Veronica Botticelli and Khen Shish at Galleria Anna Marra, Rome
Galleria Anna Marra in Rome presents a dual exhibition featuring Italian artist Veronica Botticelli (born 1979, Rome) and Israeli artist Khen Shish (born 1970, Safed). Both work on large-format canvases, employing drawing and exploring gesture, yet their artistic visions are diametrically opposed. Shish draws from German Expressionism and Transavanguardia, producing violent works with dark colors charged with pathos and anger. Botticelli, trained at the School of San Lorenzo, creates paintings in a state of grace and calm, filled with pastel colors and femininity symbolized by Singer sewing machines—icons of a bygone past. The juxtaposition highlights contrasting approaches to painting.
Key facts
- Veronica Botticelli (born 1979, Rome) and Khen Shish (born 1970, Safed) exhibit together at Galleria Anna Marra in Rome.
- Both artists work on large-format canvases, use drawing, and investigate gesture.
- Khen Shish references German Expressionism and Transavanguardia, with violent, dark, and pathos-filled works.
- Veronica Botticelli's paintings are calm, pastel-colored, and feature Singer sewing machines as symbols of femininity and a lost past.
- Botticelli trained at the School of San Lorenzo.
- The exhibition contrasts two opposite visions of painting.
- The article is written by Valentina Gasperini.
- The exhibition was reported in 2017.
Entities
Artists
- Veronica Botticelli
- Khen Shish
Institutions
- Galleria Anna Marra
- School of San Lorenzo
- Artribune
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Safed
- Israel