No, this reference isn’t to me or to my (or anybody else’s) oarage, or steerage, or careenage. I am referring to a modest work of Biennale art that I happen to LOVE— just in case anyone thought that I was against everything that had the slightest connection with this event. This little creation makes me smile.
It’s art! Peasant! In fact, it’s a statue entitled “The Partisan” (as in freedom-fighter, guerrilla, etc.), dedicated to the Italian/Venetian women who fought against the Nazis in World War II. The sculptor’s concept was that it should float on a platform, but the platform almost immediately became estranged from the concept and quit floating, so the statue lies there, sometimes high and dry, sometimes half-submerged. Lino calls it the “drowned rat.” I can give you more details if you care. But no, she is not a victim of the theoretical shipwreck of the paper-hat boatlet.
Yes, it’s by the Partigiana and evidently will be staying there for its brief sojourn. According to the Gazzettino a few days ago, it had been tied up in front of the Biennale, a few steps along toward the Adriatic. But the Biennale refused to give the artist permission to keep it there. He had gotten permission from the Port Authority — considering that the lagoon waters don’t appear to me to be under the jurisdiction of the Biennale — but when he went to discuss the matter with the submayor for transport, he was told “Go talk to the Biennale.” It’s not in anybody’s way, but I guess he didn’t do whatever you have to do to be allowed to put your handiwork before the public. As in: Whatever Marc Quinn did to put Alison Lapper in front of San Giorgio.
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Excuse me, but is that a corpse in the foreground? Or did I just miss that post.
It’s art! Peasant! In fact, it’s a statue entitled “The Partisan” (as in freedom-fighter, guerrilla, etc.), dedicated to the Italian/Venetian women who fought against the Nazis in World War II. The sculptor’s concept was that it should float on a platform, but the platform almost immediately became estranged from the concept and quit floating, so the statue lies there, sometimes high and dry, sometimes half-submerged. Lino calls it the “drowned rat.” I can give you more details if you care. But no, she is not a victim of the theoretical shipwreck of the paper-hat boatlet.
I, the great unwashed art critic, also like that boat.
Is it moored by La Partigiana, or does it get moved about?
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Yes, it’s by the Partigiana and evidently will be staying there for its brief sojourn. According to the Gazzettino a few days ago, it had been tied up in front of the Biennale, a few steps along toward the Adriatic. But the Biennale refused to give the artist permission to keep it there. He had gotten permission from the Port Authority — considering that the lagoon waters don’t appear to me to be under the jurisdiction of the Biennale — but when he went to discuss the matter with the submayor for transport, he was told “Go talk to the Biennale.” It’s not in anybody’s way, but I guess he didn’t do whatever you have to do to be allowed to put your handiwork before the public. As in: Whatever Marc Quinn did to put Alison Lapper in front of San Giorgio.