Jaume Plensa
Installation view of Jaume Plensa: Water's Soul, Negozio Olivetti, FAI Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano, Piazza San Marco, Venezia. Photo by Luca Chiaudano, 2025 © FAI.
Jaume Plensa: Water’s Soul, curated by Jean Blanchaert for FAI - Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano and presented at Negozio Olivetti in Venice, traces the evolution of the artist's sculptural explorations in Murano glass.
The entrance to the exhibition features a two part work titled Laguna, installed on a sheet of glass to evoke the surface of water. Throughout the architecture of the landmark space designed by Carlo Scarpa, viewers encounter seventeen of Plensa's sculptures cast in Murano glass, a centuries-old process inextricably tied to the history of Venice that continues to inspire artists today.