Venue:
Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

Curator:
Luca Massimo Barbero.

Artist:
Emilio Vedova.

Exhibition description:
Less than a year after his death, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection paid tribute to the Italian artist Emilio Vedova with an exhibition of the monotypes that he created at the end of his life. The monotype series Opposite Space, 2005, suggests dynamic liquefied spaces, recalling the reflections of the Venetian lagoons. This homage to Emilio Vedova, who was born in Venice in 1919 and died in October 2006, also reflected his enduring friendship with Peggy Guggenheim. The young Vedova was the first artist, along with Giuseppe Santomaso, to meet Peggy upon her arrival in Venice in 1946. She recognized him as a rising star of the European avant-garde and acquired two works still in her collection: Image of Time (Barrier) (1950) and Hostage City (1954).

Partnerships:
Organized by Sandro Rumney and Stephane Tatou.

Catalogue:
Barbero, Luca Massimo. Vedova. Monotypes. Venice: Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 2007.

Bilingual catalogue, in Italian and English. Catalogue includes a foreword by Sandro Rumney, an essay by Luca Massimo Barbero, and a biography.

Library location: GUGG PGC 2007 .06.