Danielle Arnaud Venice is pleased to present Polly Gould's sculpture Observation Hill at Palazzo Loredan as part of the Venice Glass Week.

Observation Hill (2012) uses as reference the multiple views of the same hill in Antarctica that were painted in watercolour by the Antarctic explorer Edward Wilson (1872- 1912). Anamorphic versions of these archival images repainted in watercolour onto sandblasted glass. These distorted shaped landscapes are corrected when reflected in the mirrored spheres, creating views into miniature worlds.

The Venice Glass Week is an international festival founded in 2017 to celebrate, support and promote the art of glassmaking: the artistic and economic activity for which the Lagoon City of Venice has been renowned around the world for over1,000 years. The eighth edition of the festival will take place around Venice, Mestre and Murano from 14th to 22nd September2024.

The Venice Glass Week is promoted by Comune di Venezia and organised by Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, LESTANZE DEL VETRO – Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti and Consorzio Promovetro Murano.

For futher information, please visit www.theveniceglassweek.com

Polly Gould is an artist and writer. Gould works across media with an interest in extreme environments, collections and archives. Her book on the life and work of Edward Wilson "Antarctica, Art and Archive", was published by Bloomsbury in 2021. She is Associate Professor and Interim Programme Director of MA Situated Practice at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

For further information please contact danielle@daniellearnaud.com