The exhibition Venetian Bubbles was created by artist Jiri Georg Dokoupil and curated by Dirk Geuer on the occasion of the 60th Venice International Art Exhibition, supported by the Association for Art in Public. The opening press conference and Vernissage, coordinated by Once Extraordinary Events, drew friends, family and fellow artists to witness Dokoupil’s spectacular tribute to La Serenissima. Set against the grandeur of the Sansoviniana Hall, the explosion of color created a memorable celebration. The event held additional significance as the inaugural exhibition under the new directorship of Stefano Trovato at the Marciana Library.
The Artisti and his Technique
Georg Dokoupil, a revolutionary artist who explored the technique of mixing soap with pigments and blowing bubbles on a paint-covered canvas, has been working on this technique since the 1970s. The artist reflects on fundamental themes of the human condition: the breath required to create the bubbles evokes the fleetingness of life.
From Canvas to Glass
The exhibition, specifically, features seven large paintings depicting soap bubbles colored with his technique, along with eight glass sculptures. The glass sculptures are a three-dimensional extension of the Soap Bubble Paintings and are a tribute to the master glassmakers of Bohemia.
Among the main pieces in the exhibition is Open Bubbles Condensation Cube, a tribute to Dokoupil’s master, Hans Haake. The exhibition opened June 22 and will be on view until August 18 at the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice.
