MARTIN WEINSTEIN - Inside | Outside - Venice, IT: Castello 780 | Fondamenta San Giuseppe Sestiere 780 30122 Venice ITALY
Weinstein’s relationship to these places, most crystalline in their painted form, is informed by repeat viewings from alternating perspectives and times
Weinstein’s relationship to these places, most crystalline in their painted form, is informed by repeat viewings from alternating perspectives and times. Whether he’s depicting his garden in Croton-on-Hudson, NY, with its dramatic views facing west over the Hudson River, or Venice—a city we both love—time seems to collapse and shift into an unstable, layered image that feels both familiar and foreign. In some paintings, Weinstein reimagines spectacular sites that have captured and recaptured artists’ and the public’s imagination for centuries: Rome’s Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II, where monumental, winged Victories stride over the Tiber, or Venice’s sparkling Grand Canal, alive with boats moving in every which direction. In a pair of paintings set inside an ornate apartment in Lucca, he recalls the quiet interiors of Édouard Vuillard or Vilhelm Hammershøi. Seemingly less “spectacular” than their Roman and Venetian counterpoints, these domestic scenes are equally elusive, never still in their melding of time and space, as they attempt to capture a moment that’s just about to slip away.
—Jonathan Rider
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Martin WeinsteinAfternoons, Venice, Inside Over Outside, 2022Acrylic over multiple acrylic sheets14 x 11.5 x 2.5 inches | 35.5 x 29.21 x 6.35 cm -
Martin WeinsteinApartment, Lucca, Afternoon Inside Over Dusk Outside, 2022Acrylic over multiple acrylic sheets14 x 11.5 x 2.5 inches | 35.5 x 29.21 x 6.35 cm
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Martin WeinsteinGrand Canal, Afternoon, Outside Over Inside, 2022Acrylic over multiple acrylic sheets11.5 x 14 x 2.5 inches | 29.21 x 35.5 x 6.35 cm
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Martin WeinsteinApartment in Lucca, Sunny Afternoon Inside Over Rainy Afternoon Outside, 2022Acrylic over multiple acrylic sheets14 x 11.5 x 2.5 inches | 35.5 x 29.21 x 6.35 cm
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Martin WeinsteinGrand Canal Mid Day, Outside Over Inside, 2022Acrylic over multiple acrylic sheets14 x 11.5 x 2.5 inches | 35.5 x 29.21 x 6.35 cm
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Martin WeinsteinRome Midday, Inside Over Outside, 2023Acrylic over multiple acrylic sheets11.5 x 14 x 2.5 inches | 29.21 x 35.5 x 6.35 cm
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Martin WeinsteinGrand Canal, Evening, Inside Over Outside, 2022Acrylic over multiple acrylic sheets11.5 x 14 x 2.5 inches | 29.21 x 35.5 x 6.35 cm
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Martin WeinsteinRome, Stormy Afternoons, Outside Under Inside, 2023Acrylic over multiple acrylic sheets11.5 x 14 x 2.5 inches | 29.21 x 35.5 x 6.35 cm
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Martin WeinsteinRome, Mornings, Inside Over Outside, 2023Acrylic over multiple acrylic sheets11.5 x 14 x 2.5 inches | 29.21 x 35.5 x 6.35 cm
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Martin WeinsteinGrand Canal, Huge Rococo Mirror, Inside Over Outside, 2022Acrylic over multiple acrylic sheets11.5 x 14 x 2.5 inches | 29.21 x 35.5 x 6.35 cm
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Martin WeinsteinVenice Afternoon Inside Over Evening Outside, 2022Acrylic over multiple acrylic sheets14 x 11.5 x 2.5 inches | 35.5 x 29.21 x 6.35 cm
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Martin WeinsteinVenice, Inside Over Outside, 3 Years, 2022Acrylic over multiple acrylic sheets11.5 x 14 x 2.5 inches | 29.21 x 35.5 x 6.35 cm
Castello 780
Fondamenta San Giuseppe
Sestiere Castello, 780
30122 Venezia, IT
+39 342 947 5913
EN(Venice, IT)- Castello 925 presents a solo exhibition of paintings by Martin Weinstein in the Castello 780 gallery starting on September 16 and running through November 26, 2023. The exhibition, entitled Inside | Outside, considers the layers of space that range from the interior of a room to the wide expanse of the landscape beyond. By working on several sheets of acrylic, Weinstein isolates these different distances with deft, gestural brushwork. It is the manipulation of these layers and the ability to “reshuffle” each of them one in front of another that creates confusion as to what is near and what is far away. These layers are in turn encased in a clear, acrylic box that allows the ambient light to shift and change the colors of paintings while glowing through one another. These sculptural, illuminated painting boxes act as containers that hold a period of time as well as an ever-changing kaleidoscope of space.
About Martin Weinstein
Martin Weinstein has had over 30 solo exhibitions including the MacNider Art Museum, Hillstrom Museum of Art, Museum of the Southwest, Wichita Art Museum, Swarthmore College, and most recently at The Parthenon Museum, Nashville, TN. The artist lives and works in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.
About Castello 925
Castello 925 is a multi-disciplined gallery with two venues, Castello 925 and Castello 780 located in Venice, Italy. Started by Dr. Luca Caldironi as part of his research into human creativity, Castello 925 is a gallery where experimental expressions of all kinds from various cultures from around the world come to meet, collaborate, improvise, produce and contribute.
A proposito di Martin Weinstein
Martin Weinstein ha tenuto oltre 30 mostre personali tra cui MacNider Art Museum, Hillstrom Museum of Art, Museum of the Southwest, Wichita Art Museum, Swarthmore College e, più recentemente, Parthenon Museum, Nashville, TN. L'artista vive e lavora a Croton-on-Hudson, NY.
A proposito di Castello 925
Castello 925 è una galleria multidisciplinare con due sedi, Castello 925 e Castello 780 situate a Venezia, in Italia. Avviata dal Dr. Luca Caldironi come parte della sua ricerca sulla creatività umana, Castello 925 è una galleria dove espressioni sperimentali di ogni tipo provenienti da varie culture di tutto il mondo si incontrano, collaborano, improvvisano, producono e contribuiscono
