The International 3

LOUISE GIOVANELLI / Prima Donna

PREVIEW : Saturday 25^th June  6pm – 8pm

Exhibition Dates: EXTENDED

Additional Opening Hours during The Manchester Contemporary – We will be open Weds 21st – Sunday 25th September 12pm – 5pm

The exhibition will then continue until 30th Sept open Weds 28th, Thurs 29th and Sun 30th from 12pm – 5pm.

(other times by appointment)

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Prima Donna, from the Italian First lady, means solo female voice in musical and operatic terms, and is the starting point for Louise Giovanelli’s solo exhibition, which takes place after a period of residency at The International 3.

Developed out of an interest in classical musical terminology and how appreciation and interpretation is shaped through suggestions of how a piece of music should be played, i.e. Adagio meaning slow movement, restful at ease – this exhibition, by way of calculated lighting and hanging decisions, concerns modes of looking so as to suggest how a painting might be looked at, and subsequently experienced.

The starting point for each painting is a pre-existing historical aspect or detail, an interesting element or peculiarity, which then functions to provide coordinates, allowing an opportunity for re-imagination or re-appraisal. There is a sense of re-focusing and of re-framing. In this sense the painting is a camera, drawing attention to details that would otherwise be left overlooked, unexplored, or dismissed.

Prima Donna is co-commissioned by The International 3 and the University of Salford’s Commission to Collect Programme with work from the exhibition being acquired by University of Salford’s Art Collection. Concurrent with Prima Donna, Louise will also be exhibiting at Grundy Art Gallery in Blackpool, where Part 2 of her two part exhibition, From Here to Here will run from 2^nd July until 13^th August. Louise’s third solo show of 2016, Slow to Respond will take place at Touchstones Rochdale from 19^th November.

Brassica ^® No.271 Estate^® Emulsion kindly supplied by Farrow and Ball

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Louise Giovanelli graduated from her BA Fine Arts (Painting) at Manchester School of Art in 2015. Her previous exhibitions include, Institution | Outstitution at The International 3, Pleasure Islands at Art Work Atelier, Salford, The Painted World, Saatchiart Showdown Final, Los Angeles and Ones to Watch, Sarrow Galerie, Pforzheim, Germany. Her upcoming exhibitions include solo exhibitions at Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool and Touchstones Rochdale. Louise has been the recipient of a number of prizes including The Leonard James Fine Art Prize, The Manchester Academy of Fine Art Award and The Ken Billany Painting Prize. In 2015 she was awarded 2^nd place in the Saatchiart Showdown. Her work is held in Private Collections in UK, USA, Canada, China, Germany and Italy.

For more information/ images, please contact Paulette Terry Brien: ptb@international3.comTel: 07981 389 591

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With thanks to The International 3 Patrons for their generous support.

Supported using public funding through the National Lottery by Arts Council England.

Supported by University of Salford

Brassica ^® No.271 Estate^® Emulsion kindly supplied by Farrow and Ball

Thanks to Grundy Art Gallery and Touchstones Rochdale

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