SAS

Secret Apartment Show

SAS is a site specific project, designed for international artists and their special guests.
This exhibition explores divergent plots and narratives, giving space to intimate encounters with intriguing artworks in the setting of the mysterious secret apartment, situated in the hub of the iconic Arsenale.

Curated by Ann Grim and co curated by Vanya Balogh, this exhibition captures mini zeitgeist in the lives of artists, the now and beyond of their universe, a post pandemic response and reflex, in ever more fragmented, schizophrenic, complex world that is evolving around us.

Exploring the themes of biology, science, technology, displacement, unbearable sex and inevitable war, the works express ambiguous destinations for humanity and investigate tension space between real and imagined. A selection of works presented as site specific ideas horizontally collide with objects and works in all media carefully presented across the rooms and spaces of this Venetian apartment.

SAS II

will evolve day by day with a set of informal performative events and projections, starting on 18th November at 4pm and ending on 24th November at 6pm.
This exhibition contains sensitive content and is by appointment only.

Artists

Jon Baker, Sarah Pager, Tiziana Mandolesi, Patrick Colhoun, Ann Grim, Gavin Turk, Nicole Farhi, Martin Sexton, Cedric Christie, Andrea Morucchio, Simon Foxton, Toni Gallagher, Vanya Balogh, Norman Normski Anderson, Susana Lopez Fernandez, Steve Pettengell, Marjorie Abela, Gzillion Artist, Tomaž Kramberger

Venue

Secret Apartment, Arsenale
Address: 3rd Floor/Campo della Tana 2157
DATE: 18 - 24 November 2024
HOURS: 10 am - 7 pm daily
ADMISSION: free/by appointment only
WEB: empire2.info/sas

+39 (0) 32 90 02 03 44

TRANSPORT STOP: Arsenale

Artist: Marjorie Abela, Title: Balancing Act, 2024

Marjorie Abela – Balancing Act, 2024

Artist: Sarah Pager, Title: Cluster-Dust Anatomica, 2023

Sarah Pager – Cluster-Dust Anatomica, 2023

Artist: Jon Baker, Title: Boxed In

Jon Baker – Boxed In

Artist: Patrick Colhoun, Title: Black Dog (Red), 2022

Patrick Colhoun – Black Dog (Red), 2022

Artist: Tiziana Mandolesi, Title: Moon, 2018

Tiziana Mandolesi – Moon, 2018

Artist: Vanya Balogh, Title: Foreigners Everywhere, 2016-2022

Vanya Balogh – Foreigners Everywhere, 2016-2022

Artist: Gzillion Artist, Title: Baggage, 2024

Gzillion Artist – Baggage, 2024

Artist: Tomaž Kramberger, Title: Electrocute #1, 2024

Tomaž Kramberger – Electrocute #1, 2024

Artist: Cedric Christie, Title: Conflict

Cedric Christie – Conflict, 2005

Artist: Nicole Farhi, Title: Pianist 2016 - Stephen Kovacevich

Nicole Farhi – Pianist 2016
Stephen Kovacevich

Artist: Simon Foxton, Title: NYC1985

Simon Foxton – NYC85, 2024

Artist: Toni Gallagher, Title: Knitted Road (expanded), 2023

Toni Gallagher – Knitted Road (expanded), 2023

Artist: Ann Grim, Title: Resonance of Tomorrow: The 3047 Bioluminescent Relic, 2024

Ann Grim – Resonance of Tomorrow: The 3047 Bioluminescent Relic, 2024

Artist: Susana Lopez, Title: Zombies

Susana Lopez – Zombies, 2019

Artist: Andrea Morucchio, Title: Making Faces

Andrea Morucchio – Abigail/Making Faces Series, 2023

Artist: Norman Normski-Anderson, Title: Hijack

Norman Normski Anderson – Hijack, 1989

Artist: Steve Pettengell, Title: Cenotaph (Detail), 2024

Steve Pettengell – Cenotaph (Detail), 2024

Artist: Martin Sexton, Title: Black Marxism (Homage to Cedric Robinson 1940 - 2016), 2023

Martin Sexton – Black Marxism, 2023
(Homage to Cedric Robinson 1940 - 2016)

Artist: Gavin Turk

Gavin Turk