A flirtation between art and film

Danielle O’Steen

Exhibited
along the main streets, piazzas and major hotels on the Lido of Venice, OPEN2003 style=’font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana’>, the sixth edition of the International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations,
style=’color:black’>ran in coordination with the Venice Film Festival from August 27th through October 5th this year. Boasting the theme Art
And The Cinematic Vision, this event brought the world of cinema close enough with the world

Gaetano K. Bodanza “Mamma Mamma”

of art to represent the similarities in both fields in terms of expression,
language, time and space. Many of the works were a response to film as an art
form for the general public. This resulted in works that were focused on a
cultural message and the media as opposed to pure expression like Gaetano K.
Bodanza’s Mamma Mamma. The artists featured this year represented a variety of different
cultural and artistic backgrounds including Nicola
L. (France), JÃ¯Â¿Â½rgen Brodwolf (Germany), Danilo Rojas
(Colombia), Angelo Skourtis (Greece), Tan Kai Syng (Singapore), Ville Lenkkeri
(Finland) and Youla Hatzigeorgiou (Cyprus). Although many of the works did not
attribute directly to the cinema, there were a few artists who are better known
for their work in the film industry such as actor Dennis Hopper (USA) and
director Julian Schnabel (USA). Conceived by Paolo De Grandis in 1998,
OPEN has in past years included majors works of prestigious artists, such as
Niki de Saint Phalle, Yoko Ono, Ju Ming, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Jean-Pierre
Raynaud, Carl Andre, Keith Haring, and Fabrizio Plessi. The American critic
Robert C. Morgan curated this edition following in the footsteps of the late
French critic Pierre Restany. Chang Tsong-zung continued to co-curate for the
Asian artists.

A flirtation between art and film – Danielle O’Steen

A flirtation between art and film