Back from its stay in Venice, the VENETIAN SATELLITE sculpture has taken up residency in the lobby of the the West Chelsea Building, 526 W. 26th St., New York City.

A Work In Progress

When I saw that Einstein had said, “If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination...no more men,” I began researching Colony Collapse Disorder, a recent worldwide phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or honey bee colony abruptly disappear, leading to the death of the hive. Soon after, I was building beehives in my studio, one cell at a time, just as the honeybee does.

June 1 — September 25, 2006

Venice Design Art Gallery

San Samuele, Venice, Italy

June — November, 2001

Spazio Proietto, Arsenale, Venice

11-30 settembre 2002

Arte Daniele Luchetta

Painting and Glass
S. Marco, 2513/a, VENEZIA

The underlying theme of Judi Harvest's work is the fragility of life and the search and transformation of beauty. Edible Icons involves a labor-intensive process of gold-leafing matzo, which the artist documents in her first self-made video.

Passover is a holiday in the spring which celebrates the exodus from Egypt and freedom from slavery for the Jewish people. Seder means order in Hebrew and Passover is a holiday built around discussions. Matzos cook for eighteen minutes and the number eighteen in Hebrew means life. The artist creates an edition of 18 matzos each year.

The first Edible Icon was made in 1991 as a Passover Seder gift in New York, upon returning from living in Venice, Italy where she learned to gold-leaf. "Every matzo surface is unique. The gold leafing process of 108 matzos for an exhibition becomes a Zen-like experience. There is a beginning, middle and an end. The idea that the Edible Icons are easily stacked and moved from place to place symbolizes the nomadic existence of the Jewish people. There was no time to bake bread, a staple of life in every culture therefore matzo could possibly be the first fast food."

Edible Icons is minimal visually and maximal in content. The final segment documents the installation of the 108 gold leafed matzos at The Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts in July, 2000, which was accompanied by a conference with Barbara Rose, Art Historian and Judi Harvest.

This work is to remind us that freedom, although never easy and constantly work, is golden.

Venice, Italy, June 9, 2005 – present

Vallaresso / San Marco vaporetto stop

The restoration of Luna Piena was inspired by the colors of Tiepolo frescos in Venice.

LUNA PIENA/FULL MOON is for everyone who has ever wondered, How did we get here? Where are we going and Why are we here?

July 1 – October 1, 2003

Venice Design Art Gallery

Calle Vallaresso, 1310 S. Marco, 30124 Venezia