His style is also reminiscent of Isabella Stewart Gardner’s passion for the sumptuous look and feel of textiles. Just as Gardner surrounded works of art with fabrics of different colors and patterns, Cannavacciuolo also likes to juxtapose patterns and colors in bold contemporary ways. Born in Napoli, Italy, and now a resident of the city of Turin Cannavacciuolo has shown his work internationally, including solo exhibitions at Sprovieri Progetti (London), Allegra Ravizza Art Project (Milan), Baltic Center for Contemporary Art (Gateshead), Museu da Republica-Galeria Catete (Rio de Janerio), and Sperone Westwater (New York). His works are also part of several collections including the Foreign Ministry in Rome, the Naples Metro, the Muze Savremene Umjetnosti of Sarajevo, the Italian Embassy in Tel Aviv, and the Italian Embassy in Santiago, Chile. His extensive travels led him to study, live, and explore the Far East, Cuba, and most notably, India and Thailand. In 2004, he had an exhibition at the Isabella Gardner Museum called “TV Dinner.”
The Artist-in-Residence Program is directed by the Tom and Lisa Blumenthal Curator of Contemporary Art, and is supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Barbara Lee Program Fund. Funding is also provided for site-specific installations of new work on the Anne H. Fitzpatrick Façade on Evans Way. The museum receives operating support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which receives support from the State of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Boston Cultural Council, a local agency which is founded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and administered by the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture. Media sponsor: Boston Magazine.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - a work of art in totality - is a highly personal installation of Isabella Gardner’s collection, intended to fire the imagination of all who visit. Modeled after a Venetian palazzo, the galleries surround a verdant Courtyard and are home to masters such as Rembrandt, Raphael, Titian, Michelangelo, Whistler, and Sargent. The new Renzo Piano-designed wing provides an innovative venue for contemporary artists, musicians, and scholars.