54th International Art Exhibition
ILLUMInations
4th June > 27th November 2011
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. Preview Programme: Press and Professionals only.
- Awards Ceremony: 4 June 2011
- Opening to the public: 4 June > 27 November 2011
Bice Curiger is an art historian, critic and curator of international exhibitions. Her curatorial activity at Kunsthaus Zurich parallels her important work in the publishing sector. In 1984, she cofounded the prestigious art magazine “Parkett”, of which she is editor-in-chief. She has been publishing director of London Tate Gallery’s magazine “Tate etc” since 2004.
http://www.labiennale.org/en/biennale/history/vb4.html?back=true
WHAT: More than 80 countries will present installations by artists of their choice at their national pavilions. New to the Biennale this year are Andorra, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Rwanda, while the Democratic Republic of Congo and India are appearing for the first time in decades.
WHEN: June 4-Nov. 27
WHERE: The Giardini and the Arsenale, among other locations.
HIGHLIGHTS: Curator Bice Curiger, of Zurich’s Kunsthaus, has organized the fair around the theme Illuminations, loosely inspired by Venetian painter Tintoretto. While she sees the national pavilions as "tools to reflect upon the issue of identity," Curiger relishes bringing artists of different nations into dialogue in the para-Pavilions of the Arsenale.
In 2009 the U.S.’s Bruce Nauman won the Golden Lion for best in show, and this year Washington selected the Puerto Rico-based multimedia duo Allora & Calzadilla, the first time that a pair or collective will represent gli Stati Uniti.
When Germany’s choice, filmmaker Christoph Schlingensief, died of lung cancer at 49 in 2010, Susanne Gaensheimer, director of Museums für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt, decided to curate a show of his work in the pavilion that will include his preliminary sketches for his Biennale entry.
Israel’s Sigalit Landau, who had a solo show of her hypnotic videos at MoMA in 2008, will create an installation relating to water, titled "One Man’s Floor Is Another Man’s Feelings."
labiennale.org
WHEN: June 4-Nov. 27
WHERE: The Giardini and the Arsenale, among other locations.
HIGHLIGHTS: Curator Bice Curiger, of Zurich’s Kunsthaus, has organized the fair around the theme Illuminations, loosely inspired by Venetian painter Tintoretto. While she sees the national pavilions as "tools to reflect upon the issue of identity," Curiger relishes bringing artists of different nations into dialogue in the para-Pavilions of the Arsenale.
In 2009 the U.S.’s Bruce Nauman won the Golden Lion for best in show, and this year Washington selected the Puerto Rico-based multimedia duo Allora & Calzadilla, the first time that a pair or collective will represent gli Stati Uniti.
When Germany’s choice, filmmaker Christoph Schlingensief, died of lung cancer at 49 in 2010, Susanne Gaensheimer, director of Museums für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt, decided to curate a show of his work in the pavilion that will include his preliminary sketches for his Biennale entry.
Israel’s Sigalit Landau, who had a solo show of her hypnotic videos at MoMA in 2008, will create an installation relating to water, titled "One Man’s Floor Is Another Man’s Feelings."
labiennale.org
