A little taste of Venice Biennale... in pictures.

-
Brazil 
Inside/Outside 
Pavilion of Brazil
Odires Mlászho
Brazil 
Inside/Outside (Fervenza/Mlászho/Clark/Bill/Munari) 
Hélio Fervenza, Odires Mlászho, Lygia Clark, Max Bill, Bruno Munari.
Commissioner: Luis Terepins (Fundação Bienal de São Paulo). Curator: Luis Pérez-Oramas. Deputy Curator: André Severo. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini.

GREAT BRITAIN
Jeremy Deller

The Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, UK 24 October 2007
 We sit starving amidst our gold, Venice, Italy 1 June 2011
 
GREAT BRITAIN
Jeremy Deller
Commissioner: Andrea Rose. Curator: Emma Gifford-Mead. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org

GERMANY
Ai Weiwei, Romuald Karmakar, Santu Mofokeng, Dayanita Singh
Ai Weiwei, Bang, Installation view
Santu Mofokeng, Installation view
Dayanita Singh, installation view
GERMANY
Ai Weiwei, Romuald Karmakar, Santu Mofokeng, Dayanita Singh
Commissioner: Federal Foreign Office Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa). Curator: Susanne Gaensheimer. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini www.deutscher-pavillon.org


ITALY
vice versa


Italian Pavilion, entrance, Arsenale
Sislej Xhafa, Parallel Paradox
Elisabetta Benassi, The dry salvages, 2013
ITALY
vice versa

Francesco Arena, Massimo Bartolini, Gianfranco Baruchello, Elisabetta Benassi, Flavio Favelli, Luigi Ghirri, Piero Golia, Francesca Grilli, Marcello Maloberti, Fabio Mauri, Giulio Paolini, Marco Tirelli, Luca Vitone, Sislej Xhafa

Commissioner: Maddalena Ragni.Curator: Bartolomeo Pietromarchi. Venue: Italian Pavilion, Tese delle Vergini at Arsenale viceversa2013.org

PORTUGAL
Trafaria Praia
Pavilion of Portugal, Trafaria Praia
Joana Vasconcelos, Trafaria Praia, installation detail (inside)
PORTUGAL

Trafaria Praia

Joana Vasconcelos

Commissioner: Direção-Geral das Artes/Secretário de Estado da Cultura, Governo de Portugal. Curator: Miguel Amado. Venue: Riva dei Partigiani / Venetian Lagoon www.vasconcelostrafariapraia.com

MALDIVES
PORTABLE NATION
Disappearance as Work in Progress – Approaches to Ecological Romanticism
Maldives Pavilion, entrance
MALDIVES

PORTABLE NATION

Disappearance as Work in Progress – Approaches to Ecological Romanticism
Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky, Thierry Geoffrey aka Colonel, Gregory Niemeyer, Stefano Cagol, Hanna Husberg, Laura McLean & Kalliopi Tsipni-Kolaza, Khaled Ramadan, Moomin Fouad, Mohamed Ali, Sama Alshaibi, Patrizio Travagli, Achilleas Kentonis & Maria Papacaharalambous, Wooloo, Khaled Hafez, Ursula Biemann, Heidrun Holzfeind & Christoph Draeger, Klaus Schafler Commissioner: Ahmed Adeeb, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Republic of Maldives. Curators: CPS – Chamber of Public Secrets (Alfredo Cramerotti, Aida Eltorie, Khaled Ramadan). Deputy Curators: Maren Richter, Camilla Boemio. Venue: Gervasuti Foundation, Via Garibaldi, Fondamenta Sant’Anna, Castello 995 www.chamberarchive.org

SERBIA
Nothing Between Us
Serbia Pavilion, inside
Miloš Tomic, 3D Wallpaper for children's room, 2007
Miloš Tomic, 3D Wallpaper for children's room (installation detail)
SERBIA

Nothing Between Us

Vladimir Peric, Miloš Tomic

Commissioner: Maja Ciric. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini.

Cymru yn Fenis / Wales in Venice
 (Collateral Event)
Bedwyr Williams: The Starry Messenger 

Bedwyr Williams: The Starry Messenger
Cymru yn Fenis / Wales in Venice
Bedwyr Williams: The Starry Messenger (Collateral Event)

Santa Maria Ausiliatrice (Ludoteca), Castello 450 (Fondamenta San Gioacchin)

Organization: Cymru yn Fenis / Wales in Venice

www.walesvenicebiennale.org.uk

BIENNALE AWARD CEREMONY
1 June 2013
Angola Pavilion Golden Lion 
Paula Nascimento (Curator), Edson Chagas (Artist) from Angola Pavilion
Camille Henrot (artist), Silver Lion

photos © Alessandra Migani

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A conversation on Sol LeWitt

-
Image
  Yesterday, in the evening, I had a chance to attend an interesting conference at Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome. Adachiara Zevi, Art historian and Architect, was introducing the work of American artist Sol LeWitt.  This conversation was offered in conjunction with the exhibition "Empire State, art in New York today" . Mrs Zevi not only had the chance to be the last one to interview the artist, but she also curated a recent exhibition at Museo Madre (Napoli), "Sol LeWitt. The artist and his artists". Adachiara Zevi Art historian and architect Adachiara Zevi, who penned the first collection of essays by and on Sol LeWitt as well as producing a recent book devoted to Wall Drawings in Italy, will be introducing her audience to the work and thought of this American artist - the man behind a revolution in artistic vocabulary without which it is impossible to understand today's art - and to his unique approach to conceptual art. ...
Read more

Africa is not a country! Coffee time with Camilla Boemio

-
Image
‘Agenda Setting’ (neon series) Africa is not a country! Filippo Peretti © 2016 courtesy Ola-Dele Kuku Projects and LMS Gallery Brussels I first met Camilla Boemio back in 2013 at the Maldives Pavilion during the 55 th Venice Biennale; she was Associate Curator. I had the privilege to get an insight into the exhibition and artists’ work. I was completely fascinated by the Pavilion from different perspectives: the concept, the quality of artwork, the venue, the exhibition set up and the team’s openness especially towards visitors. Ms Boemio walked with me through the venue and I had the chance to be introduced to some of the artists. In that occasion I developed a big respect to the professional but also friendly way she takes her job. It was with no surprise that I welcomed the news she was appointed Curator of the Nigerian Pavilion for this year Architecture Biennale in Venice, it seems to me just a quite obvious result of her professional career. This Pavili...
Read more