I first visited the Palazzo Grassi and one is immediately drawn into the space of Doug Wheeler's installation which has one feeling one is moving forward in an impenetrable fog despite the fact that all was clear looking back.
Most of the exhibition was up the staircase, the climbing of which gave a chance to view the outside of Wheeler's installation. On the first floor, I was particularly struck by:
Marcel Broodthaers - Le Salon Noir. A gothic horror movie atmosphere.
Troy Brauntuch. Very clever works Criminal and State Trooper that only reveal themselves on close inspection
David Claerbout - A film of Nigerian Shell workers sheltering from torrential rain
Robert Irwin. 8x 8 fourfold
Claire Tabouret - Les Veilleurs. An eery group of children
Then it was on to the Punta Della Dogana. There, I was particularly struck by:
Loris Greaud. An amazing installation called 'does the angle between two walls have a happy ending' that included a rotating monkey foetus amidst the ebb and flow of light and sound.
Lynn Foulkes. Deliverance, showing the killing of Mickey Mouse.
Adel Abdessemed's Decor - Four crucifixions from razor wire.
Sherrie Levine - 12 crystal skulls
Diana Thater. Six colour sun vertical stack
Thomas Schutte's Fratelli.
Quite apart from all the art, I was struck by the ceiling of the amazing building we were in.
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