African Art-Totem il Canale-Venice

“SACRIFICATIONS IN AFRICAN ART”

22 Marzo - 31 Agosto 2010
For various reasons scarification was performed and still is by the majority of african populations. From a cultural point of view, in times past, body decorations were seen as a sign of evolution and civilisation, distinguishing human being from animals. Scarifications were the adornement and the way to [...]

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Gallery Totem-Il Canale Venezia

Carlo Fontana
17/04 - 19/05/2010
Opening Saturday , 17.04 hours 6.30 pm

Carlo FONTANA, in his most recent works, carries on a chromatic research, decomposition of shapes and of space with the memory of few essential elements: houses, trees, a table, a pot with flowers, a coffee-maker.
In these new works the idyllic landscape is framed by lozenges [...]

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