The Nuoro section of the 54th exhibition of the Venice Art Biennale, Sardinia Pavilion, has opened to the public at the MAN Museum. After the great success of visitors and critics achieved by the art exhibition held at the Masedu Museum in Sassari, Nuoro hosted an in-depth study of the works of two artists from the Sardinia Biennale, Gabriella Locci and Giovanna Secchi, selected by the technical jury, chaired by Vittorio Sgarbi and composed of the director of the Academy Antonio Bisaccia, the director of MAN Cristiana Collu, Giovanni Follesa consultant of the culture department and Ada Lai consultant of the Tourism Department. The two artists present in the Sassari pavilion exhibited a rich collection of their works at the MAN Museum. By will of the Sardinia Region, the Academy of Fine Arts of Sassari was the beating heart of the organization of this great exhibition spread across the regional territory and promoted on the occasion of the 150 years of the Unification of Italy, proving to be an indispensable key for the development of the island’s artistic and cultural industry.
Gabriella Locci is engaged in experimentation and research in the visual arts and in the sector of engraving languages. From 1992 to 1997 she was a teacher and head of the laboratory Engraving and Printing Techniques at the European Institute of Design in Cagliari. He is president of Casa Falconieri which has been promoting engraving workshops since 2000. In 2001 she was invited to Romania by the Ministry of Culture as an artist in residence. In 2008 he held an experimental Taller de grabado at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Cuenca, for INGRAFICA. In 2009 he taught a workshop on aditive techniques for the Goya-Fuendetodos Consortium. In 2010 he won the critics’ award for best work by a living artist in Estampa, Madrid. In 2011 she was invited as Artist en residence at the Center d’Art Contemporain d’Essaouira in Morocco.
Giovanna Secchi, born in Olbia in 1939, trained at the State Art Institute of Sassari, the city where she lives and works. In the 1960s he was part of the “Gruppo A” around the figure of Mauro Manca and in 1976 of the “La rosa” group, led by Marc to more conceptual. She worked on design for her island’s crafts (carpets, corks) and painting on fabric for clothing. Since 2001 he has participated in the exhibitions of Print with Falconieri House , directed by Gabriella Locci. He has numerous and constant participations in shows and exhibitions in Italy and abroad to his credit.
