Tuesday 21 November 2017

Venice Art Biennale 2017

Lorenzo Quinn

The 57th edition of Venice Biennale is closing 26th of November. Beinig there for the very first time, I felt rather overwhelmed but the intense programme. However, during the short stay I have managed to see most of the national pavilions in the Giardini and the ancient industrial buildings of the Arsenale. Furthermore, I visited several collateral events.
Starting at Giardini, among the 29 national pavilions in the city’s public gardens there are standouts and dissapointments. The next day was more satisfying at the Arsenale, that also includes Christine Macel’s specially curated show Viva Arte Viva.
The national pavilions that stood out where South Africa, France, Germany, Finland, Austria, South Korea, New Zealand, Italy and Great Britain.
The 57th International Art Exhibition, titled Viva Arte Viva, is open to the public from Saturday May 13th to Sunday November 26th, at Arsenale and Giardini venues, and in several locations in Venice. The show features 120 invited artists, 103 of these are participating for the first time, 86 national participations, special projects, and 23 collateral events and exhibitions.

The Venice Biennale has been for over 120 years one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. The history of the La Biennale di Venezia dates back from 1895, when the first International Art Exhibition was organized. In the 1930s new festivals were born: Music, Cinema, and Theatre (the Venice Film Festival in 1932 was the first film festival in history). In 1980 the first International Architecture Exhibition took place, and in 1999 Dance made its debut at La Biennale.

Here are some images from Giradini, the city and Arsenale.

http://www.labiennale.org
The Golden Tower by James Lee Byars





Ex-Yugoslavia, now Serbian pavilion


Germany, Anne Imhof - Faust

Germany, Anne Imhof - Faust

Germany, Anne Imhof - Faust
Germany, Anne Imhof - Faust

Germany, Anne Imhof - Faust
Vincenzo Pinto/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Finland
The Aalto Natives, a collaboration between artists Nathaniel Mellors and Erkka Nissinen

Finland
The Aalto Natives, a collaboration between artists Nathaniel Mellors and Erkka Nissinen

Finland
The Aalto Natives, a collaboration between artists Nathaniel Mellors and Erkka Nissinen

Hungary - Gyula Varnai

Spain - Jordi Colomer and curator Manuel Segade

Austria - Erwin Wurm

Austria - Erwin Wurm

Austria - Erwin Wurm

Austria

Serbia - Vladislav Šćepanović

Sharon Lockhart “Little Review” at Polish Pavilion



Jana Zelibska, Swan Song- Don’t be naive - Czech Republic and Slovakia Pavilion

Phyllida Barlow

Phyllida Barlow

South Korea:
The Stone and The Mountain by Cody Choi and Wan Lee

South Korea:
The Stone and The Mountain by Cody Choi and Wan Lee

South Korea:
The Stone and The Mountain by Cody Choi and Wan Lee

South Korea:
The Stone and The Mountain by Cody Choi and Wan Lee

Studio Venezia by Xavier Veilhan
Studio Venezia by Xavier Veilhan
University of Disaster by Radenko Milak - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sidsel Meineche Hanson - Bosnia and Herzegovina
University of Disaster by Radenko Milak - Bosnia and Herzegovina


Alicja Kwade, WeltenLinie
Candice Breitz - South Africa

Candice Breitz - South Africa

Candice Breitz - South Africa

Mohau Modisakeng - South Africa

Vajiko Chachkhiani - Georgia

Miķelis Fišers -  Latvia 

Miķelis Fišers  Latvia pavilion

Lisa Reihana -  New Zealand

Lisa Reihana -  New Zealand


Roberto Cuoghi

Roberto Cuoghi

Roberto Cuoghi

Giorgio Andreotta Calò

Zai Kuning - Singapore

Claudia Fontes 'The Horse Problem' - Argentinian Pavilion

Claudia Fontes 'The Horse Problem' - Argentinian Pavilion

Claudia Fontes 'The Horse Problem' - Argentinian Pavilion

Lani Maestro - Philippines

Lani Maestro - Philippines
Lani Maestro - Philippines

Bernardo Oyarzun - Chile

Bernardo Oyarzun - Chile

Bernardo Oyarzun - Chile

Tina Gverović and Marko Tadić - Croatia


China

China

Martin Cordiano: Common Places
Rasheed Araeen

Lee Mingwei: The mending project


Franz Erhard Walther

Franz Erhard Walther

Franz Erhard Walther

Franz Erhard Walther

Charles Atlas, Kiss the Day Goodbye

Kananginak Pootoogook

Kananginak Pootoogook

Julian Charrière

Michel Blazy, Collection de Chaussures, 2015-2017

Thu Van Tran, The Red Rubber

Bijschrift toevoegen

Achraf Touloub

Francis Upritchard

Francis Upritchard

Francis Upritchard

Francis Upritchard

Francis Upritchard

Irina Korina

Leonor Antunes

Teresa Lanceta

Leonor Antunes

Anri Sala

Yee Sookyung, Translated Vase Nine Dragons in Wonderland
Ernesto Neto, Um sagrado lugar (A Sacred place)

Huguette Caland

Heidi Bucher

Heidi Bucher




Maha Malluh


Zilia Sánchez

Sheila Hicks

Liliana Porter, El hombre con el hacha y otras situaciones breves

Liu Jianhua, Square


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