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not "just another brick in the wall"

Olympus mju 9010 - f/3- 1/30sec - 5mm - ISO 100

 

Wall in one of the houses of the Gervasuti Foundation, an Art Gallery, settled at Fontamenta Sant’Ana, Castello 995 (Via Garibaldi), 30122 Venezia (Venice), Italia (Italy).

 

During the year here are several art exhibitions, and also always part of the Venice Biennale art exhibition is accommodated here.

 

Venice offers a variety of places to display art: converted palaces, white-walled galleries and old warehouses. One of my favorites is the Gervasuti Foundation, a combined set of rough houses in the Castello district.

 

The rugged, cobbled-together houses that make up the Gervasuti Foundation are a clear departure from the ornate, elaborate palazzos that hold art museums throughout the city. The area of Castello, where the Gervasuti Foundation is located, is the oldest community in Venice known for its wood craft and shipbuilding workshops. The site of the Foundation was the Gervasuti family’s artisan cabinet-maker and joinery workshop.

 

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Uploaded on May 29, 2015
Taken on April 20, 2013