A new solo exhibition featuring Cape Cod artist Joe Diggs will bring a wide-ranging collection of paintings to Venice, Italy, from Sept. 24 through Nov. 22 as part of programming connected to the 61st Venice Biennale.
The exhibition, "Joe Diggs in Venice," will be presented at Castello 925, Sestiere Castello 925, Fondamenta San Giuseppe 925, 30122 Venice, Italy, according to a community announcement. An opening reception is scheduled from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26.
The show explores the Venice Biennale theme "In Minor Keys" and highlights a shift in Diggs' recent work. Known for figurative paintings centered on family and the African American community, the artist now is creating visual abstractions that blend into what the announcement describes as a spiritual memory of traditional woven surfaces.
Smaller pieces painted on fast-food containers and marked with poker scores and personal notes transform everyday materials into works of art, according to the announcement.
Seph Rodney wrote of Diggs' work: "Yet as I describe one painting, I know I’ve only described one planet within an entire system of swirling galaxies with undying suns, moons, and stars."
