Italian artist Maurizio Donzelli�s On the Verge of Becoming explores the malleable, transitory moment of creation in multiple media at the Bullseye Connection Gallery March 18 � April 23, 2005.
Portland, OR �The Bullseye Connection Gallery presents Maurizio Donzelli�s �On the Verge of Becoming� from March 18 � April 23, 2005.
�On the Verge of Becoming� includes works in various media: watercolors, kilnformed glass, video installations, and mixed-media mirrored panels.
The exhibition is the culmination of two collaborations with Bullseye: Donzelli�s Drawing Machine (�La Macchina dei Disegni�) hosted by the Bullseye Connection Gallery in November 2004 and a subsequent artist residency with Bullseye Glass Co.
The Drawing Machine event (Donzelli�s only US performance) was a public interaction with Donzelli�s Machine. All participants were invited to insert an idea, question, statement, or scrap of poetry into the "IN" box on the Macchina. After a pause, a buzzer signaled the arrival of a watercolor drawing based on the idea in the "OUT" box. Ideas submitted were diverse, arbitrary snippets including �Her First Boyfriend�, �A Bad Life�, �Unhappy Sex� and �Giggle�. The resulting watercolors are beautiful abstractions of these ideas in colorful organic shapes.
Works from Donzelli�s subsequent residency at Bullseye build on the ideas generated by the Drawing Machine performance. Layered glass panels both large and small are the backdrops for playful sketches and symbols.
A full-color catalog with an essay by Annette Dixon, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Portland Art Museum, documents the performance, residency, and exhibition.
Donzelli�s 2003 "Spettacolo di Niente" exhibition was hosted by Rome's National Graphics Institute at its Palazzo Fontana di Trevi. The exhibition debuted the first edition of engravings to be executed in a series by L'Officina della Calcografia and released by Edizioni Mazzotta, Milan.
Donzelli is a widely-recognized Italian artist who has exhibited and performed around the world. His work has been published in numerous exhibition catalogs.
To request additional information, images, or schedule a studio tour or interview with an artist or gallery staff member, please contact Nicole Leaper by phone at 503-227-0222 or by email at nicoleleaper@bullseyeglass.com.
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Download: Maurizio Donzelli March 3, 2005
- On the Verge of Becoming Maurizio Donzelli
March18 - April23 2005
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