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Venice (Arsenale and Giardini), May 13th to November 26th 2017 (Preview May 10th, 11th and 12th)
The President of La Biennale di Venezia, Paolo Baratta, accompanied by the curator of the 57th International Art Exhibition, Christine Macel, met today at Ca’ Giustinian with the representatives of57 Countries. The 57th Exhibition will take place from May 13th to November 26th 2016 (Preview May 10th, 11th and 12th) in the Giardini and the Arsenale and in various other venues in Venice.
The title chosen by Christine Macel for the 57th International Art Exhibition is:
VIVA ARTE VIVA
Christine Macel has explained his project as follows:
«In a world full of conflicts and jolts, in which humanism is being seriously jeopardized, art is the most precious part of the human being. It is the ideal place for reflection, individual expression, freedom and fundamental questions. It is a “yes” to life, although sometimes a “but” lies behind. More than ever, the role, the voice and the responsibility of the artist are crucial in the framework of contemporary debates.
Viva Arte Viva is also an exclamation, an expression of the passion for art and for the state of the artist. Viva Arte Viva is a Biennale designed with the artists, by the artists and for the artists. It deals with the forms they propose, the questions they pose, the practices they develop and the forms of life they choose.
The Exhibition organically evolves in a sequence of pavilions, rooms and stanze, offering the spectator an experience, i.e. a journey, from the interiority to the infinity.
These pavilions or Trans-pavilions, which gather artists of all generations and origins, sinuously follow one another like chapters of a book. From the “Pavilion of artists and books ” to the “Pavilion of time and infinity”, a dozen universes tell a conversational and sometimes paradoxical story, concerning the complexity of the world and the variety of positions and practices.
The Exhibition also aims to be an experience, representing an extroversion movement towards the other, towards a common place and towards the most indefinable dimensions, opening the pathways to a neo-humanism.
Every week, during the six months of the exhibition, the artist and his public will participate to an Open Table (Tavola Aperta) where they can have lunch together and where they can dialogue and talk about the artist’s practice.
Every day, during the weeks before the opening of the Exhibition, a video will be posted on the Biennale official website, giving the opportunity to uncover the artists even before the Exhibition».
(Read here the full text of Macel’s Statement)
Christine Macel is “a curator committed to emphasizing the important role artists play in inventing their own universes and kindly injecting vitality into the world we live in”, President Paolo Baratta said last January on the day of Macel’s appointment.
Today Baratta adds that: «By finding inspiration in a “humanist” vision and keeping the focus on the artist’s creative act the Exhibition will also promote a new and more intense conversation between visitors and many of the artists on display, through a programme of meetings specifically designed for the occasion».
(Read here the full text of Baratta’s Statement)
The 57th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia will also present, as is traditional, the National Participations with their own exhibitions in the Pavilions at the Giardini and at the Arsenale, and in the historic city centre of Venice.
This edition will also include selected Collateral Events, presented by international entities and institutions, which will present their exhibitions and initiatives in Venice concurrently with the 57th Exhibition.
Link:
http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/news/22-09.html
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05 - 09 - 2015
Golden Lion for Best National Participation to the Republic of Armenia
Golden Lion for Best Artist to Adrian Piper (USA)
The Jury of the 56th International Art Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia comprised of Naomi Beckwith (USA), Sabine Breitwieser (Austria), Mario Codognato (Italy), Ranjit Hoskote (India), andYongwoo Lee (South Korea), wishes to acknowledge an outstanding Biennale Arte 2015 with an increased number of National participations and a particular sensitivity to current geopolitical urgencies. It also marks the first International Art Exhibition with a dedicated space which emphasizes the performative and discursive as an integral element in today’s art practice.
The Golden Lion for Best National Participation goes to the Republic of Armenia
Armenity / Haiyutioun. Contemporary artists from the Armenian Diaspora
Commissioner: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia. Deputy Commissioner: Art for the World Europa, Mekhitarist Congregation of San Lazzaro Island, Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Italy, Vartan Karapetian. Curator: Adelina Cüberyan von Fürstenberg. Venue: Monastery and Island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni
The Golden Lion for the Best Artist in the International Exhibition All the World’s Futures goes to Adrian Piper
The Probable Trust Registry: The Rules of the Game #1–3
(United States, 1948; Arsenale, Corderie)
The Silver Lion for a promising young artist in the International Exhibition All the World’s Futures goes to Im Heung-Soon
Factory Complex
(South Korea, 1969; Arsenale, Artiglierie)
The Jury has also decided to assign three Special Mentions to artists of the International Exhibition All the World’s Futures:
Harun Farocki
(Germany 1944 - d. 2014; Corderie, Arsenale)
Abounaddara collective
(founded 2010 Syria, based in Syria; Giardino delle Vergini, Arsenale)
Massinissa Selmani
(Algeria 1980; Corderie, Arsenale)
The Jury has also wished to honor with a special mention the United States of Americafor their presentation of Joan Jonas, an artist of significant oeuvre and influence:
Joan Jonas: They Come to Us Without a Word
Commissioner: Paul C. Ha. Deputy Commissioner: MIT List Visual Arts Center. Curators: Ute Meta Bauer, Paul C. Ha. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
The Awards Ceremony of the 56th International Art Exhibition took place on May 9th 2015 at Ca’ Giustinian, 12.30 am. The Board of la Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, also awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to El Anatsui (Ghana), and a Special Golden Lion for Services to the Arts to Susanne Ghez (USA), both under director Okwui Enwezor’s proposal.
The awards of the International Jury are assigned with the following motivations:
The Golden Lion for the national pavilion goes to Republic of Armenia for forming a pavilion based on a people in diaspora, each artist engaging their specific locality as well as their heritage. The pavilion took the form of a palimpsest, with contemporary positions inserted into a site of historic preservation. In a year that witnesses a significant milestone for the Armenian people, this pavilion marks the resilience of trans-cultural confluence and exchanges.
Golden Lion for best artist in the International Exhibition All the World’s Futures to Adrian Piper. A pioneering artist, Piper has reformed conceptual practice to include personal subjectivity—of herself, her audience and the publics in general. Her presentations invite us to engage in a life-long performance of personal responsibility and calls out attention to ephemeral and transitional character of value systems.
Silver Lion for a promising young artist in the International Exhibition All the World’s Futures to Im Heung-Soon for a moving video work that probes the nature of precarity in relation to the conditions of labor for women across Asia. Factory Complex takes the form of a documentary but with a direct, lightly mediated, encounter with his subjects and their working conditions.
A special mention for artists of the International Exhibition All the World’s Futures goes to Harun Farocki, a seminal figure in post-war cinema. This presentation makes his entire body of highly influential work accessible to a larger public.
Another special mention goes to the incredibly brave Abounaddara collective for documenting the current political strife and human struggle for survival in Syria, without taking sides.
A Special mentions goes to Massinissa Selmani for working in a modest medium which has the capacity to act beyond its scale.
Official website: www.labiennale.org
Official hashtag: #biennalearte2015
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http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/news/09-05.html-05.html
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Curator: Okwui Enwezor
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Il CdA nomina Okwui Enwezor Direttore del Settore Arti Visive
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