25 gennaio - 20 aprile 2008, Berlin
At the start of this year, the Berlinische Galerie, Alte Jakobstraße 124-128, in Berlin, presents for the first time in Germany an extensive retrospective on the Venetian painter Emilio Vedova, who is among the most significant artists of gestural abstract painting in Europe. Vedova felt closely connected to the city of Berlin ever since his stay there from the end of 1963 to mid 1965 as ‘artist in residence’ funded by the Ford Foundation. The Berlinische Galerie has been able to realize this major retrospective, Emilio Vedova 1919-2006, in collaboration with the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna in Rome and the Emilio and Annabianca Vedova Foundation in Venice. Vedova was also very much involved in the development of this large exhibition of his work until his death on October 25, 2006. The exhibition shows a cross-section of all of the artist’s creative periods – from his first to his last work. The retrospective is complemented by documentary film material and an ambitious supporting program developed in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute Berlin. In addition, the Berlinische Galerie is showing six large works by Georg Baselitz – these works were shown at the Biennale di Venezia 2007 as part of tribute to Vedova in the Venetian Pavilion. […] Info: tel +49 30 78902600 fax +49 30 78902700 e-mail: bg@berlinischegalerie.de; www.berlinischegalerie.de