil on canvas
Colombia 29
C h i a n c i a n o
Beatrice Cofield “On the crest of the unknown� - mixed media on paper and canvas
France 30
B i e n n a l e
Alan Colombage “Untitled” - oil on canvas
UK 31
C h i a n c i a n o
Abraham Dayan “La Parisienne” - oil on canvas
France 32
B i e n n a l e
Carlos Del Secco “Untitled� - ink on paper
Italy 33
C h i a n c i a n o
Giovanna Depalma “La vita è un soffio” - oil on canvas
Italy 34
B i e n n a l e
Cleto Di Giustino “Combustion 1” - photography
Italy 35
C h i a n c i a n o
Vanessa Dirks “Woo, Boo, Doo” - mixed media on canvas
Poland 36
B i e n n a l e
Sinikka Elfving “Carnival” - acrylic on canvas
Finland 37
C h i a n c i a n o
Lis Engel “Purple Rain” - acrylic on linen
Denmark 38
B i e n n a l e
Steffen Faisst “Stairway to Heaven” - photography, metal print
Denmark 39
C h i a n c i a n o
Carina Fogde “Reflection” - oil on canvas
Sweden 40
B i e n n a l e
Kjell Folkvord “7th Symphony” - acrylic on canvas
Norway 41
C h i a n c i a n o
Christina Fufezan “The Red Sailboat” - acrylic on canvas
Poland / Germany 42
B i e n n a l e
Edmund Ian Grant “Man of the Sea” - acrylic on canvas
USA 43
C h i a n c i a n o
Daniela Grifoni “Candele Nella Notte Dei Tempi� - mixed media on canvas
Italy 44
B i e n n a l e
Carlo Guidetti “Conform” - photography
Italy 45
C h i a n c i a n o
Nicolae Haiu “Subjective reality” - mixed media
Romania 46
B i e n n a l e
Eman Hakim “She and the Peacock” - acrylic on canvas
Egypt 47
C h i a n c i a n o
Titti Hammarling “Flowers” - oil on canvas
Sweden 48
B i e n n a l e
Sai Por Han “Tropical Flora I” - stone sculpture
Singapore 49
C h i a n c i a n o
Graham Hay “Leverage: new networks� - porcelain
New Zealand 50
B i e n n a l e
María Teresa Hernández “Cathedral 2” - oil on canvas
Colombia 51
C h i a n c i a n o
Jahangir Hossain “Figure Composition� - oil on canvas
Bangladesh 52
B i e n n a l e
Preben Jensen “Embrace� - california alabaster on black marble base
Switzerland 53
C h i a n c i a n o
Anne Lise Kaaby “Venus Rising” - acrylic on canvas
Norway 54
B i e n n a l e
Ellina Katsnelson “Transformation in Blue” - oil on canvas
Israel 55
C h i a n c i a n o
Joelle Kem Lika “Mes Nymphéas, 19” - acrylic on canvas
France 56
B i e n n a l e
Masood Khan “Homage to an old city of Chianciano� - acrylic on paper
Pakistan 57
C h i a n c i a n o
Magdalena Armanda Kolakowska “Frantic 1” - acrylic on canvas
Poland 58
B i e n n a l e
CLJ Lancaster “Army Crossing The Jordan” - oil on canvas
USA 59
C h i a n c i a n o
Simen Langeland “Happy Drunkards” - watercolour
Norway 60
B i e n n a l e
Alexander Lee “Distracted� - pencil on paper
Australia 61
C h i a n c i a n o
Carlos León “Ritual for Rain” - oil on canvas
Peru 62
B i e n n a l e
Anthony Lindhout “Seascape” - acrylic on canvas
The Netherlands 63
C h i a n c i a n o
Markella Lousidis “Γαλήνη - Galini“ - mixed media on canvas
Greece 64
B i e n n a l e
Viktor Majdandzic “Concept, Embedded� - acrylic on panel
The Netherlands 65
C h i a n c i a n o
Osvaldo Mariscotti “Untitled 61” - mixed media on canvas
Italy 66
B i e n n a l e
Angelo Antonio Maristela “Flamingo� - mixed media on canvas
Philippines 67
C h i a n c i a n o
Frances Mercer “Mountain� - watercolour on paper
USA 68
B i e n n a l e
Mark Michael “Social Subterfuge” - acrylic on canvas
UK 69
C h i a n c i a n o
Richard Milek “Multi thematic improvisation� - oil pastel on paper
Poland 70
B i e n n a l e
Evgenya Mileshina “Madonna” - oil on canvas
Russia 71
C h i a n c i a n o
Betsie Miller-Kusz “Life Lines” - acrylic on canvas
USA 72
B i e n n a l e
Aurore Missud “Un air dansant - a dancing air� - mixed media on canvas
France 73
C h i a n c i a n o
Melissa Murphy “Grace” - oil on canvas
USA 74
B i e n n a l e
Nafisa “Siena Cathedral” - pen on handmade paper, 1 of 90 drawings in “tuscan temptations”
Australia 75
C h i a n c i a n o
Enrico Olmastroni “Excellent Wreck� - digital art
Italy 76
B i e n n a l e
Roman Opalinski “Old Bike” - oil on panel
Ukraine 77
C h i a n c i a n o
Sergej Ovcharuk “Shadows of Sacred Jerusalem” - oil on canvas
UK 78
B i e n n a l e
Aernout Overbeeke “Cry Mouth Open” - photography
The Netherlands 79
C h i a n c i a n o
Rita Paola “Il carosello della vita” - acrylic on canvas
Italy 80
B i e n n a l e
EKA Peradze “Love without limit” - acrylic on canvas
Georgia 81
C h i a n c i a n o
Marie Perrakis “Mind games� - oil on canvas
Greece 82
B i e n n a l e
Michele Piccoli “Spotting Birdsnest� - ink on paper
Singapore 83
C h i a n c i a n o
Angelika Prapa “Growing” - oil on canvas
Austria 84
B i e n n a l e
Igor Prokop “Resurrection” - mixed media on canvas
Hungary / Germany 85
C h i a n c i a n o
Kristi Rene “Welcome to the Jungle” - acrylic on canvas
USA 86
B i e n n a l e
Markus Riebe “Air sign over Linz, voest� - 3d picture
Austria 87
C h i a n c i a n o
Mitey Roche “Fishing at Dawn, Ko Phangan” - oil on canvas
UK 88
B i e n n a l e
Carol Rowling “Statum 7” - mixed media on canvas
Australia 89
C h i a n c i a n o
Lidia Russo “Nàsataya - Divinità Celesti Nascoste nella Materia” - sculpture
Italy 90
B i e n n a l e
Meir Salomon “and air 2� - fire and water on paper
The Netherlands / Israel 91
C h i a n c i a n o
Brigitte Saugstad “Ice princess: Balance is Everything� - ceramic platinum glaze
Austria 92
B i e n n a l e
Natalia Savina “Terra” - mixed media on canvas
Russia 93
C h i a n c i a n o
Giancarlo Scarsi “Senza Tempo” - oil on canvas
Italy 94
B i e n n a l e
Marjorie Schlossman “Untitled� - pen and watercolor on paper
USA 95
C h i a n c i a n o
Marcel Schreur “Supermodel” - oil on canvas
The Netherlands 96
B i e n n a l e
Mesha Sendyk “Visual Koan LV” - mixed media on canvas
Australia 97
C h i a n c i a n o
Laila Sharmeen “Datta Dayadvam Damyata: Shantih Shantih Shantih� - mixed media on paper
Bangladesh 98
B i e n n a l e
Iztok Šmajs-Muni “Untitled” - mixed media
Slovenia 99
C h i a n c i a n o
Deepa Khanna Sobti “The Part Always Struggles” - oil on linen
Singapore 100
B i e n n a l e
Ingvill Solberg “I beg you” - oil on paper and canvas
Norway 101
C h i a n c i a n o
Alexander Telin “Slipping” - oil on canvas
Russia 102
B i e n n a l e
Ercolina Visca “The Musicians” - oil on canvas
Italy 103
C h i a n c i a n o
Carol Wagstaff “Uninvited” - oil on linen
UK 104
B i e n n a l e
Zhihong Wei “La Valse Jaune” - oil on canvas
China 105
C h i a n c i a n o
John Wieser “Sadness� - graphite on paper
Austria 106
B i e n n a l e
Ulla Wobst “The music of life” - oil on canvas
Germany 107
C h i a n c i a n o
Paul Ygartua “Chess” - acrylic on canvas
Canada 108
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ARTISTS
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ZIYAD ALMASHKHDANI www.almashkhdani.ch TANYA ALVITS www.alvits.dk AELITA ANDRE www.aelitaandre.com AYHATUN ATEŞİN ayhatun.atesin@gmail.com MANSS AVAL www.manssaval.com AZIRALILI www.aziraliliart.com MITCH BARRETT www.mitchbarrett.com LEONARDO BECCEGATO www.leonardobeccegato.com BEDDRU www.beddru.com JENNY BENNETT www.jennybennett.com TIRIL BENTON www.artbytiril.com GÜLTEKIN BILGE www.gultekinbilge.com JOANNA BLAIR www.joannablairartist.com ASLI BOLAYIR www.aslibolayir.com MARI BUENO www.maribueno.com.br JILL LOUISE CAMPBELL www.jlcgallery.com DAVID ANTHONY CASSAR www.davidacassar.com SOMSAK CHAITUCH www.somsakchaituch.com ARIEL CHAVARRO AVILA arielchavarroavila@outlook.es BEATRICE COFIELD www.beatricecofield.com ALAN COLOMBAGE www.alanc-art.co.uk ABRAHAM DAYAN www.abraham-dayan.com CARLOS DEL SECCO www.carlosdelsecco.com
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PREFACE
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GIOVANNA DEPALMA gianna.depalma@hotmail.it CLETO DI GIUSTINO cleto.digiustino@alice.it VANESSA DIRKS www.artgaldio.com/vanessa-dirks,44.html SINIKKA ELFVING www.sinikkaelfvingartist.com LIS ENGEL www.lisengel.com STEFFEN FAISST www.water-photography.dk CARINA FOGDE www.fogde.se KJELL FOLKVORD www.kjell-folkvord.net CHRISTINA FUFEZAN www.ateliercf.net EDMUND IAN GRANT www.edmundiangrant.com DANIELA GRIFONI www.daniela-grifoni.it CARLO GUIDETTI www.carloguidetti.com NICOLAE HAIU www.haiunicolae.ro EMAN HAKIM www.emanhakimarts.blogspot.com TITTI HAMMARLING www.tittihammarling.com SAI POR HAN www.hansaipor.com GRAHAM HAY www.grahamhay.com.au MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ hernandezoleos@gmail.com JAHANGIR HOSSAIN www.jahangirhossain117.blogspot.com PREBEN JENSEN www.prebensart.com ANNE LISE KAABY www.annelisekaaby.com ELLINA KATSNELSON www.saatchiart.com/ellinkat13 JOELLE KEM LIKA www.la-lila.com MASOOD KHAN masoodpainter@gmail.com MAGDALENA ARMANDA KOLAKOWSKA www.magdalenakolakowska.eu
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CLJ LANCASTER www.cljlancaster.org SIMEN LANGELAND www.cargocollective.com/langeland ALEXANDER LEE www.alexanderlee.artspan.com CARLOS LEÓN www.carlosleon.org ANTHONY (TON) LINDHOUT www.tonlindhout.com MARKELLA LOUSIDIS www.mar-kella.com VIKTOR MAJDANDZIC www.majdandzic.nl OSVALDO MARISCOTTI www.mariscottiart.com ANGELO ANTONIO MARISTELA www.angelomaristela.com FRANCES MERCER www.francesmercerartist.com MARK MICHAEL www.markmichaelart.com RICHARD MILEK www.ryszardmilek.com EVGENYA MILESHINA www.mileshina.com BETSIE MILLER-KUSZ millerkusz@hotmail.com AURORE MISSUD www.lestoilesdaurore.jimdo.com MELISSA MURPHY melissa.murphy.angelfire.com NAFISA www.nafisa.com.au ENRICO OLMASTRONI www.blackwhite.it ROMAN OPALINSKI opalinskiroman@inbox.ru SERGEJ OVCHARUK www.sovcharuk-art.eu AERNOUT OVERBEEKE www.aernoutoverbeeke.com RITA PAOLA www.galleryart-ilcollezionista.it EKA PERADZE www.peradzeeka.beepworld.de MARIE PERRAKIS marieperrakis@hotmail.com MICHELE PICCOLI micheleelizabeth79@gmail.com
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ANGELIKA PRAPA www.angelikaprapa.com IGOR PROKOP www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/98903 KRISTI RENE www.kristirene.com MARKUS RIEBE www.riebe.at MITEY ROCHE www.miteyroche.com CAROL ROWLING www.carolrowling.com.au LIDIA RUSSO lidiarussoart@hotmail.it MEIR SALOMON www.art-meirsalomon.com BRIGITTE SAUGSTAD www.brigittesaugstad.com NATALIA SAVINA www.saatchiart.com/nataliasavina GIANCARLO SCARSI www.giancarloscarsi.it MARJORIE SCHLOSSMAN www.mschlossman.com MARCEL SCHREUR www.marcelschreurartist.com MESHA SENDYK www.meshasendyk.com LAILA SHARMEEN www.lailasharmeen.com IZTOK SMAJS-MUNI www.hopna.net/smajs DEEPA KHANNA SOBTI www.emptinessisfull.com INGVILL SOLBERG www.ingvillsolberg.com ALEXANDER TELIN www.telinalex.com ERCOLINA VISCA www.ercolinavisca.it CAROL WAGSTAFF www.carolwagstaff.co.uk ZHIHONG WEI www.weizhihong.com JOHN WIESER www.john-wieser.com ULLA WOBST www.atelier-ulla-wobst.de PAUL YGARTUA www.ygartua.com
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