{"id":15382,"date":"2023-05-08T10:02:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T08:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bivillage.com\/?p=15382"},"modified":"2023-05-11T08:46:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T06:46:55","slug":"venetian-briccole-at-the-bivillage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bivillage.com\/en\/news\/news\/venetian-briccole-at-the-bivillage\/","title":{"rendered":"Venetian “briccole” at the BiVillage"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n\n

Artwork briccole by Enrico Marcato<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
\n\n

The journey from Venice to Croatia of the artwork briccole by Enrico Marcato<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Munich<\/strong>, in the elegant surroundings of the Lodenfrey Park, the BiHoliday group presented the summer season 2023<\/strong> to the foreign press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To do so, they chose an original art project<\/strong>, entitled “I Say Art<\/strong>“: narrating a journey<\/strong>. The project involves the two villages managed by the group: BiVillage in Croatia and San Francesco Village in Caorle.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\n
\n\n

Once such wooden poles come to the end of their lives, Marcato initiates them for reuse<\/strong>, turning them into artworks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

\n
\n\n
\n

I tried and experimented until I found something specific to Enrico: the Venetian briccole, depicted from 1500 onwards by any artist in their paintings: from Tintoretto to Canaletto, just to name a couple. They are the silent guardians of Venice.
Therefore, 15 years ago I started to retrieve them and apply strokes of colour to make them look alive again. If we talk about this BiHoliday-related project, the one thing that gratifies me, from the human point of view, is knowing that my artwork has travelled from Venice – the mother city – all the way to Croatia.
And the BiVillage in Fa\u017eana, where they are installed, is a mirror image of Venice.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

\n
\n\n

Where else is it possible to see artwork briccole other than in Croatia?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many of them are held in private collections. However, in Miami<\/strong> you can see them, standing outside the Cipriani Restaurant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Montreal<\/strong>, Canada<\/strong>, they are located at the Aldo Bensadoun Foundation<\/strong>. Then some are in Paris, in Ibiza. And now also in Croatia.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

\n
\n\n

BiHoliday embraces Art as a language of values<\/strong>, as well as expressing that Art-Activism<\/em> which today allows us to talk about socially significant issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These include BiHoliday emphasising the value of an area and its respect<\/strong> for everything that surrounds it, such as the reuse of materials<\/strong> (and the revival of the briccole is an actual example of this).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the project does not end here<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There is also a second part that will be revealed shortly, and that will complete the Italy-Croatia journey, in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

\n
\n\n

The artist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Enrico Marcato<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
\n\n

Enrico Marcato<\/strong>, 47, lives between Padua and Venice, where he has his atelier. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He worked as an artisan and pursued his passion for painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subsequently, he had an inspiration that led him to work on briccole. Among the first to believe in his artwork was Arrigo Ciprian, owner of Harry’s Bar.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

\n \n \n \n
\n \"\"\n <\/figure>\n\n \n
\n \"\"\n <\/figure>\n\n \n
\n \"\"\n <\/figure>\n\n \n
\n \"\"\n <\/figure>\n\n \n
\n \"\"\n <\/figure>\n\n \n
\n \"\"\n <\/figure>\n\n \n
\n \"\"\n <\/figure>\n\n \n
\n \"\"\n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div>\n\n