Venice: Day 2

2 June 2011

More Venice....

Venice: Day 2
Yana my little sista turned up with her multicoloured toes.
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Little Diane Delphine De Pury was contemplating on what her next move was as Ellen was nibbling her way through her Sardine lunch.
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I caught up with Francis Morris and Candida Gertler on their way to see Karla Black at the Scottish Pavilion.
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Elena Foster's show Real Venice was lovely she was hanging out with Nan Goldin who I was so delighted to meet for the first time.
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Then we joined in at Julian Schnabel's at his block buster show at the Museum Correr
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Terence Koh and myself taking a break
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Meanwhile back at HQ Haroon and Rashid were waiting for us for a night cap.
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Rashid Johnson started to work with some new experimental processes.
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Wednesday in VeniceAs I entered the Arsenale I timidly pointed my foot towards the long labrynth expecting the WOW factor. But all was restrained and serene, (rightly so) at last I spot one of our art works by Annette Kelm.
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Mai Thu Perret work was elegant.
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We have all decided it is now the GOO era for art...so many artists now using GOO. Karla Black, Franz West, Nicholas Deshayes and many more too
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Tale of Two Toilets would look amazing next to the Gober sink.
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Jean-Luc Mylayne's poignant works caught in a moment, nicely juxtaposed opposite works of Rebecca Warren enveloped the huge room.
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I was so happy to see again one of Fabian Marti's incredible structure as suddenly my blood pressure was at last starting to rise...
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Nick Relph was playing with collage in film and recordings and colour and past technology. I really liked this work.
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Then we were jumping into Haroon's spooky circle of white fire.I stood in disbelief in Dani Gal room where every one watches a grey screen but I am assured that everyone was waiting for the film to start called night and fog.
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Urs Fischer is setting things alight...
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Help a man's head and chair on fire!
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Ryan Gander's two little ballerinas are taking a break of their plinths and having a chat
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Luckily Josh Smith had kindly cut out his work making the fire hose accessible.
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On my way out I bumped in to the two Outset girls Yana and Candida
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Outside the Giardini
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Also loved this lady reading the newspaper.
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Glamorous girls on the water taxi
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Then to the Cardignoto famitly to visit Tate Cocktail where Nick Serota and Ed Vaizey gave a lovely welcome speech.
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Then of to Carole Green and sadie Coles for dinner great photo of Carol and one of the gang from Gelatin.
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Then to White Cube party at the Monaco to watch the clock chime at midnight!