Hedda Sterne at Victoria Miro Venice: 'Sterne sometimes adopted a tondo format that was even more evocative of the spiralling sensation she experienced while meditating. As early as 1953, she had displayed circular paintings on Lazy Susans so that viewers could orient them in any way they wished. Sterne suggested that later paintings such as Untitled (Tondo), 1973, and Untitled (Tondo), 1974, would ideally be mounted on a mechanism that makes them turn slowly before the viewer's eyes. Even when static, these paintings appear to be in flux: ever-shifting, opaline fields of colour and light. The city of Venice, where Sterne held a Fulbright fellowship in 1963–64, is an apt context in which to view these iridescent works.' Hedda Sterne: Metamorphoses is now on view at Victoria Miro Venice. The exhibition is accompanied by an essay by Anna Lovatt, entitled Inviting Miracles. - Image; Hedda Sterne, Untitled (Tondo), 1973. Acrylic on canvas. 121.92 x 121.92 x 3.2 cm, 48 x 48 in. Diameter 121.92 cm, 48 in © The Hedda Sterne Foundation Inc, ARS, NY and DACS, London. Courtesy The Hedda Sterne Foundation Inc, Van Doren Waxter, New York, and Victoria Miro #heddasterne #victoriamiro #victoriamirovenice @heddasternefdtn