A series of ‘Untitled Views’, the artists’ signature works experimenting with editing colored smoke flares into artificial landscapes, and then fusing them with mirrored glass in a very particular printing process.
‘Magnifica’ is the title of Goldschmied & Chiari’s first solo show in Washington DC. Organized by the Embassy of Italy, the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington, DC and International Arts & Artists, in collaboration with Cody Gallery at Marymount University, the exhibit will debut on September 2nd at Cody Gallery in Washington, DC and will remain on view until December 4th.
The exhibition, curated by Allison Nance, is a dialogue with the anthropomorphic shapes of tailored Murano vases (Magnifica). These playful pieces of art merge genres of performance art, studio-based photography, portraiture, and pop, subtly changing according to the surrounding space and the viewer’s perspective.
Sara Goldschmied and Eleonora Chiari are based in Milan, Italy, and have been working together since 2001.
Sara and Eleonora met in the late 1990s through a shared interest in photography and feminism activism. They have earned widespread respect and recognition, both in Italy and internationally, through their innovative use of photography, video, performance, and installations.
Their works are included in numerous collections including, the Castello di Rivoli (Turin, Italy), the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudegno (Turin, Italy), The Capital Group (Los Angeles), and the Maison Bernard Anthonioz (Paris, France) among others.
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