My DWR radar is always up.

At the Venice Biennale (the bi-annual international art exhibit in Venice), I spotted Ero/S/ Chairs in a work of art by Isa Genzken at the German Pavilion. Genzken’s work employs wood, plaster, epoxy resins and above all concrete – the materials of modernism – but primarily synthetics, as well as everyday objects. She places design classics alongside cheap camping chairs, clothing, kitschy figures and plastic dolls and animals.

Running through November 21, there are 76 countries represented at the Biennal. This year’s exhibition is tilted Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind: Art in the Present was curtated by Robert Storr. If your travels take you nearby in the next couple weeks, be sure to make the stop.

Posted by Jackie Hoving