Leslie Hirst. The thread of messages

Leslie Hirst, “La Menzogna”, 2015. Opera in preparazione
Leslie Hirst, “La Menzogna”, 2015. Work in progress

 

From 30 Maggio 2015 to 01 Agosto 2015

Venice

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Halfway between writing and visual art, the work of the American painter Leslie Hirst subtly challenge the way we are used to read the signs of language.
After a visit to Burano in 2005, Hirst was pushed to create compositions that merged words and lace as the fabric and open spaces, respectively, the content and the context, propose two versions of original writing.
The language of Hirst consists of fragments, scraps of images and random shapes derived from his vast personal library made of handwritten letters and photographs of graffiti. These resources represent a deep bond with the art of lace as depicting the passage of time through an unbroken line.
The set, designed specifically for the Lace Museum, becomes a visual metaphor of the Silk Road, and alludes to the influence of the raw material and economic structures on style, on manufacturing and communication. So the artist's work recalls the important link between the lace and different cultures.

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