MAKING WORLDS IN VENICE
La Biennale di Venezia. 53rd International Art Exhibition |
The 53rd International Art Exhibition, titled Fare Mondi // Making Worlds // Bantin Duniyan // Weltenmachen // Construire des Mondes // Fazer Mundos…, directed by Daniel Birnbaum, opens to the public from June, 7th to Sunday November, 22nd 2009 in the Giardini and the Arsenale as well as in various other locations around the city.
Fare Mondi // Making Worlds, presented in the renewed Palazzo delle Esposizioni in the Giardini and in the Arsenale, is a single, large exhibition that articulates different themes woven into one whole. It is not divided into sections. Considering collectives, it comprises works by over 90 artists from all over the world and includes many new works and on-site commissions in all disciplines.
«The title of the exhibition, Fare Mondi // Making Worlds - says Director Daniel Birnbaum - expresses my wish to emphasize the process of creation. A work of art represents a vision of the world and if taken seriously it can be seen as a way of making a world».
On the occasion of the 53rd International Art Exhibition - the La Biennale di Venezia Foundation inaugurates a number of important structural and organisational developments: at the Arsenale, the Italian Pavilion has been enlarged from 800 to 1,800 square meters.
In the Giardini, the historic Italian Pavilion has been renamed Palazzo delle Esposizioni della Biennale and extensively transformed, now providing a permanent exhibition and multi-functional venue opened to the public throughout the year.
Ca' Giustinian, the beautiful 15th-century palace on the Grand Canal near St.Mark's and the traditional site of the Foundation's headquarters, reopens in June after several years of renovation. Apart from housing the offices of the Biennale, it will then also become an «open house» for the general public, among others boasting a café on the Grand Canal.
The National Participations of the 53rd International Art Exhibition, presented in the historical Pavilions in the Giardini, in selected areas of the Arsenale and in numerous venues throughout the city, are this year amounting to the record number of 77 Nations participating.
Furthermore, there is a record number of 44 Collateral Events, proposed by international organizations and institutions, which organize their own exhibitions and initiatives in Venice during the occasion.
An exhibition dedicated to the Venetian artistic glass will be held at the Venice Pavilion. The exhibition organized by the Region of Veneto, in concomitance with the 53rd Exhibition and curated by Ferruccio Franzoia, is titled ...fa come natura face in foco.
Inaugurating the renovated headquarters of the Biennale as yet another exhibition venue, The Vision Machine: Futurists in the Biennale exhibition will be presented at Ca' Giustinian from June to November 2009. The exhibition explores the presence of Futurist artists, ideas and works in the Biennale.
The International Jury of the 53rd International Art Exhibition, has decided to confer the official awards for the 53rd International Art Exhibition as follows:
Golden Lion for best National Participation to the United States of America (Pavilion in the Giardini) Bruce Nauman: Topological Gardens.
Golden Lion for the Best Artist of the exhibition Fare Mondi // Making Worlds Tobias Rehberger (Germany, Palazzo delle Esposizioni in the Giardini) Was du liebst, bringt dich auch zum Weinen.
Silver Lion for a Promising Young Artist in the Fare Mondi // Making Worlds exhibition Nathalie Djurberg (Sweden, Palazzo delle Esposizioni in the Giardini) Experimentet.
The Jury has also decided to assign four Special Mentions: Remaking Worlds to Lygia Pape (Brazil, 1927 - 2004; Corderie in the Arsenale) Ttéia 1, C.
The Board of the Venice Biennale has this year awarded two Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement to: Yoko Ono, a key figure in post-war art and to John Baldessari one of today's most important visual artists.
53rd International Art Exhibition. Making Worlds
from 7 June to 22 November 2009
Exhibition venues
Venice: Giardini / Arsenale
Open h. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Giardini closed on Mondays / Arsenale closed on Tuesdays
Ticket offices
Giardini – Arsenale (Tana, Vergini)
Open h. 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Ca' Giustinian (S. Marco 1364/A)
Open h. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (Mon to Fri), 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Sat)
www.labiennale.org/en/art
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edited by:
Gabriella Masiello |
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in cooperation with:
Umberto Rovelli
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