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Carlo Memo per la pace
With its palette resulting from the abstract expressionism typical of the post-war period, as well as deeply linked and inspired by the nature of the Venetian lagoon, the "Devil" of Burano immerses the spectator's eye in a new, naturally poetic world, in which freedom is the most valid, as well as being the most "colourful" way to achieve peace.
Carlo Memo
Born in Venice in 1941, he has exhibited in Italy and Japan since 1960.
A key figure in contemporary Venetian painting, Carlo Memo was also the protagonist of an analytical and powerful filmography that uses him as a key to understanding the city of Venice: Carlo Memo (1978, directed by Christian Richert), Diavolo' 94 (1994 , directed by Matteo Bellinelli), as well as the evocative documentary Sei Venezia (2010, directed by Carlo Mazzacurati)
Carlo Memo has always lived by virtue of an indispensable idea of "freedom" which placed him outside the system of large gallery owners. An outsider reality which pushed him to refuse his own personal celebration, as well as a collaboration with other important artists: «No, I don't really feel like it - clarifies the artist - those who look for my works do so because they know me, in I have also suffered from hunger throughout my life, of course, but I have always been free."
He currently lives in Burano and when he is not traveling on the waters of his lagoon in search of fish or inspiration, Carlo Memo hosts anyone who is looking for him or his works at his home.