52nd INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA  Think with the Senses - Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense The Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia, presided over by Davide Croff, is setting up the 52nd International Art Exhibition, entitled Think with the Senses - Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense and curated by Robert Storr, the first director from the United States in the history of the most famous art review in the world, opening to the public from 10th June to 21st November, 2007. The central international exhibition, set up in the Arsenale Corderie, in some spaces of the Arsenale Artiglierie and in the Italian Pavilion at the Giardini, will present about a hundred artists from all over the world. "While this show looks forward, it does not look back": with this definition, Storr has underlined the guidelines of a wide reconnaissance which has led him to invite living and active artists. All the art works, created in different languages, are all conjugated in the present tense. The international landscape is flanked and enriched by the expositions of the 77 countries (a record number set by this edition) displaying works in the historical city centre as well as at the Giardini and Arsenale; since 2006 the latter premises have been the permanent seat of the new Italian Pavilion, an area of central future development for the Biennale exhibition spaces, making its debut this year with an exhibition curated – for the first time in the largest and most important international contemporary art review – by Ida Gianelli and representing one of the main novelties in the 52nd Venice Biennale Exhibition. Per ogni ulteriore informazione: Ufficio Stampa Arte e Architettura della Biennale di Venezia Tel. 041 5218716 - 5218846 - 5218733 Fax 041 2411407 infoartivisive@labiennale.org The new Italian Pavilion at the Tese delle Vergini in the Arsenale, hosts, under Ida Gianelli's supervision, two works created for this venue: Sculture di linfa by Giuseppe Penone, an installation developed for this venue, consisting of large wood and marble sculptures as well as of drawings and Democrazy by Francesco Vezzoli, a new video installation inspired by the forthcoming 2008 presidential elections in the U.S. Press Office Italian Pavilion Anna Zemella Tel. 041 5206766 stampa@annazeta.it Albania Helidon Gjergji, Gent Gjokola, Alban Hajdinaj, Armando Lulaj, Heldi Pema - Curator: Bonnie Clearwater Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3079/A (San Samuele), ground floor, Mondays closed Argentina Guillermo Kuitca - Curator: Ines Katzenstein Venue: Ateneo Veneto, Campo San Fantin, San Marco 1897, open from 10 June to 23 September 2007, Mondays closed Australia Susan Norrie - Curator: Juliana Engberg Venue: Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, San Vidal, San Marco 2893 Callum Morton Venue: Palazzo Zenobio, Dorsoduro, 2596 Daniel von Sturmer Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini www.australiavenicebiennale.com.au Austria Herbert Brandl - Commissioner: Robert Fleck Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini www.biennale07.at Belgium Palais des Glaces et de la Découverte. Eric Duyckaerts Curator: Christine Macel Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini www.lepavillonbelge.com Brasil José Damasceno, Angela Detanico & Rafael Lain - Curator: Jacopo Crivelli Visconti Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini www.bienalsaopaulo.org.br Bulgaria A Place You Have Never Been Before. Pravdoliub Ivanov, Ivan Moudov, Stefan Nikolaev - Curator: Vessela Nozharova Venue: UNESCO ROSTE, Palazzo Zorzi, Castello 4930, Closed on Monday and Sunday Canada David Altmejd Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini Croatia Latency. Ivana Franke - Curator: Branko Franceschi Venue: Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Castello 5252, Area Scarpa, Closed on Mondays www.mmsu.hr/maljkovic Denmark Troels Wörsel Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini www.venedigbiennalen.dk Egypt Egypt... sources of civilization... and junction of cultures. Haiam Abd El-Baky, Aiman El-Semary, Tarek El-Komy, Sahar Dergham, George Fikry, Hadil Nazmy Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini www.egyptvenicebiennale.com Esthonia Loser's Paradise. Marko Mäetamm - Curator: Mika Hannula Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3079 (San Samuele), Closed on Mondays Ex Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia Logical Painting. Blagoja Manevski - Curator: Lazo Plavevski Venue: Istituto Ciliota, Calle delle Muneghe, S.Marco 2976 (S.Stefano) France Take care of yourself, 2007. Sophie Calle - Commissioner: Daniel Buren Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini Georgia Eteri Chkadua, Tamara Kvesitadze, con Zura Gugulashvili e Paata Sanaia, Sophia Tabatadze - Curators: Tamara Lortkifanidze, Nino Tchogoshvili Venue: Campo della Tana, Castello 2126/A, Arsenale, Closed on Tuesday www.artecommunications.com Germany Oil. Isa Genzken - Commissioner/Curator: Nicolaus Schafhausen Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini www.deutscher-pavillon.org Great Britain Borrowed Light. Tracey Emin Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini www.britishcouncil.org/arts-art-venice-biennale.htm Greece The End. Nikos Alexiou Commissioner/Curator: Yorgos Tzirtzilakis, Nadja Argyropoulou Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini www.nikosalexiou.com Hungary Kultur und Freizeit (Culture and Leisure). Andreas Fogarasi - Curator: Katalin Timár Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini www.biennale07.hu Ireland Gerard Byrne Venue: Istituto Provinciale per l'Infanzia "Santa Maria della Pietà", Castello 3701 (2° floor) Iceland Steingrimur Eyfjörd: The Golden Plover Has Arrived - Curator: Hanna Styrmisdóttir Venue: Palazzo Bianchi Michiel, Cannaregio 4391/A, SS. Apostoli www.cia.is/venice Israel The Guardians of the Threshold. Yehudit Sasportas Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini Italy Giuseppe Penone, Francesco Vezzoli Commissioner: Pio Baldi. Curator: Ida Gianelli. II Commissioner: Anna Mattirolo Venue: Prima Tesa delle Vergini, Arsenale Japan Is There a Future for Our Past? The Dark Face of the Light. Masao Okabe Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini www.jpf.go.jp/venezia-biennale/art/e/52/index.html Latvia Paramirrors. Gints Gabr_ns Venue: Scuoletta di San Giovanni Battista e del SS Sacramento, Campo Bandiera e Moro, Castello 3811/B, Closed on Mondays Lebanon Foreword. Fouad Elkoury, Lamia Joreige, Walid Sadek, Mounira Al Solh, Akram Zaatari - Curators: Saleh Barakat, Sandra Dagher Venue: Ex Birreria Dreher, Giudecca 800 Open from 10 June to 30 September 2007, h. 11-19, Closed on Mondays www.lebanonvenicebiennale.com Lithuania Villa Lituania. Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas Venue: Ludoteca Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, Castello 450, Closed on Mondays Luxembourg Endless Lust. Jill Mercedes Venue: Ca' del Duca, Corte del Duca Sforza, San Marco 3052, Closed on Mondays info +39 0415207534 Mexico Some things happen more often than all of the time. Rafael Lozano - Hemmer - Curators: Priamo Lozada, Bárbara Perea Venue: Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel, Cannaregio 6099, Closed on Mondays www.mexicobienal.org The Netherlands Citizens and Subjects. Aernout Mik - Curator: Maria Hlavajova Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini Nordic Countries (Finland, Norway, Sweden) Welfare - Fare Well. Adel Abidin, Jacob Dahlgren, Toril Goksøyr, Camilla Martens, Sirous Namazi, Lars Ramberg, Maaria Wirkkala - Curator: René Block Venues: Padiglione ai Giardini; Padiglione Aalto (Giardini) www.frame-fund.fi/venice Poland 1:1. Monika Sosnowska - Curator: Sebastian Cichocki Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini www.labiennale.art.pl Popular Republic of China Everyday Miracles. Shen Yuan, Yin Xiuzhen, Kan Xuan, Cao Fei Curator: Hou Hanru Venue: Giardino delle Vergini, Arsenale Portugal Maison Tropicale. Ângela Ferreira - Commissioner/Curator: Jürgen Bock Venue: Fondaco Marcello, San Marco 3415 (ferry boat S. Angelo) www.iartes.pt/veneza2007 Republic of Armenia Who Is the Victim? Sonia Balassanian - Curator: Nina Möntmann Venue : Palazzo Zenobio, Dorsoduro 2596, Closed on Mondays www.accea.info/venice/venice2007/index.html Republic of Azerbaijan Omnia mea. Tora Aghabeyova, Faig Ahmed, Rashad Alakbarov, Orkhan Aslanov, Chingiz Babayev, Rena Effendi, Ali Hasanov, Orkhan Huseynov, Elshan Ibrahimov, Tamilla Ibrahimova, Rauf Khalilov, Labirint Art Group - Curator: Sabina Shikhlinskaya Venue: Teatro del CZ95, Centro Culturale Zitelle, Giudecca 95 Open from 10 June to 30 September 2007, h. 11-19, Closed on Mondays Czech Republic and Rebublic of Slovakia Collection - Series. Irena J_zová Commissioner: Tomá_ Vl_ek Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini Republic of Cyprus Old earth, no more lies, I've seen you... Haris Epaminonda, Mustafa Hulusi - Curator: Denise Robinson Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco, 3198 (San Samuele), Closed on Mondays Republic of Korea Hyungkoo Lee - Commissioner: Soyeon Ahn Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini Republic of Moldova Feel & Crash. Svetlana Ostapovici - Curator: Francesco Elisei Venue: Istituto Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica, Palazzo Correr, Cannaregio 2214 (Campo Santa Fosca, Closed on Mondays Republic of Slovenia Veneziano, Atmosferico. Tobias Putrih - Curator: Mara Ambro_i_ Venues: Galleria A+A, San Marco 3073 (San Samuele) and Isola di San Servolo (giardino), open every day from 19 to 22.30 www.mestna-galerija.si/english/aktualno.asp?st=298 www.venetianatmospheric.com Romania Low-Budget Monuments. Victor Man, Cristi Pogacean, Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor - Curator: Mihnea Mircan Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini Russia Clickihope. AES+F (Tatiana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Evgeny Svyatsky + Vladimir Fridkes), Andrey Bartenev, Arseny Mescheryakov, Julia Milner, Alexander Ponomarev, Georgy Frangulyan - Curator: Olga Sviblova Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini, workks by Georgy Frangulyan in the water space in front of Isola di San Michele Serbia Mrdjan Baji_ - Curator: Maja _iri_ Sede / Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini Singapore Vincent Leow, Jason Lim, Zulkifle Mahmod, Da Wu Tang - Curator: Lindy Poh Venue: Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, San Marco 2842, closed on Thursday www.nac.gov.sg Spain Paradiso Spezzato. Rubén Ramos Balsa, José Luis Guerín, Rafael Lamata, Los Torreznos (Rafael Lamata & Jaime Vallaure), Manuel Vilariño - Commissioner: Alberto Ruiz De Samaniego Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini Syria Sulle vie di Damasco. Bassem Dahdouh, Nasser Naassan Agha, con: Dario Arcidiacono, Stefano Bombardieri, Renato Mambor, Philippe Pastor, Donato Piccolo, Concetto Pozzati, Alfredo Rapetti Curator: Duccio Trombadori Venue: Fondazione Valerio Riva, Scuola San Pasquale, San Francesco della Vigna, Castello 2786, Closed on Mondays www.fondazionevalerioriva.com/sirian-biennale.html Switzerland Yves Netzhammer, Christine Streuli Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini Urs Fischer, Ugo Rondinone Venue: Chiesa di San Stae Thailand Globalization... Please Slow Down. Amrit Chusuwan, Nipan Oranniwesna - Curator: Apisak Sonjod Venue: Santa Croce 556 Turkey Don't Complain. Hüseyin Alptekin - Commissioner: Vasif Kortun Venue: Artiglierie, Arsenale www.biennale07-turkey.org Ukraine A Poem about an Inland Sea. Serhiy Bratkov, Dzine, Alexandre Hnlitsky / Lesia Zaiats, Boris Mikhailov, Juergen Teller, Mark Titchner, Sam Taylor-Wood - Curators: Aleksander Soloviov, Viktor Sydorenko Venue: Palazzo Papadopoli, San Polo 1364 United States of America Felix Gonzalez - Torres: America - Commissaioner: Nancy Spector Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini Uruguay Ernesto Vila - Commissioner/Curator: Enrique Aguerre Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini Venezuela Gods of America. Antonio Briceño - Curator: Luis Ángel Duque Multipolar Resituation. Vincent + Feria - Curator: Zuleiva Vivas Venue: Pavilion at the Giardini Central Asia Pavilion Muzykstan. Media generation of contemporary artists from Central Asia - Curator: Ulan Djaparov Venue: Spiazzi Associazione, Castello 3865, per info 0415239711 Kazakhstan - Natalya Dyu, Gaukhar Kiyekbayeva, Alexander Ugay Kyrgyzstan - Roman Maskalev Tajikistan - Jamshed Kholikov, Aleksei Rumyantsev Uzbekistan - Alexander Nikolaev, Vyacheslav (Yura) Useinov Istituto Italo-Latino Americano Territorios - Commissioner/Curator: Irma Arestizabal Venue: Palazzo Zenobio, Dorsoduro 2596 h. 10.30 - 18.30 (Thur. 11-21.30), from September to November open from 10.30 to 20.30, Closed on Mondays Bolivia Narda Alvarado, Cile Mónica Bengoa, Colombia Mario Opazo, Costa Rica Cinthya Soto, Cuba René Francisco, Wilfredo Prieto, Ecuador Pablo Cardoso, María Verónica León, Manuela Ribadeneira, El Salvador Ronald Morán, Guatemala María Dolores Castellanos, Haiti Andre Juste, Vladimir Cybil, Honduras Xenía Mejía, Nicaragua Ernesto Salmerón, Panama Jonathan Harker, Paraguay William Paats, Paola Parcerisa, Perù Patricia Bueno, Moico Yaker, Omaggio A Jorge Eielson, Repubblica Dominicana Jorge Pineda

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