Art exhibition at Sladers Yard, opening this Saturday 19 September 2015 until Sunday 1 November.
Following a very successful solo show with the Portland Gallery in London last year, we are delighted to welcome Marzia Colonna back to Sladers Yard for a major solo show of recent collages and sculpture. Marzia lives and works in West Dorset. She draws inspiration for her collages from her surroundings in the coastal landscape here and in her native Italy, the flowers from her garden and the interior of her studio. Her sculpture evokes human situations and emotions. In this exhibition we will be focusing on her Lovers series.
Marzia Colonna’s great talent is to take us directly into her subject matter. Whether she is working in collage or in sculpture, she is able to provoke a response. We feel the physical sensations of being in that place or situation. ‘I try to become a part of my subjects, animate and inanimate, and get to the essence of what they are,’ she says.Marzia Colonna’s sculptures have been commissioned for public spaces including ‘St Aldhelm’ in Sherborne Abbey, ‘The Mermaid’ at the National Sailing Club, Portland, the ‘Christ’ in Salisbury Cathedral and the ‘Kite Flyer’ in Winchester. Collected widely in the UK and abroad, Colonna’s unique voice speaks to us through her sculpture and her collages.
Marzia Colonna was born in Pisa in 1951. She entered art school aged 12 and continued to study at the Academia di Belle Arti in Florence. In 1970 she moved with her husband Robert Montagu to England. Her first solo exhibition in London was in 1979. Since then she has exhibited regularly. Her work is in many collections in Europe, the United States and Australasia. Since 1985 she has lived and worked in West Dorset. A major sculpture was purchased in 2001 by the Jerwood foundation and in 2002 by Newby Hall sculpture collection.
