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Rafael Klein

Rafael Klein

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Artist Books
Paintings
Sculpture
Public Art
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About

Coney Island Film

There are still a few copies of the Coney Island artist’s book available here

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New York artist living in London
‘A Wanderer’ new artists’ book

‘Fear of Driving’ from Tin Temples, solo exhib

‘Fear of Driving’ from Tin Temples, solo exhibition in Soho, NYC ages ago. This was inspired by the famous Brooklyn ring road, the Belt Parkway. Looking forward to a road trip soon. It will be nice to get out of London for a change. Hoping it’s a little more peaceful than the detail of this relief painting (swipe to see a closeup).
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#highway #road #roadtrip #car #ontheroad #trip #tourist #painting #soho #nyc #newyork #exhibition #reliefsculpture #beltparkway #brooklyn #rafaelklein #rafkleinart #contemporaryart #brooklynmuseum #lostpaintings

The Venice of the Mind - artists’ book work in p

The Venice of the Mind - artists’ book work in progress.
Venice is a figment of the imagination almost more than a real place. All those Shakespeare plays and William never even went there, Death in Venice, Don’t Look Now, etc.
Big thank you to Matilde Dolcetti @deirdre2196 and everyone at @scuolagraficavenezia for inviting me there. Even while visiting, you can’t help but experiencing the imagined Venice as much as the actual place.
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#deathinvenice #merchantofvenice #shakespeare #thomasmann #patriciahighsmith #daphnedumaurier #nicholasroeg #venice #venezia #artistsbook #workinprogress #film #rafafelklein #rafkleinart #imaginary #psychogeography

In 1630, Venice suffered a devastating outbreak of

In 1630, Venice suffered a devastating outbreak of the plague. It was here that quarantine (40 days) was invented, with hospitals known as lazzaretti to contain the spread.
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The famous Venetian ‘doctor’s mask’ protected from infection, the large nose filled with sweet smells like lavender.
Swipe to see the ‘medico delle peste’.
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#mask #venice #doctor #quarantine #italy #plague #italia #maschera #italia #rafkleinart #rafaelklein #contemporaryart #artistsbooks #fineart #print #carniaval #commedia ##pestilence

Crossing the Rialto bridge is a disorienting kalei

Crossing the Rialto bridge is a disorienting kaleidoscope. Below is the water of the Grand Canal while you are assaulted by a dizzying array of tourist trinkets
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#grandcanal #venice #venezia #ponterialto #tourist #souvenir #bridge #kaleidoscope #walk #crossingover #fantasy #imagination #rafkleinart #rafaelklein #artistsbook #story #dreamscape

Taking a train to Venice, stopping off to see a fr

Taking a train to Venice, stopping off to see a friend in Ostra.
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#italy #train #ferrovia #friend #amico #lemarche #ancona #ostra #italia #travel #tourist #rafkleinart #rafaelklein #painting #dante700 #claudiopiersanti #author #scrittore #paesaggio #landscape #hills #visit

Venice Dreaming - the Rialto bridge is surreal., e

Venice Dreaming - the Rialto bridge is surreal., especially at night.
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A bridge that is more like a shopping mall of glittering tat sparkles over the gibbigiana of the Grand Canal.
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Emptied out of tourists during COVID, it had an eerie delight to it.
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From a new artists’ book, Venice of the Mind, a souvenir of my visit there.
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Coming soon……
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#rialto #veniceofthemind #venezia #gibbigiana #italia #italy #vento #tourist #eerie #surrealism #night #grandcanal #venice #rafkleinart #rafaelklein #fineart #artistsbooks #bookart #story

Venice is a fish, and the canals of Venice are a t

Venice is a fish, and the canals of Venice are a tree. The islands are like fruit of the tree.
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Working with @scuolagraficavenezia @_roberta_feoli_de_lucia_ and @deirdre2196 on a new artists’ book, the Venice of the Mind. Shakespeare wrote several plays which take place there, never even having seen it. It is a place that exists in the mind, even after you have visited.
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Swipe to see how the puppet fish looks in action.
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#venice #imagination #mind #puppet #fineart #artsitsbook #dante700 #laserenissima #rafkleinart #rafaelklein #studio #workshop #travel #italy #italia #venezia

“Getting lost is the only place worth going to” -Tiziano Scarpa.
In fact, this little bridge in Rio Marin leading to S. Croce is one of the few places I don’t feel lost in Venice, even on an eerie night. The pandemic provided the unusual experience of Venice without tourists - except fo me, of course.
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#lost #venice #venezia #night #fish #painting #evening #moon #italy #italia #fineart #rafkleinart #rafaelklein #magicrealism #walk #tourist #laguna #fondamenta #riomarin #sestiere #santacroce #moonlight

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