Holy souls on display at 2024 Venice Biennale
Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan is known for shocking crowds with his tongue-in-cheek installations and bombastic structures, but he has painted something a little more down-to-earth for one of the art world's most anticipated events, the 2024 Venice Biennale: a pair of feet.
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00:00 A painted pair of exposed feet adorn the outside of a women's prison chapel in Venice, Italy.
00:08 Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, usually known for his subversive and humorous works,
00:13 is responsible for the poignant wall art, painted as part of the 2024 Venice Biennale.
00:19 As well as the chapel's facade, the Vatican Pavilion exhibition space in Venice is also
00:23 displaying work within.
00:25 On show is an illuminated eye, print screens, poems and a 15-minute film shot by director
00:31 Marco Prego, who took inspiration from the chapel's inmates.
00:35 I think it's about showing the women's resilience and how women are incredible together and
00:40 how much women can create this amazing tribe of belonging.
00:45 The exhibition ends within the chapel, with colorful sculptures hanging from the ceiling.
00:50 Organizers say this artwork links the building's previous function as a Baroque convent and
00:55 its current role serving incarcerated women.
00:58 The Venice Biennale runs from now until November.
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