Well l have talked about the idea for sometime, and where better to do it than somewhere else, Bologna, I have opened a gallery. Now before we get to excited, it is as the name suggests rather small (La Piccola Galleria), in fact it is the front room of my new studio, and in winter it just does not get very warm, and you do have the issue of people staring in through the glass windows. So l have turned the 3.5 x 3 metre room into a gallery. The opening was last saturday 28/1/12, it coincided with La Notte Bianca, which is part of the Arte Fiera, a large art fair and art awareness week. The exhibition centre here puts on a fair much like the art fair in Melbourne, there are two large arenas which showcase galleries local and elsewhere, and another space for galleries showing more traditional or recognized artists, like Di Chirico, Burri, Paladino, Chia etc. The standard is high like Melbourne, but also lots of crap, lots of look at me pictures, and too many neon tubes. But the coffee and food is excellent. The third room is a real treat to see so many works by these artists is terrific. In Bologna all the galleries and bars stay open till early morning on the saturday allowing people to walk and eat as they go around. So with this in mind, l opened on this night, and had about 50 or so people visit, lots of lovely words, but no sales yet.
I have decided to every month, have a small opening of the work l have done that month, keeps me honest, and a good excuse to see people once a month.
So my new studio is not as great as the greatest studio l had before, not much natural light, or air flow, ground floor, but is has the opportunity for the gallery, and is well set up once l get some more fluoro lighting in the studio area.
My first show was of the works (watercolours) l did at Cortina in the Dolomites, as well as works l did in the studio the last week ( larger gouche works on cardboard) and two larger oils on linen (though unfinished)
So now l am back furiously working away, feeling better and my mind is a buzz of activity.
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