CURRENT EXHIBITION: Spring 2008, AUSTRIA

"Oh Sweet Serendipity"
An Artist's Journey across the Magical Island of Sri Lanka

In early February 2007, I set out to explore Sri Lanka. *Serendipity itself seems to have led me there. Armed with only a guidebook and my backpack, I kept everything spontaneous and let serendipity take care of me along the way. I had no set itinerary and no reservations, and that’s just the way I liked it.  “Oh Sweet Serendipity” is a collection of paintings and photographs inspired from this adventure.

Exhibition Invitation / Ausstellung Einladung (PDF)

East Tirol, Austria Spring 2008
"Under the patronage of the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva"

Exhibition Dates: 22. March – 15. June, 2008
Location: Kunstgalerie Bachlechner, East Tirol, Austria
Felsenheim 152, A-9931 Ausservillgraten

Opening/Vernissage: Saturday, 22. March 2008, 14.00 h
Joseph Pisani will be present at the opening/vernissage.

United Nations Geneva — Special Showing
On February 4, 2008, Joseph Pisani was invited to the United Nations in Geneva to exhibit a selection of paintings and photographs from “Oh Sweet Serendipity” in association with Sri Lanka’s 60th Independence Anniversary ceremony. During the ceremony, ambassadors and representatives from more that 100 countries were greeted by Sri Lanka’s Ambassador Jayatilleka.
Photos and information from the ceremony can be viewed at the Permanent mission of Sri Lanka’s web site:
United Nations Ceremony Photos

In the News — Press Articles
Article in "Tages Anzeiger" Newspaper
"Ein Nomade mit satändigem Sitz in Zürich", by Natalie Isenring, Tages Anzeiger, January 24, 2008
View Article in German (PDF)

Exhibition Review in "Limmatal" Newspaper
"Eine künstlerische Reiseerzählung", by Santosh Brivio, Limmattal Zeitung, January 21, 2008
View Article in German (PDF)

Magazine Article In "Inside Switzerland" Magazine
Read the "Oh Sweet Serendipity" article written and photographed by Joseph Pisani:
Inside Switzerland, Winter 2007, pages 90-95 (PDF)

*Serendipity – the phenomenon of making fortunate accidents by chance was formed by English author Horace Walpole from the word Serendib, an Arabic name for Sri Lanka, in reference to a Persian tale, The Three Princes of Serendib, whose heroes "discovered, quite unexpectedly, great and wonderful good in the most unlikely of situations, places and people."

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