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Scotland’s Karla Black, a Turner Prize-nominated artist from Glasgow, has unveiled her “fearless” show at the world’s biggest visual art festival, the Venice Biennale. She told The Herald it is inspired by the total absorption in her materials and surroundings, like “a person alone in a landscape, or a person standing alone before God&rdquo,louboutin uk;. Scotland, and in particular Glasgow, now has a worldwide reputation for producing leading contemporary artists, and this show,louboutin shoes, Scotland’s fifth as an independent exhibition in Venice, is a “statement of the success of Scottish art,” its curator said. In eight rooms at the Palazzo Pisani in the San Marina area of the Italian canal city, Ms Black, 38, has displayed the fruit of more than a year’s artistic labour,louboutin shoes, with a collection of both spectacular and subtle works in the style in which she has made her name -- from household materials,christian louboutin uk, powders, sheets of plastic and paint. The exhibition is the first solo show by a female artist representing Scotland and is part of the 54th running of Venice’s international art show, in which 89 countries and more than 30 collateral events present their work to the world until November. Visitors to the show are immediately struck by the size, colour and scale of two of the major works in the 15th-century palace -- the pastel-coloured works made from polythene, cellophane and paper that dominate the entire chamber. Ms Black said her work, which may confound some viewers, is “caught between thoughtless gestures and seriously obsessive attempts at beauty”. Elsewhere she has hung paper artworks from the ceiling, and in a series of rooms has covered the floor with soil, studded with sculptures made from soap. Ms Black, who trained at the Glasgow School of Art, was recently shortlisted for the Turner Prize and interest in her show from art collectors and gallery directors is high. Information assistants staffing the exhibition are students from Glasgow School of Art and the Duncan of Jordanstone art school in Dundee. The show has been curated by the Fruitmarket Gallery of Edinburgh, whose director, Fiona Bradley, said Scotland having its own show in Venice -- separate from the official UK pavilion that features the work of Mike Nelson -- is both a signal of Scotland’s artistic health and an inspiration to future artists. “Scotland being in Venice shows to young artists in Scotland that yes, one day you could also show your work here, you can stay in Scotland and do not have to go to London to make your work,” she said. “We hope the work from the exhibition ends up in public galleries both nationally and internationally, that is certainly part of what we want to do here. If you are going to be in Venice you have to show an exemplary exhibition and that is what we have.” Ms Black said it was “no small thing” that Glasgow is now acknowledged as a centre for contemporary art in the UK and Europe. “I think people know now there are two centres in the UK for art: Glasgow and London,http://www.cheapuksalehandbagsoutletlv.co.uk. maybe we have known that for some time already,” she said. The artist said her work was born from landscape sculpture and revolves around the materials she uses and the limits and frustrations of those. “I would almost like it to free flow -- what I want is an impossible thing,louis vuitton uk, it doesn’t exist in this world, it’s like anti-gravity, you would have to work with Nasa to do it,” she said. “I try to skirt in between mediums,http://www.lououboutinsshoesuk.co.uk, so it gets very close to painting, it gets very close to installation, it gets very close to performance, I go in among all those things.” Andrew Dixon, the chief executive of Creative Scotland, said: “The Biennale is a glorious pinnacle for contemporary visual art internationally … it is a unique and prestigious showcase for Karla’s work.” Cutting edge international art REVIEW: A Venetian blast of colour and complexity By Phil Miller The first thing that hits you is the colour, the scale -- and the smell. Karla Black’s show at the Palazzo Pisani, representing Scotland at the year&rsquo,louis vuitton handbags;s biggest visual arts festival, is huge in scale, colour, artistic vitality and imagination. Black’s art is almost as abstract as sculpture can be -- she works with materials such as soil and powder, soap (the source of that not unpleasant pungent aroma) and cellophane to create objects that are often beautiful, as they are here, but defy easy analysis or interpretation. But, meaning or representation aside, you can enjoy Black’s work for what it is: its texture and shape, its painstaking construction, its hidden detailing and clever workmanship, the aesthetic assault on your senses. Here, there is a whole internal garden made from soil and carved soap, which stand like alien jewels in the plain rooms of the Palazzo. There are sculptures too,christian louboutin uk, which could represent birds, or dragons, or exploded paintings, amid the pile of sawdust, the sterilised topsoil, plaster powder and marble dust. In total, in the eight rooms of the palace, the art becomes a dreamy world of strange shapes and motifs, with huge works such as At Fault and Walk Away from Gilded Rooms standing almost like surreal stage sets in which your imagination can run free. It is hoped that public galleries in Black’s country will acquire some pieces from this big, subtle and intriguing show -- let&rsquo,louis vuitton outlet;s hope some of this often stunning Venetian blast of colour and complexity is seen by many more people in Scotland than can make it to Italy this summer. Related articles: up 12 percent this year over last.000 schools It could take years for some toes to uncurl. which promised to provide almost $250 |