A Personal Note from Mary

The second edition of "Shamal, the creative wind" at Villa Tittoni, Milan, Italy was a huge success. The exhibition was organized by the Camaver Kunsthaus International gallery. It is included in "Gran Tour 2010," a series of major exhibitions located in venues of significant cultural and historical interests.

The artist at "Villa Tittoni,” Milan, Italy, Grand Tour 2010 organized by Camaver Kunsthaus International

Upcoming:

• The major exhibition: International Award for Digital and Photographic Art 2010, Art Museum of Chianciano, 18th - 25th of September 2010.

This event is a prestigious museum prize organized and curated by an international panel of experts who have staged shows in museums such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Visit the New York Times to read a comprehensive article about the Chianciano Art Museum.

• The Summer Show at Artists Haven Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida GROUP EXHIBITION - JULY - AUGUST 2010 .

Meet the Artists - Opening Reception will take place on Saturday, July 10, 2010 from 7-10 pm. Complimentary champagne, wine, hors d'oeuvres, and desserts will be served. We hope that you can arrange to be with us for this extraordinary occasion.

Feature Article:
Can captivity stimulate imagination?

Fine Art Exhibition at "Fort Balaguier," Toulon, France

Penal colonies were French penitentiaries dedicated to the hard labor. Abolished in 1938, they are now considered as historical monuments. France and its French overseas departments had many penal colonies among which was Toulon penitentiary and its annexe "Fort Balladier."

More than 100,000 men were imprisoned at Fort Balladier. A few of them created handcrafts and artworks. Their artworks, paintings and sculptures are a reflection of their lives in the penal colonies. First of all, their sketches and paintings show their ability to act in response to custody. Art was a pretext to express their individuality and their humanity. To create these artworks, the convicts used natural elements or unused materials found on the sites where they worked. They sculpted coconuts, engraved shellfishes, painted, created straw marqueteries.

The convicts struggled to survive hard living conditions, strived to find in the depth of their hearts to develop a resilience process. Deprived of freedom and dignity, this allowed them to exist, to escape from everyday life and to create handcrafts and artworks. These works were the only link between and the rest of the world who wished to forget them.

All these handcrafts, paintings, sculptures are currently exhibited at "Fort Baladier" through an exhibition called "Les artistes du bagne". The exhibition features works from French public and private collections.
 

Header image: Port Chatillion

Gallery News

International Award for Digital and Photographic Art
Art Museum of Chianciano
Sept. 18 - 25, 2010
280 Viale della Liberta'
Chianciano Terme, Siena
+39 0578 60732

The Summer Show at Artists Haven Gallery
July 1 - August 20, 2010
2757 East Oakland Park Blvd.
Ft Lauderdale, Florida  USA
Opening reception:
"Meet the artists"
July 10, 2010 from 7 pm - 10 pm
www.artistshavengallery.com/
 

ArtRom Gallery
Rome, Italy
http://www.artromgallery.com/

Exhibition at Villa Tittoni with Tove S. Hellerud (left) and Victoria Fontana (center)

Mary Mansey's beautifully abstract photographs examine the interplay of light and color as they reflect against the rippling surface of water. These reflections poetically mirror the artist’s own emotions experienced at the time at which each photograph was captured.

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