ALMA ZEVI is proud to announce the first two-person exhibition of Luisa Lambri (b. 1969, Como) and Bijoy Jain/ Studio Mumbai (b. 1965, Mumbai). Both artists have created new work on the occasion, using photography and sculpture respectively. Lambri and Jain have participated in multiple Venice Art and Architecture Biennales (Lambri in 1999, 2003, 2004 and 2010, winning the Golden Lion in 1999; Jain in 2010 and 2016).
Throughout her career, Lambri has used the medium of photography to articulate her long-standing fascination with space. Usually focusing on Modernist buildings of international renown, Lambri navigates and moulds the subtleties and drama of light, lines, volumes and colour. On the other hand, Jain’s singular yet multi-dimensional architectural practice encompasses not only of buildings, but also furniture and objects. His objects are by turns both functional and function-less. Jain and Lambri first met when they were exhibiting alongside one another in the Chicago Architecture Biennial in 2017, and have a longstanding respect and admiration for each other’s work. Following this, the idea came about for the two to show together, in conjunction with the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale.
