Elisabeth de Brabant Contemporary
On March 30 EdB Contemporary opened a solo show ‘Live Transmissions in Venice’ by Morgan O’Hara (till May 1), curated by Elisabeth de Brabant and Anna Shpilko with the 45 minutes stunning and unique performance. In the performance, O’Hara documents Saverio Pastor, one of the city’s last master fórcola carvers, as well as sound artist Tiziano Pastor, who was simultaneously threading a live soundscape in response to his father’s work using both electronic and acoustic guitars, the last one – a gift from his father. Morgan O’Hara’s Live Transmission series operates at the intersection of forensic precision and empathic resonance, capturing movement in real time through a near-seismographic drawing process. Her practice named “Live Transmissions“ has documented world-renowned conductors, dancers such as Merce Cunningham and Trisha Brown, and performance and sound artists from the New York and Japanese avant-garde scenes since the 1970s.
In The Oyster Alcove, French sculptor Adrien Lagrange unveils Venus in Leo, a new site-specific intervention. Known for large-scale metal works, Lagrange, in contrast, turns to fragile, charged forms that hover between marine traces and technological sensorial, revealing the entanglement between matter, memory, and temperature.
Marly Stefens creates glassworks as unique compositions crafted from recuperated Murano glass. Her creative process, which involves deconstructing and reimagining glass entities, unfolds within the walls of a historic glass-making atelier.
Over the years, Marly has forged close ties with Venetian glass artisans, granting her access to a hidden world of vintage materials. These materials, shaped by ancient techniques and a profound understanding of the chemistry of glass, are now given a new life in her creations. Their original purposes—whether as chandeliers, pendants, bowls, urns, plates, lamps, mirrors, or vases—become secondary to their intrinsic beauty, which Marly celebrates in innovative forms.
In 2021, Marly participated in The Venice Glass Week, presenting her one-of-a-kind pieces in a private exhibition in Venice.
In 2024, Elisabeth de Brabant Contemporary, a private contemporary art space in partnership with the non-profit humanitarian organization Women without Borders, invited Marly to develop a collection of glassworks for the private bar of the Galleria dei Gondolieri in Venice.
