Andy Burgess, Tom Leighton, Klari Reis, Isabelle van Zeijl, Fabiano Parisi, Matt Smith, Deborah Azzopardi
THE CYNTHIA CORBETT GALLERY
Flat 15, Claremont Lodge, 15 The Downs, London, SW20 8UA, United Kingdom
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EXPO CHICAGO 2021
Navy Pier 600 E Grand Ave Chicago, IL 60611+1 312-867-9220 e-mail:
April 8 > 12, 2021
Join us for the VIP opening of EXPO CHGO ONLINE (April 8 – 12, 2021), a curated digital exposition of contemporary and modern art presented in collaboration with a new art platform Hook and complemented by five days of virtual programming!
The first part of our curation, entitled Archi.Tech.Stories,explores the union of architecture and technology through the eyes of Andy Burgess, Klari Reis and Tom Leighton. Our Young Masters alumni, photographers Fabiano Parisi and Isabelle Van Zeijl, joined by ceramicist and textile artist and art historian Matt Smith will present a trio show where they explore the dense layering of history: Unpacking the Beauty of Age.
A part of EXPO CHGO's focused programming will be dedicated to a broad rethinking of the environment—from artworks that contain climate-conscious materials to conceptual explorations of the built landscape. This narrative evolved from the environmentally focused Alternate Assembly: Environmental Impact in the Era of Pandemic symposium launched January 21-23, 2021. Within this programming Cynthia Corbett Gallery is thrilled to introduce a recent artwork commission in collaboration with Conservation International by Deborah Azzopardi, Mother Nature (2021).
Inspired by Conservation International’s film Mother Nature with a powerful voice-over by the Oscar-winning actress and producer Julia Roberts, Deborah explains: “A strongly placed female hand lays open whilst delicate but perfect Red Rose petals fall gently into it representing love. The same hand is simultaneously birthing a large blue tsunami of water giving life, and feeding essential nutrients into the planet that we are lucky enough to call home. The mountains are juxtaposed with two white Calla Lily’s representing peace - beautiful, fragile, and exquisite flowers standing tall, cushioned by their vivid emerald green leaves. All are a sentiment to the purity of life and the beauty that is vigorous with undeniable fragility which ‘Mother Nature’ holds in the palm of her hand. She is the force that makes the wind sing, she is the essence that makes your senses ignite. She is dusk, she is dawn, she is everything you know. She is ‘Mother Nature’.”
The first part of our curation, entitled Archi.Tech.Stories,explores the union of architecture and technology through the eyes of Andy Burgess, Klari Reis and Tom Leighton. Our Young Masters alumni, photographers Fabiano Parisi and Isabelle Van Zeijl, joined by ceramicist and textile artist and art historian Matt Smith will present a trio show where they explore the dense layering of history: Unpacking the Beauty of Age.
A part of EXPO CHGO's focused programming will be dedicated to a broad rethinking of the environment—from artworks that contain climate-conscious materials to conceptual explorations of the built landscape. This narrative evolved from the environmentally focused Alternate Assembly: Environmental Impact in the Era of Pandemic symposium launched January 21-23, 2021. Within this programming Cynthia Corbett Gallery is thrilled to introduce a recent artwork commission in collaboration with Conservation International by Deborah Azzopardi, Mother Nature (2021).
Inspired by Conservation International’s film Mother Nature with a powerful voice-over by the Oscar-winning actress and producer Julia Roberts, Deborah explains: “A strongly placed female hand lays open whilst delicate but perfect Red Rose petals fall gently into it representing love. The same hand is simultaneously birthing a large blue tsunami of water giving life, and feeding essential nutrients into the planet that we are lucky enough to call home. The mountains are juxtaposed with two white Calla Lily’s representing peace - beautiful, fragile, and exquisite flowers standing tall, cushioned by their vivid emerald green leaves. All are a sentiment to the purity of life and the beauty that is vigorous with undeniable fragility which ‘Mother Nature’ holds in the palm of her hand. She is the force that makes the wind sing, she is the essence that makes your senses ignite. She is dusk, she is dawn, she is everything you know. She is ‘Mother Nature’.”
 | Andy Burgess | |
| | Tom Leighton | |
| | Klari Reis | |
| | Isabelle van Zeijl | |
| | Fabiano Parisi | |
| | Matt Smith | |
| | Deborah Azzopardi | |
VIP Preview :
April 8 from 9 AM EST
