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The 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale will take place in 2011, directed by the art historian and critic Bice Curiger: - Preview: 1-2-3 June 2011 - Official Opening: 3 June 2011 - Opening to the public: 4 June > 27 November 2011

 

see also:

- Venice Biennale 2011: the collateral events

- Venice Biennale 2011 map / mappa della Biennale di Venezia 2011

 


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ALBANIA Geopathies Anila Rubiku, Orion Shima, Gentian Shkurti, Eltjon Valle, Driant Zeneli Commissioner: Parid Tefereçi. Curator: Riccardo Caldura. Venue: Spazio Rolak, Giudecca 211/b  

ANDORRA Beyond vision Helena Guàrdia Ribó, Francisco Sánchez Sánchez Commissioners: Pedro de Sancristóval y Múrua, Joan Gil Gregório, Ermengol Puig Tàpies, Francesc Rodríguez Rossa. Curators: Paolo de Grandis, Josep M. Ubach Bernada. Venue: Chiesa di San Samuele, Campo San Samuele  

ARGENTINA Adrián Villar Rojas Commissioners: Magdalena Faillace. Curator: Rodrigo Alonso. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale  

ARMENIA Mher Azatyan, Grigor Khachatryan, Astghik Melkonyan Commissioner: Viktor Mnatsakanyan. Curators: Armine Antikyan, Ruben Arevshatyan, Vardan Azatyan, Nazareth Karoyan. Venue: Collegio Armeno Moorat Raphael, Ca’ Zenobio, Dorsoduro 2596 www.biennale.am  

AUSTRALIA Hany Armanious Commissioner: Doug Hall AM. Curator: Anne Ellegood. Deputy Commissioner: Simon Mordant. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini venicebiennale.australiacouncil.gov.au

AUSTRIA Markus Schinwald Commissioner: Eva Schlegel. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.labiennale.at

AZERBAIJAN Mikayil Abdurahmanov, Zeigam Azizov, Khanlar Gasimov, Aga Ousseinov, Altay Sadikhzade, Aidan Salakhova Commissioner/Curator: Chingiz Farzaliyev. Deputy Commissioner: Vittorio Urbani. Curator: Beral Madra. Venue: Palazzo Benzon, San Marco 3927 azpavilion.org  

BANGLADESH Parables Tayeba Begum Lipi, Promotesh Das Pulak, Imran Hossain Piplu, Kabir Ahmed Masum Chisty, Mahbubur Rahman Commissioners: Tayeba Begum Lipi, Fiona Biggiero. Curators: Mary Angela Schroth, Paolo W. Tamburella. Venue: Gervasuti Fondation, Fondamenta S.Anna (Via Garibaldi),Castello 995  

BELARUS Yury Alisevich, Artur Klinau, Kanstantsin Kastsiuchenka, Viktar Piatrou, Dzianis Skvartsou Commissioner: Natalia Sharangovich. Curator: Mikhail Barazna. Venue: Spazio Tethis - Arsenale Novissimo  

BELGIUM Feuilleton Angel Vergara Commissioner: Luc Tuymans. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.rtbf.be  

BRAZIL Artur Barrio Commissioner: Heitor Martins. Curators: Moacir dos Anjos, Agnaldo Farias. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini  

BULGARIA Greddy Assa, Pavel Koichev, Houben Tcherkelov Commissioner/Curator: Georges Luks. Venue: Palazzo Carminati, Santa Croce 1882  

CANADA Steven Shearer Commissioner: Josee Drouin-Brisebois Venue: Pavilion at Giardini National Gallery of Canada  

CENTRAL ASIA PAVILION Commissioners: Andris Brinkmanis, Asel Akmatova. Curators: Oksana Shatalova, Boris Chukhovich, Georgy Mamedov. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3199-3201 KYRGYZSTAN: Natalia Andrianova, Adis Seitaliev, Marat Raiymkulov KAZAKHSTAN: Said Atabekov, Galim Madanov, Zauresh Terekbay, Yerbossyn Meldibekov, TAJIKISTAN: Alla Rumyantseva, Aleksey Rumyantsev UZBEKISTAN: Artyom Ernst, Alexander Nikolaev www.cap2011.net  

CHILE Fernando Prats Commissioner: Antonio Arévalo. Curator: Fernando Castro Flórez. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale  

CHINA Pervasion Yuan Gong, Pan Gongkai, Liang Yuanwei, Yang Maoyuan, Cai Zhisong Commissioner: China Arts & Entertainment Group. Curator: Peng Feng. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale  

CONGO Barly Baruti, Ange Bofenda, Huguette Diwampovesa, Dieudonné Kumindike, Ilanga Moli, Fifi Panzu Commissioner: Rocky Makota Kayimbi. Venue: to be announced  

COSTA RICA Stupore Luis Chacón, Francisco Córdoba, Silvia Fossati and Raffaella Rosa Lorenzo, Gianfranco Meggiato, Gavin Rain, Jaime David Tischler, Patrizio Travagli, Horst Uhlemann, Alec Von Bargen, Luca Zampetti Commissioner/Curator: Francesco Elisei. Deputy Curator: Dino Leoni. Venue: Campo De La Chiesa 3 Sant'Elena  

CROATIA Antonio G. Lauer aka Tomislav Gotovac and BADco Commissioners/Curators: What, How and for Whom/WHW. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale  

CUBA Alexandre Arrechea, Alessandro Busci, Yoan Capote, Felipe Cardeña, Duvier Del Dago, Giorgio Ortona, Alessandro Papetti, Eduardo Ponjuàn, Desiderio Sanzi Commissioner: Miria Vicini. Curator: Duccio Trombadori. Venue: Isola di San Servolo, Caserma Cornoldi

CYPRUS Temporal Taxonomy Marianna Christofides, Elizabeth Hoak-Doering Commissioner: Louli Michaelidou. Deputy Commissioner: Angela Skordi. Curator: Yiannis Toumazis. Venue: S. Marco 3198, second floor Palazzo Malipiero, Campo S. Samuele

CZECH REPUBLIC and SLOVAK REPUBLIC Dominik Lang Commissioners: Petr Hnízdo, Vera Krejcová. Curator: Yvonna Ferencová. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

DENMARK Agency, Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri, Robert Crumb, Zhang Dali, Stelios Faitakis, FOS, Sharon Hayes, Han Hoogerbrugge, Mikhail Karikis, Thomas Kilpper, Runo Lagomarsino, Tala Madani, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Taryn Simon, Jan Švankmajer, Johannes af Tavasheden, Tilman Wendland Commissioners: The Danish Arts Council Committee for International Visual Arts: Christine Buhl Andersen (Chairman), Eva Koch, Mikael Andersen, Jakob Jakobsen, Gitte Ørskou (1 April 2007 – 31 March 2011) / Rune Gade (Chairman), Jesper Elg, Mads Gamdrup, Lise Harlev, Anna Krogh (1 April 2011 – 31 March 2015). Curator: Katerina Gregos. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini The Danish Arts Agency

EGYPT: 30 Days of Running in the Space Ahmed Basiony Commissioner: Shady El Noshokaty. Curator: Aida Eltorie. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

ESTONIA A Woman Takes Little Space Liina Siib Commissioner: Johannes Saar. Deputy Commissioners: Andris Brinkmanis, Elin Kard. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero,(First floor) San Marco 3079

FINLAND Vesa-Pekka Rannikko Commissioner/Curator: Laura Köönikkä. Venue: Pavilion Aalto at Giardini FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange

FRANCE Christian Boltanski Chance Commissioner: Institut Français. Curator: Jean-Hubert Martin. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

GEORGIA Tamara Kvesitadze Commissioner: Paivi Tirkkonen. Curator: Henk Slager. Venue: Palazzo Pisani S. Marina - Calle delle Erbe

GERMANY Christoph Schlingensief Commissioner: Susanne Gaensheimer. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.deutscher-pavillon.com

GREECE Diohandi Commissioner: Maria Marangou. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

HAITI Death and Fertility Jean Hérard Celeur, André Eugène, Claude Saintilus Commissioner/Curator: Daniele Geminiani. Commissioner: The Island. Deputy Curator: Leah Gordon. Scientific Committee: Donald John Cosentino, Leah Gordon. Venue: Riva Sette Martiri (until July 28th) Haiti Royaume de ce monde Serge André, Elodie Barthelemy, Mario Benjamin, Maxence Denis, Eduard Duval-Carrié, Frankétienne, Guyodo, Sébastien Jean, Killy, Tessa Mars, Pascale Monnin, Paskö, Barbara Prézeau, Roberto Stephenson, Hervé Télémaque, Patrick Vilaire Commissioner: Fonds de dotation Agnès B et Institut Français. Deputy Commissioner: Regine Estimé. Curator: Giscard Bouchotte. Scientific Committee: Carlo A. Célius and Eduard Duval-Carrié. Venue: Fondazione Querini (until July 31st)

HUNGARY Hajnal Németh Commissioner: Gábor Gulyás. Curator: Miklós Peternák. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.velenceibiennale.com

ICELAND Libia Castro, Olafur Olafsson Commissioner: Dorothée Kirch. Curator:Ellen Blumenstein. Venue: Palazzo Zenobio, Collegio Armeno Moorat-Raphael. Fondamenta del Soccorso, Dorsoduro 2596

INDIA Zarina Hashmi, Gigi Scaria, Praneet Soi, The Desire Machine Collective (Sonal Jain, Mriganka Madhukaillya) Commissioner: Ranjit Hoskote. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

IRAN Morteza Darebaghi, Mohammad Mehdi Qanbeigi, Mohsen Rastani Commissioner: Mahmood Shalooei. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3198

IRAQ Acqua Ferita (Wounded Water): 6 Iraq Artists interpret the theme of water Adel Abidin, Halim Al Karim, Ahmed Alsoudani, Ali Assaf, Azad Nanakeli, Walid Siti Commissioner: Alì Assaf. Deputy Commissioner: Vittorio Urbani. Curator: Mary Angela Schroth. Venue: Gervasuti Foundation, Fondamenta S. Anna (Via Garibaldi), Castello 995

IRELAND Corban Walker Commissioner: Emily-Jane Kirwan. Curator: Eamonn Maxwell. Venue: Santa Maria della Pietà

ISRAEL Sigalit Landau Commissioners: Arad Turgeman, Michael Gov. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

ISTITUTO ITALO-LATINO AMERICANO Between forever and never Commissioner: Patricia Rivadenera. Deputy Commissioner: Alessandra Bonanni. Curator: Alfons Hug. Deputy Curators: Paz Guevara, Patricia Rivadenera. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale ARGENTINA Leticia El Halli Obeid – BOLIVIA Narda Alvarado – BRAZIL Neville D’Almeida – CHILE Sebastián Preece – COLOMBIA Juan Fernando Herrán – COSTA RICA Sila Chanto – CUBA Reynier Leyva Novo – ECUADOR María Rosa Jijón – EL SALVADOR Walterio Iraheta – GUATEMALA Regina José Galindo – HAITI Scultura voudou – HONDURAS Adán Vallecillo – MEXICO Julieta Aranda – NICARAGUA Rolando Castellón – PANAMA Humberto Vélez – PARAGUAY Claudia Casarino – PERU Fernando Gutiérrez – DOMENICAN REPUBLIC David Pérez Karmadavis – URUGUAY Martín Sastre – VENEZUELA Alexander Apóstol – ITALY Alberto de Agostini – ITALY/CHILE Gianfranco Foschino – GERMANY/VENEZUELA Christine de la Garenne – GERMANY/ with the community Wichi, ARGENTINA Olaf Holzapfel, Mirta, Dionisia, Noelia e Luisa Gutiérrez – NORWAY/MEXICO Björn Melhus

ITALY Padiglione Italia: Lo Stato dell’Arte nel 150° dell’Unità d’Italia Padiglione Italia bis (Tese dei soppalchi): l’Arte non è Cosa Nostra Commissioner: Antonia Pasqua Recchia. Curator: Vittorio Sgarbi. Venue: Arsenale, Padiglione Italia, Tese and Giardino delle Vergini

JAPAN Tabaimo Commissioner: Yuka Uematsu. Deputy Commissioners: Miwa Kaneko, Atsuko Sato. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

KOREA Lee Yongbaek Commissioner: Yun Chea Gab. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

LATVIA Artificial Peace (Contemporary Landscape) Kristaps Gelzis Commissioner: Daiga Rudzate. Deputy Commissioner: Paivi Tirkkonen. Curator: Astrida Rogule. Venue: Palazzo Albrizzi, Cannaregio 4118

LITHUANIA Behind the White Curtain Darius Mikšys Commissioner: Kestutis Kuizinas. Venue: Scuola S. Pasquale, Castello 2786

LUXEMBOURG Le Cercle Fermé Martine Feipel and Jean Bechameil Commissioner: René Kockelkorn. Venue: Ca’ del Duca 3052 Corte del Duca Sforza, San Marco

MACEDONIA ZERO: The Trailer Files Art Collective Zero (Aleksander Stankoski, Igor Toshevski, Bedi Ibahim, Zlatko Trajkovski, Sinisha Cvetkovski, Mishko Desovski, Perica Georgiev, Gorancho Gjorgjievski) Commissioner: Maja Krstevska. Curators: Gorancho Gjorgjievski, Maja Chankulovska-Mihajlovska. Venue: Palazzo Pesaro Papafava, Cannaregio 3764 Leap Zarko Basheski Commissioner: Toni Chatleski. Curator: Emil Aleksiev. Venue: Palazzo Pesaro Papafava, Cannaregio 3764

MEXICO Red Square, Impossible Pink Melanie Smith Commissioner: Gastón Ramírez Feltrín. Venue: Palazzo Rota Ivancich, Castello 4421

MOLDOVA The world around me Valeria Duca Commissioner: Darii Denis. Deputy Commissioner: Plesco Natalia. Venue: Galleria d'Arte III Millennio, San Marco 1047 Cognition Nicoleta Stati Commissioner: Darii Denis. Deputy Commissioner: Plesco Natalia. Venue: Galleria d'Arte III Millennio, San Marco 1047 Transnistria Group Moë (Aliona Kosonova, Igor Avramenko, Mark Verlan) Commissioner: Darii Denis. Deputy Commissioner: Plesco Natalia. Curator: Oxana Maleeva. Venue: Squero San Trovaso, Dorsoduro 1097

MONTENEGRO The Fridge Factory and Clear Waters Ilija Šoškic, Natalija Vujoševic, “Marina Abramovic Cetinje Community Center Obod” Commissioners: Petar Cukovic, Svetlana Racanovic. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3079

NETHERLANDS EventArchitectuur (Herman Verkerk and Paul Kuipers), Yannis Kyriakides, Maureen Mooren, Joke Robaard, Johannes Schwartz, Barbara Visser Commissioner: Gitta Luiten. Curator: Guus Beumer. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

NEW ZEALAND Michael Parekowhai Commissioner: Jenny Harper. Venue: Palazzo Loredan dell'Ambasciatore, Calle dei Cerchieri www.nzatvenice.com

NORWAY The State of Things Franco Berardi, Leo Bersani, Judith Butler, T.J. Clark, Jan Egeland, Fawaz Gerges, Jacques Rancière, Saskia Sassen, Vandana Shiva, Eyal Weizman Commissioner: www.oca.no Curators: Marta Kuzma, Pablo Lafuente, Peter Osborne. Venue: several venues in the city of Venice, including the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti and the Università IUAV di Venezia Beyond Death: Viral Discontents and Contemporary Notions about AIDS Bjarne Melgaard together with the students attending his MA Programme at the Faculty of Design and Arts, Università IUAV di Venezia: Paola Angelini, Michelangelo Corsaro, Cecilia Divizia, Elisa Fantin, Marco Fellini, Corinne Mazzoli, Nicole Moserle, Beatrice Piva, Valentina Roselli, Alessio Sacchetto, Valeria Romagnini Solfato, Davide Spillari Commissioner: www.oca.no Curators: Marta Kuzma, Pablo Lafuente, Peter Osborne. Venue: Faculty of Design and Arts, Università IUAV di Venezia and Palazzo Contarini Corfù

POLAND ... and Europe will be stunned Yael Bartana Commissioner: Hanna Wróblewska. Curators: Sebastian Cichocki, Galit Eilat. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

PORTUGAL Francisco Tropa Commissioner: Direcção-Geral das Artes Ministério da Cultura. Curator: Sergio Mah Venue: Fondaco Marcello, Calle del Traghetto o Ca' Garzoni, San Marco 3415

ROMANIA Performing History Ion Grigorescu, Anetta Mona Chisa, Lucia Tkacova Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy Commissioner: Alessandro Damian. Curators: Maria Rus Bojan, Ami Barak. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini Romanian Cultural Resolution-documentary Adrian Bojenoiu, Alexandru Niculescu Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy Commissioner: Alessandro Damian. Venue: Istituto Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica, Cannaregio 2214

RUSSIA Empty Zones Andrei Monastyrski and the ‘Collective Actions’ Group (Nikita Alexeev, Elena Elagina, Georgy Kizevalter, Igor Makarevich, Andrei Monastyrski, Nikolai Panitkov, Sergei Romashko, Sabine Hänsgen) Commissioner: Stella Kesaeva. Curator: Boris Groys. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

SAN MARINO Commissioner: Leo Marino Morganti. Deputy Commissioner and Curator: Valerio Pradal. Venue: Palazzo Riva del Vin, San Silvestro, San Polo 1097

SAUDI ARABIA Shadia Alem and Raja Alem Commissioner: Abdulaziz Alsebail. Curator: Mona Khazindar, Robin Start. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

SERBIA Light and darkness of the symbols Todosijevic Dragoljub Raša Commissioner: Grozdanic Živko Gera. Curator:Sanja Kojic Mladenov. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.pavilionserbia.org

SINGAPORE The Cloud of Unknowing Ho Tzu Nyen Commissioner: National Arts Council. Curator: June Yap. Venue: Salone di Ss. Filippo e Giacomo del Museo Diocesano di Venezia

SLOVENIA Mirko Bratuša Commissioner: Nadja Zgonik. Venue: Galleria A+A www.slovenianpavilion.com

SOUTH AFRICA Siemon Allen, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Lyndi Sales, Mary Sibande Commissioner: Lethole Mokoena. Curator: Thembinkosi Goniwe. Venue: Torre di Porta Nuova, Arsenale Nuovissimo

SPAIN Dora Garcia Commissioner/Curator:Katya Garcia-Anton. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.venicebiennale-spain.es

SWEDEN Fia Backström, Andreas Eriksson Commissioner: Ann-Sofi Noring. Curator: Magnus af Petersens. Venue: Nordic Pavilion at Giardini

SWITZERLAND Thomas Hirschhorn Commissioner: Urs Staub. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini Pauline Boudry, Renate Lorenz, Tim Zulauf, KMUProduktionen Commissioner: Andreas Münch. Curator: Andrea Thal. Venue: Teatro Fondamenta Nove

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Sabhan Adam, Bernard Aubertin, Talal al Abdoullah, Nemat Badaoy, Beppe Bonetti, Ivan Lardscheneider, Renato Mambor, Piero Mottola, Salvo Pastorello, Nizar Sabour, Rima Salamoun, Slis (Pierluigi Slis) Commissioner: Christian Maretti. Curators: Fabio Anselmi, Sandro Orlandi. Venue: Isola di San Servolo

THAILAND Navin Rawanchaikul Commissioner: Prisna Pongtadsirikul. Curators: Pandit Chanrochanakit, Steven Pettifor. Venue: Paradiso Gallerie, Giardini della Biennale, Castello 1260

TURKEY Ayse Erkmen Commissioner: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. Curator: Fulya Erdemci. Deputy Curator: Danae Mossman. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale www.iksv.org

UKRAINE Post-vs - Proto-Renaissance Oksana Mas Commissioner: Viktor Sydorenko. Curators: Achille Bonito Oliva, Oleksiy Rogotchenko. Deputy Curators: Ute Kilter, Diana Fedorova-Pecherskaya. Venue: Chiesa di San Fantin and Campo San Stae

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Reem Al Ghaith, Abdullah Al Saadi, Lateefa Bint Maktoum Commissioner: Hamdan Lamees. Curator: Vasif Kortun. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale www.uaepavilion.org

UNITED KINGDOM Mike Nelson Commissioner: Andrea Rose. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla Commissioner: Lisa D. Freiman. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

URUGUAY Alejandro Cesarco, Magela Ferrero Commissioner: Silvia Listur. Curator: Clio E. Bugel. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

VENEZUELA Spaces Francisco Bassim, Clemencia Labin, Yoshi Commissioner: Javier Cerisola. Curator: Luis Hurtado. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

ZIMBABWE Berry Bickle, Calvin Dondo, Tapfuma Gutsa, Misheck Masamvu Commissioner: Doreen Sibanda. Curator: Raphael Chikukwa. Venue: Santa Maria della Pietà, Calle della Pietà, Castello 3701

 

 

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Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:39:00 -0800 Venice Biennale 2011: Denmark http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-denmark http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-denmark

"Speech Matters" curator: Katerina Gregos link: The Danish Arts Agency  

txt: Danish Pavilion 2011 Curator's statement

 

The exhibition aims to provoke a considered debate and to complicate the issue of freedom of speech which seems, more and more, to be used as an empty slogan for political purposes, and subjected to a very simplified, biased or populist debate when in fact it is an extremely complex, often ambivalent issue which is contingent on subjective political, social, cultural, religious and personal circumstances. The discussion around freedom of speech is therefore not only complicated but also highly relative and debatable, and the exhibition aims to highlight these intricacies, ambiguities and grey areas, emphasizing the fact that freedom of speech cannot be exercised or applied in any programmatic or strictly proscribed manner. Why an exhibition on freedom of speech at this time? Because it is one of the key issues in the current public debate and one that is becoming increasingly contested given the steady erosion of civil liberties, even in the 'freer', Western world. Apart from the fact that it relates to Denmark specifically, it is also highly relevant in relation to much of what is happening in the world today from press intimidation and censorship in Russia and elsewhere, to the recent Google episode in China, down to other issues such as increasing surveillance in the UK and the USA, and highly charged debates on the limits of freedom of speech in several European countries such as the Netherlands. Finally, it also touches on the essence of visual artistic practice per se, which fundamentally entails conditions of freedom.

 

video: Katerina Gregos - The Elastic Documentary (part 1) - kask on vimeo.com

 

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Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:33:00 -0800 Venice Biennale 2011: Australia http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-australia http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-australia

links: - Australian pavilion - Australia Council for the Arts Curator: Anne Ellegood Artist: Hany Armanious txt: (.pdf) Hany Armanious to represent Australia at Venice Biennale 2011

 

Hany’s work is provocative and enigmatic, said Venice Biennale Commissioner, Doug Hall. ‘It confronts the traditional notions of sculpture. The richness and depth of Hany’s work is greatly admired both here and internationally. I’m confident that international audiences will respond to it with keen interest. It will build on the strong presence of Shaun Gladwell and the other artists represented in the Once Removed exhibition presented in Venice in 2009.’ ‘The Venice Biennale is a crucial high-profile platform for visual artists the world over,” said Australia Council CEO Kathy Keele. ‘Of the reported 375,000 visitors to the 2009 exhibition, over 220,000 of them visited our Australian pavilion. Presenting to such a large audience is an immense opportunity for any artist. This time that honour falls on just one Australian artist, and I’m confident that Hany will build on Australia’s long presence at Venice and impress our international audiences with his unique and engaging works.’

 

link: Uncanny Valley, 2009 - Hany Armanious, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery  

video: The Uncanny Valley Popscivideo on youtube.com

 

 

 

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Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:45:00 -0800 Venice Biennale 2011: Iceland http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-iceland http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-iceland

link: Icelandic Art Center Comissioner: Dorothée Kirch Curator: Ellen Blumenstein Artists: Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson

txt: Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson represent Iceland at Venice Biennale 2011

 

The Spanish-Icelandic artist duo Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson have been chosen to exhibit on Iceland’s behalf at the 54th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia 2011. Their work is characterised by their at once attentive and critical, analytical and emotional gaze and their interest in identifying the many questions that the present raises. The trans-cultural tendency in today’s world and the complex relationships that spring from it is one of the artist’s main concerns, exploring relationships among art, everyday life, politics and transculturality. Castro, born in Madrid, and Ólafsson, born in Reykjavík – based in Rotterdam and Berlin and aptly referred to as “citizens of the world” – met in the Netherlands in 1997 and have been collaborating since.

 

video: Libia and Olafur sample - SalvageFreedom on youtube.com

 

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Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:49:00 -0800 Venice Biennale 2011: Finland http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-finland http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-finland

link: FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange - Venice Biennale  

Artist: Vesa-Pekka Rannikko Curator: Laura Köönikkä  

txt: Vesa-Pekka Rannikko Represents Finland at the 2011 Venice Biennale

My choice was influenced by the versatility and re-inventiveness of the artist as well as his ability to take charge of architectonic space. Rannikko’s international fame will also enhance Finland’s visibility at the multinational Biennale”, says exhibition curator Laura Köönikkä. Amongst Vesa-Pekka Rannikko’s most recognisable works are sculptures that reproduce objects in three dimensions, mimicking paintings. Rannikko has also created several location-specific works where the usual boundaries between viewer, work of art and space are blurred. His works challenge the limits of viewing and experience: an image becomes a material object while the space of the work becomes an image. Viewers feel impelled to question the veracity of many of the works, due to the juxtaposition of their theme and the way they are realised. For Rannikko, one starting point for the exhibition at the Venice Biennale is the Aalto Pavilion in Venice. Ceated by Alvar Aalto, it was originally meant to be a temporary structure. Now Rannikko is keen to explore its role and character as a stage for what is Finnish.

 

video: Finland Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai: 2010

 

 

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Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:50:00 -0800 Venice Biennale 2011: Austria http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-austria http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-biennale-2011-austria

links: www.labiennale.at Venice Biennale 2011 Austria on Facebook  

txt: Commissioner's Statement

 

In his Venice project, Markus Schinwald examines the Austrian Pavilion built 1934 by Josef Hoffmann, an architectural landmark in and around the Giardini district. Markus Schinwald, who scored success with complex installations he realized mainly in museums and art institutions outside Austria, as for example in Zurich, Frankfurt, Brussels, and Budapest, has a comprehensive oeuvre to show for, with his works combining performative with painterly, sculptural, filmic and architectural elements. With subtlety and finesse, Schinwald explores dispositifs of control, disciplining, and self-improvement, which inscribe themselves in the human body, shaping and pervading it to re-emerge on the body surface as psychologically charged inner worlds, visible and palpable. This approach also makes itself felt in his Biennale contribution: the viewer turns into a performer, the pavilion into a closed stage. By dissecting the interior space along vertical axes, a new mode of perception emerges which makes the human body its structural frame of reference: “Although these constructional components are of course architectural elements, it suggested itself to use psychoanalytical terms for a concise definition; after all, the space created is dissociative rather than than actually fragmented: claustrophobic above and nothing below. Or, if you will, the mind in neurosis, the crotch in psychosis. However, unlike in the spatial sculptures of Bruce Nauman or Robert Morris, the space intervention is not an autonomous act here, but also a kind of stage system or environment for the display of different works. It is, for one thing, an attempt to establish various different elements and, at the same time, to avoid explicit categorizations through contrastive positioning”, Markus Schinwald explains.

 

video: Approaching Venice - Jörg Heiser

 

 

 

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Venice Biennale 2011 national participations: names, links, places

 

 

Argentina - Adrián Villar Rojas

Armenia - Viktor Mnatsakanyan Armenian Pavilion Commissioner

Australia - Hany Armanious

Austria - Markus Schinwald

Azerbaijan - A. Sadikhzade, A. Salakhova, A. Ousseinov, M. Abdurahmanov, K. Gasimov, Z. Azizov

Belgium - Angel Vergara

Canada - Steven Shearer

Central Asia - Central Asia Pavilion

Chile - Fernando Prats

Denmark - Katerina Gregos curator of the Danish Pavilion

Finland - Vesa-Pekka Rannikko

France - Christian Boltanski

Germany - Christoph Schlingensief

Great Britain - Mike Nelson

Greece - Diohandi

Hungary - Hajnal Németh

Iceland - Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson

India - Indian pavilion at 2011 Venice Biennale

Ireland - Corban Walker

Israel - Sigalit Landau

Italy - Sgarbi as curator of Italian Pavillion at Biennale 2011

Japan - Tabaimo

Korea - Lee Yong-baek

Lebanon - The Lebanon Pavilion

Netherlands - J. Robaard, J. Schwartz, B. Visser, M. Mooren and EventArchitectuur

New Zealand - Michael Parekowhai

Nordic Pavilion - Sweden presents: Fia Backström and Andreas Eriksson

Northern Ireland - Arts Council reviews participation at Venice Biennale 2011

Norway - Norway at the 54th Venice International art exhibition

Poland - Yael Bartana

Russia - Andrei Monastyrsky and Collective Actions

Scotland - Karla Black

Serbia: Dragoljub Rasa Todosijevic

Singapore - Ho Tzu Nyen

Spain - Dora García

Switzerland - Thomas Hirschhorn and Andrea Thal

Taiwan: Hsieh Chun-te

Turkey: Ayse Erkmen

UAE - UAE pavilion: Vasif Kortun as curator

United States - IMA: Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla

Uruguay - Carlos Capelán, Magela Ferrero

Wales - Tim Davies

 

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Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:08:00 -0800 Venice as a place of wander (for whom?) http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-as-a-place-of-wander-for-whom http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-as-a-place-of-wander-for-whom

txt: Venice: Canaletto and his Rivals - Exhibition | The National Gallery, London

Contrary to our expectations perhaps, eighteenth-century Venetian view painting was both rich and varied. It was also a form of painting almost entirely shaped by the tastes and aspirations of foreign visitors to the city. The eighteenth-century Venice of Canaletto and his rivals was, to almost every visitor, a place of wonder.

 

video: Canaletto Exhibition Introduction | Exhibitions | The National Gallery, London

 

 

link: Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals

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Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:24:33 -0700 Happy spritz @ Guggenheim Venice: utopia matters (but first-come, first-served) http://oddtag.posterous.com/happy-spritz-guggenheim-venice-utopia-matters http://oddtag.posterous.com/happy-spritz-guggenheim-venice-utopia-matters txt: May 2010: Happyspritz@Guggenheim is back
Lunedì 3 maggio dj set IN ORBITA VS. DJ STONER. Le sonorità multietniche del triestino dj Stoner uniscono idealmente l'America Latina all'Africa, l'India ai Balcani, le spiagge del Salento a quelle di Salvador de Bahia e di Rio. Suoni raffinati e pieni di energia, collegati da un ritmo coinvolgente e da un elegante tappeto elettronico. Every Monday in May (3, 10, 17, 24, 31) from 7 pm to 9.30 pm, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and Aperol invite you to HAPPYSPRITZ@GUGGENHEIM. Entrance to the museum costs 7 euros, and is free for holders of a Young Pass, the Guggenheim membership card for people under 26. In addition to visit the collection and the temporary exhibit Utopia Matters: from Brotherhoods to Bauhaus, happyspritz@guggenheim gives you two spritz, accompanied by the live music of DJs set, as well as delicious appetizers during happy hour. MTV is media partner. First-come, first-served.
link: film screenings and lectures on the concept of utopia in collaboration with Università Ca’ Foscari and Palazzetto Bru Zane - Utopia Matters: from Brotherhoods to Bauhaus

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Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:08:25 -0700 Venice Art Biennale 2011 first entries http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-art-biennale-2011-first-entries http://oddtag.posterous.com/venice-art-biennale-2011-first-entries updated: see Venice Art Biennale 2011 entries – (update January 2011) links: - Iceland Libia Castro og Ólafur Ólafsson to represent Iceland at the Venice Biennale in 2011 - Australia Hany Armanious to represent Australia at Venice Biennale 2011 - Britain Mike Nelson selected for Venice Biennale 2011 - New Zealand New Zealand at the Venice Biennale 2011 - Israel Artist Sigalit Landau to represent Israel at 2011 Venice Biennale - France Christian Boltanski représentera la France à la Biennale de Venise 2011 - Germany Susanne Gaensheimer named curator of the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale - United states Franco to represent US at Venice Biennale 2011 - Italy Shock appointment of anti-modernist to Venice Biennale img: La vida es un contratiempo / Life is an offbeat / Photography, The artists, courtesy Sjónauki - The Pavilion of Iceland

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Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:16:57 -0700 From Mann to Hirst: Death in Venice http://oddtag.posterous.com/from-mann-to-hirst-death-in-venice http://oddtag.posterous.com/from-mann-to-hirst-death-in-venice link: DAMIEN HIRST - Death in Venice | Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venezia - Palazzo Palumbo Fossati - 12 aprile - 30 luglio 2010 txt: Death in Venice - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The novella Death in Venice was written by the German author Thomas Mann, and was first published in 1912 as Der Tod in Venedig. [...] Mann's original intention was to write about "passion as confusion and degradation", after having been fascinated by the true story of Goethe's love for 18-year-old Ulrike von Levetzow, which had led Goethe to write his Marienbad Elegy. The death of Gustav Mahler and Mann's interest in a boy during summer vacation were additional experiences occupying his thoughts. He used the story to illuminate certain convictions about the relationship between life and mind, with Gustav representing the intellectual. Mann was also influenced by Sigmund Freud and his views on dreams, as well as by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. He had visited Venice several times.

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txt: Anish Kapoor: portrait of the artist as a special effect - timesonline.co.uk

Here is an artist who plays games with perceptions. Can emptiness become an object? Can the monumental be immaterial? Can the ethereal take solid form? At what point does something come into being and at what point does it vanish back into complete non-existence?

video: ANISH KAPOOR Shooting into the Corner | MAK Vienna - youtube.com

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