Charlotte Colbert brings her latest installation, "Possible Landscapes", to the Venice Biennale Arte 2026: a visionary journey through dream and imagination presenting surrealist sculptures that blur the boundaries between reality, fiction, and symbolism. Curated by Yasmine Helou, the exhibition unfolds along the Grand Canal, beginning with a monumental sculpture installed in the garden of Palazzo Corner della Ca’ Granda and conceptually extending to four additional installations situated in the manicured gardens of Aman Venice at Palazzo Papadopoli, together forming an expanded, almost mystical garden dispersed along the canal.
The exhibition brings together works in stainless steel, each conceived as a distinct threshold between the visible and the imagined. At Palazzo Corner della Ca' Granda, the titular sculpture "Possible Landscapes" anchors the show: a monumental arch surmounted by a single eye – symbol of consciousness, vision and creative potential – that stands as a portal between inner and outer worlds, inviting the viewer to cross into new imaginative territories.
In the gardens of Aman Venice, "Where Angels Live" – a polished steel tree adorned with votive-like forms, relics, milagros, and amulets – evokes the healing power of belief and the sacred mystery of natural forms, drawing on Colbert's own journeys through Mexico and along the Camino de Santiago. "Supernatural Tendencies" reinterprets the fairy-tale wishing well as a site of intention, projection, and desire: cast in reflective metal, the sculpture mirrors both its surroundings and the viewer. Finally, "There is Light Somewhere" – a sculptural lantern accompanied by a series of hanging pendants dispersed throughout the garden – extends the work into the landscape, creating an immersive environment.

