Pleasing and Productive Contrasts Emerge as Contemporary Art Is Juxtaposed With Historic Architecture at Venice
Feature the witty counterpoint of old and new in Eva Juszkiewicz’s reimagining of baroque and classical portraiture, or, gracing the courtyard of the Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel, sculptor Shahzia Sikander’s ‘Now’.
Sculptor Shahzia Sikander’s show “Collective Behavior” is one of the finest examples I have seen of how fruitful it can be to juxtapose contemporary art with stunning historic architectural settings. Her sculpture “Now,” with its curving horn-like braids and squiggles for feet and arms” currently graces the courtyard of Venice’s Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel.
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