*Dear Spectre* My name is Sunci (Suncica Kuzmanic Perisin Tomljanovic) Im a Croatian-British artist realizing an independent / guerrilla -project /perofmance ," A coffee in Venice" during the Biannale opening, week ,3-9 May 2019. From 8 am -12 am (possibly longer into the afternoon) in Venice, At Florian’s bar, on St Marks Square. For this performance I will to paint from life- portraits of artists who are exhibiting in Venice during this biennale.
The intention is to paint a collection of portraits of living contemporary artists working in Europe this year. The portraits I will collect during a series of performances , conducted in the same way in a number of cities hosting large art exhibitions, when the collection of portraits of artists becomes substantial- it will be exhibited. My art practice is about exploring, and documenting for the future, the story of contemporary peoples. I work on numerous conceptual projects trough which I investigate the lives and passions of groups of people, interactive performance is a part of my method- and painting is often an end product / document . Artists I feel, often are sort of hidden by the limelight of their art works- I have always loved portraits of artists by their friends- and I would like on this most fun and visited event of the art year, to actually document the artists who create the biennale expirence- offer them a moment of tranquility in which they relax have a coffee with me, and become a muse of an art work them self. The performance I have already conducted in Split, and will conduct in Athens in June around the dates of the Desde foundation openings, during Fireze in London, and during Art market Budapest. Would you be so kind as to publish my invitation or your edited version of it- to the artists who are going to phisically be in Venice 3-9 May 2019- and who are exhibiting so those who wish to participate in the performance can.? As a context to my work- Im was borne 1983 Split, , Graduated St Martins college fine arts, in london in 2006, since 2004 I am exhibiting solo and group projects, internationally, and have in 2007 exhibited at the Arsenale nuovo during the biennale that expirence possibley inspiring this project. Thank you for all your assitance Sunci Invitation to fellow artists Dear Artist I would like to invite you for a traditional Venetian coffee with myself- at Florian’s Bar- Where I will paint your portrait form life in watercolour. By inviting the you the artist, for coffee there, I wish to afford you a little break form the madness of the biennale, a serene moment to relax enjoy coffee & chat, and an opportunity to be yourself the muse of an art work. The portrait painting takes 30- ish minutes, and it would be best to schedule your painting time in advance. By coming to coffee, you will be participating in my 6-day performance: “A coffee in Venice” With the backdrop of St. Mark’s Square and the gorgeous Florian’s bar, to the public we will appear as that idyllic / romantic/ contrived, image, of art being made on the streets as in all tourist meccas. While there is a century old tradition of artist’s people watching and painting in bars, the live painting of portraits is usually something conducted behind the closed doors of the studio. The energy and exchange between artist and muse is both fragile and loaded, it carries a certain magic which we shall expose during this performance, to the public, to whom will be our self’s the aesthetic picture, open to interpretation. By the end of the week I will have painted a collection of portraits which will represent and document the versatility of artists exhibiting in Venice this year. The performance shall be repeated in a number of cities hosting large art exhibitions this year, before the collection of portraits created during the performances is exhibited all together. The performance was firstly conducted in April 2019 in Split, Croatia, it will be realized in Athens June 18-22, 2019, London & Budampest in October. *The performance will be conducted in Florian’s bar / terrace, 3-9 May 2019, Each morning from 8am to 12am and possibly after 12am into the afternoon- depending on number of artists wishing to participate. – * *To book your painting time. Please contact Sunci on 00385993415060 (wasup / Viber) Sunci.on.stage gmail.com <http://gmail.com> / Instagram Sunci.sunci.sunci* If you just turn up there unannounced- you will recognise, me by my “ lady artist uniform” designed for the performance- by the wonderful Anamaria Asnovic, Tamara Bombardelli, topped with the most distinctive feature- a fun Victoria Grant hat . Sunci / Suncica Kuzmanic Perisin Tomljanovic's- Art practice is anthropological- Sunci investigates the lives and passions of contemporary people , trough numerous interactive projects, which include performance and painting. The projects lead the artist on a personal and emotional exchange with the groups of muses, and are a journey into different worlds, while the art pieces produced out of the projects, can be used as documents of the contemporary human, for the future. Looking forwards to meeting & painting you, Sunci Sunčica Kuzmanić - Perišin-Tomljanović Instagram sunci.sunci.sunci http://suncionstage.blogspot.com/
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