Lorenzo Quinn's "Support" at Historic Ca' Sagrado - Venezia, Italy - News Article Locations on Waymarking.com

"On display until November 26th outside the Ca' Sagredo Hotel, italian artist Lorenzo Quinn's "Support" sculpture features two large hands emerging from the grand canal for the Venice Art Biennale 2017. Represented by the Halcyon Gallery, the massive sculpture aims to make a statement on the effects of global warming. Quinn, known to use body parts, and especially hands, in his sculptures, uses the gigantic limbs as a force of nature that braces the canal-side structure, both reinforcing it in the face of decay while at the same time suggesting a force of nature equally capable of destroying it." (visit link)

ABC News article says: "The choice of city was intentional for Quinn. Earlier this year scientists warned that Venice could disappear underwater within a century if sea levels continue to rise. "The work generates an instinctive and immediate understanding of the environmental impact for places such as Venice," the statement reads. "The hands symbolise the role people must play in supporting Venice's unique world heritage. - Quinn made the hands, which each weigh more than 2,200 kilograms, in his Barcelona studio before they were brought to Venice to be installed in the Grand Canal." (visit link)

Type of publication: Television When was the article reported?: 05/19/2017 Publication: ABC News Article Url: [Web Link] Is Registration Required?: no How widespread was the article reported?: international News Category: Arts/Culture

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