During the 13th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, Venice Projects will host the first solo exhibition in Italy of the artist Carlos Betancourt. The exhibition, entitled Cabinet of Wonders: Ornament and Obsession offers the public a group of recent sculptural and photographic works that, although presenting narrative elements typical of this artist’s always very autobiographical language, that this time demonstrate a more mature and sophisticated aesthetic. Venice Projects will host three series of works, El Portal, Re-collections, and some sculptures, created from a collection of recycled objects that are an allegorical representation of the artist's life. Thanks to these works, bursting with detail and rich colors, the observer is caught by and catapulted into a very opulent and kitsch Miami, the city that this Puerto Rican artist has chosen as his home. The gallery becomes a sort of Wunderkammer – a Renaissance chamber of wonders - through which the artist portrays himself.