Caroline von Grone
Human being - being framed
28 May - 15 September 2013
Chiesa Luterana di Venezia
Campo SS. Apostoli, Cannaregio
Vaporetto station: Ca’ d’Oro (or Rialto)
Opening: Tuesday 28 May 2013, 6.30pm
Opening times:
Painting project with model: 28 May – 9 June,
10am–8pm
Exhibition: 10 June – 15 September,
Wed–Sun, 3–8pm
Project website:
humanbeingframed.wordpress.com
Artist’s website: www.von-grone.de
The venue-specific exhibition concept for the Chiesa Luterana in Venice by Hamburg artist Caroline von Grone will examine the fragile situation of mankind today. The exhibition will be held in parallel to the 55th Venice Biennale.
From 28 May until 15 September 2013, the artist will be performing the painting project Human being – being framed curated by Christian Schoen at the Chiesa Luterana di Venezia.
Inspiredby theRenaissancearchitectureoftheformer Scuola dell’Angelo Custode and the building’s religioususe,CarolinevonGroneplans tocarryout a painting action involving a male model with naked torso leaning against a pillar in the foyer in directreference to thePassion.By integrating a photographic portrait of a homeless person and other photos, Caroline von Grone will place the theme of ‘suffering’ in a contemporary, everyday context and also confront herself with it in her painting.
Alargepaneofglasswillallowtheartisttoseewhat’s goingonintheroomfromthereflections,yetsimultaneouslycreatedistanceanddifferentpointsofview. During the project, Caroline von Grone will express in her painting her observations of the model and the room as well as well as light, shade and reflections in the broadest sense. Up to twelve variations of the topic will be painted in different formats, giving the room an especially intenseatmosphere.Whenthepaintingprojectisunderway between 28 May and 9 June, the artist will turn the church’s foyer into a studio where visitors can see the painting process at first hand. Afterwards, the room will become an installation space where the artworks created can be experienced.
Debate: Saturday 1 June, 8.30pm
‘Imagesofman–Theidentityanddignityofmankind against the background of depiction in the media’
withProfessorAnne-MarieBonnet,ProfessorMarkus
Vogt,PastorBerndPriggeandCarolinevonGrone.
Moderator: Dr Christian Schoen
Organization: pilotraum01 e.V. (www.pilotraum01.org)
Curator: Christian Schoen
Contact: info@kunst-konzepte.de
t:+49-(0)981 205 96 80, m:+49-(0)170 966 31 91