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NEW DAWN, site-specific installation for Personal Structures - Identities
European Cultural Centre, a 58th Venice Biennale event

NEW DAWN by Kathryn Hart, European Cultural Centre, a 58th Venice Biennale eventNEW DAWN by Kathryn Hart, European Cultural Centre, a 58th Venice Biennale event

58th VENICE BIENNALE  
EUROPEAN CULTURAL CENTRE

 PALAZZO MORA. KATHRYN HART
EXHIBITION:  PERSONAL STRUCTURES - IDENTITIES, European Cultural Centre        
At the invitation of the European Cultural Centre, Kathryn Hart's solo, site-specific presentation, "New Dawn" is in PERSONAL STRUCTURES - IDENTITES, an official event of the 58th Venice Biennale.  "New Dawn" is exhibited in Palazzo Mora in an intimate room with the original curved wood ceiling. 
11 May to 24 November 2019. 

Preview Events 9-10 May, Palazzo Mora and Palazzo Bembo.
postcard credit, European Cultural Centre
Kathryn Hart, Personal Structures, European Cultural Centre, 58th Venice Biennale


Video:  Kathryn Hart "New Dawn" solo presentation in Personal Structures - Identities  /
European Cultural Centre  /  58th Venice Biennale




EVENT:
  15 November, Palazzo Mora, 5-7 pm
A sKathryn Hart: NEW DAWN Discussion, European Cultural Centre, Palazzo Mora 15 November 2019pecial public event sponsored by the European Cultural Centre and focused on Kathryn Hart's NEW DAWN exhibition included in PERSONAL STRUCTURES - IDENTITIES is scheduled for 15 November, 5-7PM, Palazzo Mora, Room 4.  

In this event, Kathryn Hart will discuss the origins and inspirations for her exhibition focused on renewal and revisionism, as well as its connection to the psychic heritage of powerful women across distance, time and cultures.  In particular, this theme will touch on the lives and legacies of early feminists, namely Moderata Fonte, Veronica Franco and Lucrezia Borgia.  Representatives from the Cultural Department of Gandia, Spain will be in attendance and will contribute to this cross-cultural collaboration with discussion and special music created by musicians from Gandia. 

See press release here







EVENT:
  24 November, Palazzo Mora, 11:30 AM
Finissage Reception with the Artists
postcard credit, European Cultural Centre

Kathryn Hart, Closing Reception, Personal Structures - Identities, Palazzo Mora, 58th Venice Biennale 


Slideshow: Kathryn Hart in Personal Structures-Identities, European Cultural Centre
2019 Venice Biennale.  Includes Reception photos




 
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Hart's presentation, NEW DAWN reflects on the simultaneous organic processes of regeneration and degradation and questions if there is a moment of balance.  Each sculpture sways towards either becoming or eroding.  Expand or contract, develop, remake, or become anew individually or collectively prompted by internal impulse, not external constraint. Sculpture boundaries are like membranes, permeable to light, air, space, energy, emotion, and idea.  Sculptures concurrently glisten with an embryonic presence and molt their skins. 

In the abstract photographs, found deer bones reveal transformation after long-term exposure to the natural elements.   They become translucent to light and full of graceful energy.  Symbols of decay alter into pictures of rebirth.   Both the sculptures and photography are reflections of the natural cycle and unique moments.  Microcosm mirrors macrocosm.

Hart’s installation is in dialogue with the unique, undulating, organic nature of the space in the third floor of the PALAZZO MORA, a noble palazzo dating back to the 16th century.  Recently restored, the third floor is renewed yet maintains its original character and identity.  The artworks and their environment are viewed as a whole.

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European Cultural Centre, 58th Venice Biennale


 
KATHRYN HART "NEW DAWN" Solo Presentation, 58th Venice Biennale
PALAZZO MORA, 3G. 
European Cultural Centre

                  
New Dawn 1, 2019 Venice Biennale, Kathryn HartNew Dawn 4 and 1, 2019 Venice Biennale, Kathryn HartNew Dawn 1, Side View, 2019 Venice Biennale, Kathryn HartNew Dawn 1, 2019 Venice Biennale, Kathryn HartNew Dawn 4, 1 and 3, 2019 Venice Biennale, Kathryn Hart
Spine 7 2019 Venice Biennale, Kathryn HartVertebrae and Ribs 2A, 2019 Venice Biennale,  Kathryn HartSkull 4, 2019 Venice Biennale, Kathryn HartPelvis 8, 2019 Venice Biennale, Kathryn HartSkull 10, 2019 Venice Biennale, Kathryn HartSpine 5, 2019 Venice Biennale, Kathryn Hart
Vertebrae and Ribs 2A1, 2019 Venice Biennale, Kathryn Hart
Skull and Bones 6, 2019 Venice Biennale, Kathryn Hart

The exhibition PERSONAL STRUCTURES is part of an international art project. It was initiated in 2002 by the Dutch artist Rene Rietmeyer, who noticed that even in the most distant corners of the world, there are artists working with Time - Space - Existence, thereby expressing themselves in a very personal way. This observation led to the idea of bringing several of these artists together in publications, exhibitions and symposia.  Over 300,000 people visit PERSONAL STRUCTURES each year.  A full color catalogue is available.


EUROPEAN CULTURAL CENTER AND GLOBAL ART FOUNDATION Video
video credit, European Cultural Centre, GAA Foundation, and Reframe Videos for the Web


THE NOBILE HISTORY OF PALAZZO MORA

PALAZZO MORA is an ancient building situated in Sestier Cannaregio, between the San Felice Church and Canal di Noal. This typical noble Venetian Palazzo currently hosts 15 exhibition rooms partly with well preserved eighteenth-century frescoed ceilings, a beautiful terrace facing the canal, and an entrance with garden.

After the 11th century, San Felice was important both as a passage for boats and people. The branch of the Mora family, which used to live in this area, was influential in Venice through the years 1500 to 1780.  Andrea Contarini, the previous owner of the Palazzo, was a member of one of the most ancient and important family of Venice. He sold the palazzo in 1714, and in 1716 it was acquired by the Mora family.

 
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