Aldo Grazzi's 'Evanescenze' at Spazio Berlendis in Venice

The exhibition 'Evanescenze' at Spazio Berlendis in Venice pays tribute to Aldo Grazzi (Pomponesco, 1959 – Perugia, 2023), the conceptual artist and musician who died at 69. Spanning twenty years of production, the show features works from 1994 to 2006 using translucent fiber nets (mosquito nets) cut into totemic patterns. Grazzi, who taught Painting and Extramedial Techniques at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, began his research in the early 1970s, experimenting with photography, video, painting, and music. He had a key professional relationship with Emanuela Fadalti and Matilde Cadenti, founders of Marignana Arte and Spazio Berlendis. The series follows his earlier 'Illusioni' exhibition at Marignana Arte, which showcased bead-weaving techniques learned in Africa in the late 1980s. 'Evanescenze' continues that African influence with a more essential geometric grid. Grazzi described his works as 'compositions of forms' based on the human figure as the foundation of proportion. The repetitive, ritualistic gesture in his art parallels a mantra, aiming to express a transcendental dimension of human experience.