Nancy Genn
On the occasion of the 18th edition of the Day of the Contemporary, Marignana Arte is pleased to present the exhibition Hand made papers 1981-1988 by Nancy Genn, a new chapter of the collaborative journey that began with the exhibition Living Painting in 2018. This new exhibition is thus not a starting point, but a specific development within a more articulated discourse, aimed at analysing a peculiar moment in the research of Nancy Genn, one of the most important exponents of post-war informal art.
The exhibition Hand made papers 1981-1988 defines a specific time frame. The 1980s are in fact particularly significant years for the artist, who right at the end of the previous decade had obtained the prestigious United States/Japan Creative Arts Fellowship, a scholarship that would offer her the opportunity to reside in Japan for at least six months. The papers on display in this exhibition thus represent the outcome of a fundamental encounter for the artist, the one with the East, which from then on would influence all her work in various ways.
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Le invenzioni nate dalla carta, Claudia Meschini, il Gazzettino, January 2023
Le opere su carta di Nancy Genn in mostra a Venezia, Artribune, December 2022
“HAND MADE PAPERS 1981/1988”: NANCY GENN E L’ANIMA DELLA CARTA, Espoarte, November 2022
L’arte informale ritorna a Venezia: Nancy Genn da Marignana Arte, Exibart, November 2022
Nancy Genn, Hand made papers 1981-1988, Installation view