Elisabetta Di Maggio's Stamp Mosaic at Fondaco dei Tedeschi
Elisabetta Di Maggio (Milan, 1964) presents 'Greetings from Venice' at the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice, curated by Chiara Bertola. The installation covers the fourth-floor walkable surfaces with a mosaic of postage stamps sent from around the world, evoking the building's history as the Central Post Office before its renovation by Rem Koolhaas and OMA. The work, a collaboration with students from the Marco Polo Art High School in Venice, creates chromatic and geographical juxtapositions that suggest comforting utopias while preserving the memory of the site. Di Maggio previously exhibited at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in 2017.
Key facts
- Elisabetta Di Maggio was born in Milan in 1964.
- The exhibition is titled 'Greetings from Venice'.
- Chiara Bertola is the curator.
- The installation is at the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice.
- It covers the fourth-floor walkable surfaces.
- The mosaic is made of postage stamps sent from around the world.
- The building was formerly the Central Post Office.
- Rem Koolhaas and OMA renovated the Fondaco dei Tedeschi.
- The project involved students from the Marco Polo Art High School in Venice.
- Di Maggio had a previous exhibition at Fondazione Querini Stampalia in 2017.
Entities
Artists
- Elisabetta Di Maggio
- Rem Koolhaas
- Chiara Bertola
Institutions
- Fondaco dei Tedeschi
- Fondazione Querini Stampalia
- OMA
- Marco Polo Art High School
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Venice