Venues:
Seven large-scale sculptures installed in the city of the Venice, including the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

Curator:
Exhibition by Enrico Martignoni and sponsored by PradaMilanoArte.

Artist:
Mark di Suvero.

Exhibition description:
The sculpture Rumi (painted steel, 7.3 x 2.7 m) was installed at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, as a part of the exhibition Mark di Suvero a Venezia. Di Suvero created seven large-scale sculptures that were placed in public sites throughout Venice, along a route that began at the Zattere, continued through the Canal Grande, and finishes near the Giardini of the Biennale. The artist pursued a dialogue between contemporary art and a historical city. Such a conversation was enabled by di Suvero’s unique understanding of Venice, as he had been working in the city since 1971.

Catalogue:
Martignoni, Enrico and Giovanni Carandente. Mark di Suvero a Venezia. Milan: PradaMilanoArte and Edizioni Charta, 1995.

Bilingual catalogue, in Italian and English, with preface by Patrizio Bertelli and Miuccia Prada (PradaMilanoArte), texts by Mark di Suvero and Giovanni Carandente, and a biography.

Associated publication: Osterwold, Tilman. Mark di Suvero a Venezia. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1995 (published on the occasion of La Biennale di Venezia: XLVI International Art Exhibition, Mark di Suvero, June 11–October 15, 1995).

Library location: GUGG PGC 1995 .02