txt: 54th International Art Exhibition – labiennale.org
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
– Official Opening: 3 June 2011
– Opening to the public: 4 June > 27 November 2011
see also:
- Venice Biennale 2011: the collateral events
- Venice Biennale 2011 map / mappa della Biennale di Venezia 2011
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ALBANIA
Geopathies
Anila Rubiku, Orion Shima, Gentian Shkurti, Eltjon Valle, Driant Zeneli
Commissioner: Parid Tefereçi. Curator: Riccardo Caldura. Venue: Spazio Rolak, Giudecca 211/b
ANDORRA
Beyond vision
Helena Guàrdia Ribó, Francisco Sánchez Sánchez Commissioners: Pedro de Sancristóval y Múrua, Joan Gil Gregório, Ermengol Puig Tàpies, Francesc Rodríguez Rossa. Curators: Paolo de Grandis, Josep M. Ubach Bernada. Venue: Chiesa di San Samuele, Campo San Samuele
ARGENTINA
Adrián Villar Rojas
Commissioners: Magdalena Faillace. Curator: Rodrigo Alonso. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
ARMENIA
Mher Azatyan, Grigor Khachatryan, Astghik Melkonyan
Commissioner: Viktor Mnatsakanyan. Curators: Armine Antikyan, Ruben Arevshatyan, Vardan Azatyan, Nazareth Karoyan. Venue: Collegio Armeno Moorat Raphael, Ca’ Zenobio, Dorsoduro 2596
www.biennale.am
AUSTRALIA
Hany Armanious
Commissioner: Doug Hall AM. Curator: Anne Ellegood. Deputy Commissioner: Simon Mordant. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
venicebiennale.australiacouncil.gov.au
AUSTRIA
Markus Schinwald
Commissioner: Eva Schlegel. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
www.labiennale.at
AZERBAIJAN
Mikayil Abdurahmanov, Zeigam Azizov, Khanlar Gasimov, Aga Ousseinov, Altay Sadikhzade, Aidan Salakhova
Commissioner/Curator: Chingiz Farzaliyev. Deputy Commissioner: Vittorio Urbani. Curator: Beral Madra. Venue: Palazzo Benzon, San Marco 3927
azpavilion.org
BANGLADESH
Parables
Tayeba Begum Lipi, Promotesh Das Pulak, Imran Hossain Piplu, Kabir Ahmed Masum Chisty, Mahbubur Rahman
Commissioners: Tayeba Begum Lipi, Fiona Biggiero. Curators: Mary Angela Schroth, Paolo W. Tamburella. Venue: Gervasuti Fondation, Fondamenta S.Anna (Via Garibaldi),Castello 995
BELARUS
Yury Alisevich, Artur Klinau, Kanstantsin Kastsiuchenka, Viktar Piatrou, Dzianis Skvartsou
Commissioner: Natalia Sharangovich. Curator: Mikhail Barazna.
Venue: Spazio Tethis – Arsenale Novissimo
BELGIUM
Feuilleton
Angel Vergara
Commissioner: Luc Tuymans. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
www.rtbf.be
BRAZIL
Artur Barrio
Commissioner: Heitor Martins. Curators: Moacir dos Anjos, Agnaldo Farias. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
BULGARIA
Greddy Assa, Pavel Koichev, Houben Tcherkelov
Commissioner/Curator: Georges Luks. Venue: Palazzo Carminati, Santa Croce 1882
CANADA
Steven Shearer
Commissioner: Josee Drouin-Brisebois Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
National Gallery of Canada
CENTRAL ASIA PAVILION
Commissioners: Andris Brinkmanis, Asel Akmatova. Curators: Oksana Shatalova, Boris Chukhovich, Georgy Mamedov. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3199-3201
KYRGYZSTAN: Natalia Andrianova, Adis Seitaliev, Marat Raiymkulov
KAZAKHSTAN: Said Atabekov, Galim Madanov, Zauresh Terekbay, Yerbossyn Meldibekov,
TAJIKISTAN: Alla Rumyantseva, Aleksey Rumyantsev
UZBEKISTAN: Artyom Ernst, Alexander Nikolaev
www.cap2011.net
CHILE
Fernando Prats
Commissioner: Antonio Arévalo. Curator: Fernando Castro Flórez. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
CHINA
Pervasion
Yuan Gong, Pan Gongkai, Liang Yuanwei, Yang Maoyuan, Cai Zhisong
Commissioner: China Arts & Entertainment Group. Curator: Peng Feng. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
CONGO
Barly Baruti, Ange Bofenda, Huguette Diwampovesa, Dieudonné Kumindike, Ilanga Moli, Fifi Panzu
Commissioner: Rocky Makota Kayimbi. Venue: to be announced
COSTA RICA
Stupore
Luis Chacón, Francisco Córdoba, Silvia Fossati and Raffaella Rosa Lorenzo, Gianfranco Meggiato, Gavin Rain, Jaime David Tischler, Patrizio Travagli, Horst Uhlemann, Alec Von Bargen, Luca Zampetti
Commissioner/Curator: Francesco Elisei. Deputy Curator: Dino Leoni. Venue: Campo De La Chiesa 3 Sant’Elena
CROATIA
Antonio G. Lauer aka Tomislav Gotovac and BADco
Commissioners/Curators: What, How and for Whom/WHW. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
CUBA
Alexandre Arrechea, Alessandro Busci, Yoan Capote, Felipe Cardeña, Duvier Del Dago, Giorgio Ortona, Alessandro Papetti, Eduardo Ponjuàn, Desiderio Sanzi
Commissioner: Miria Vicini. Curator: Duccio Trombadori. Venue: Isola di San Servolo, Caserma Cornoldi
CYPRUS
Temporal Taxonomy
Marianna Christofides, Elizabeth Hoak-Doering
Commissioner: Louli Michaelidou. Deputy Commissioner: Angela Skordi. Curator: Yiannis Toumazis. Venue: S. Marco 3198, second floor Palazzo Malipiero, Campo S. Samuele
CZECH REPUBLIC and SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Dominik Lang
Commissioners: Petr Hnízdo, Vera Krejcová. Curator: Yvonna Ferencová. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
DENMARK
Agency, Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri, Robert Crumb, Zhang Dali, Stelios Faitakis, FOS, Sharon Hayes, Han Hoogerbrugge, Mikhail Karikis, Thomas Kilpper, Runo Lagomarsino, Tala Madani, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Taryn Simon, Jan Švankmajer, Johannes af Tavasheden, Tilman Wendland
Commissioners: The Danish Arts Council Committee for International Visual Arts: Christine Buhl Andersen (Chairman), Eva Koch, Mikael Andersen, Jakob Jakobsen, Gitte Ørskou (1 April 2007 – 31 March 2011) / Rune Gade (Chairman), Jesper Elg, Mads Gamdrup, Lise Harlev, Anna Krogh (1 April 2011 – 31 March 2015). Curator: Katerina Gregos. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
The Danish Arts Agency
EGYPT:
30 Days of Running in the Space
Ahmed Basiony
Commissioner: Shady El Noshokaty.
Curator: Aida Eltorie.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
ESTONIA
A Woman Takes Little Space
Liina Siib
Commissioner: Johannes Saar. Deputy Commissioners: Andris Brinkmanis, Elin Kard. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero,(First floor) San Marco 3079
FINLAND
Vesa-Pekka Rannikko
Commissioner/Curator: Laura Köönikkä. Venue: Pavilion Aalto at Giardini
FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange
FRANCE
Christian Boltanski
Chance
Commissioner: Institut Français. Curator: Jean-Hubert Martin. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
GEORGIA
Tamara Kvesitadze
Commissioner: Paivi Tirkkonen. Curator: Henk Slager. Venue: Palazzo Pisani S. Marina – Calle delle Erbe
GERMANY
Christoph Schlingensief
Commissioner: Susanne Gaensheimer. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
www.deutscher-pavillon.com
GREECE
Diohandi
Commissioner: Maria Marangou. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
HAITI
Death and Fertility
Jean Hérard Celeur, André Eugène, Claude Saintilus
Commissioner/Curator: Daniele Geminiani. Commissioner: The Island. Deputy Curator: Leah Gordon. Scientific Committee: Donald John Cosentino, Leah Gordon. Venue: Riva Sette Martiri (until July 28th)
Haiti Royaume de ce monde
Serge André, Elodie Barthelemy, Mario Benjamin, Maxence Denis, Eduard Duval-Carrié, Frankétienne, Guyodo, Sébastien Jean, Killy, Tessa Mars, Pascale Monnin, Paskö, Barbara Prézeau, Roberto Stephenson, Hervé Télémaque, Patrick Vilaire
Commissioner: Fonds de dotation Agnès B et Institut Français. Deputy Commissioner: Regine Estimé. Curator: Giscard Bouchotte. Scientific Committee: Carlo A. Célius and Eduard Duval-Carrié. Venue: Fondazione Querini (until July 31st)
HUNGARY
Hajnal Németh
Commissioner: Gábor Gulyás. Curator: Miklós Peternák. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
www.velenceibiennale.com
ICELAND
Libia Castro, Olafur Olafsson
Commissioner: Dorothée Kirch. Curator:Ellen Blumenstein. Venue: Palazzo Zenobio, Collegio Armeno Moorat-Raphael. Fondamenta del Soccorso, Dorsoduro 2596
INDIA
Zarina Hashmi, Gigi Scaria, Praneet Soi, The Desire Machine Collective (Sonal Jain, Mriganka Madhukaillya)
Commissioner: Ranjit Hoskote. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
IRAN
Morteza Darebaghi, Mohammad Mehdi Qanbeigi, Mohsen Rastani
Commissioner: Mahmood Shalooei. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3198
IRAQ
Acqua Ferita (Wounded Water): 6 Iraq Artists interpret the theme of water
Adel Abidin, Halim Al Karim, Ahmed Alsoudani, Ali Assaf, Azad Nanakeli, Walid Siti
Commissioner: Alì Assaf. Deputy Commissioner: Vittorio Urbani. Curator: Mary Angela Schroth. Venue: Gervasuti Foundation, Fondamenta S. Anna (Via Garibaldi), Castello 995
IRELAND
Corban Walker
Commissioner: Emily-Jane Kirwan. Curator: Eamonn Maxwell. Venue: Santa Maria della Pietà
ISRAEL
Sigalit Landau
Commissioners: Arad Turgeman, Michael Gov. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
ISTITUTO ITALO-LATINO AMERICANO
Between forever and never
Commissioner: Patricia Rivadenera. Deputy Commissioner: Alessandra Bonanni. Curator: Alfons Hug. Deputy Curators: Paz Guevara, Patricia Rivadenera. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
ARGENTINA Leticia El Halli Obeid – BOLIVIA Narda Alvarado – BRAZIL Neville D’Almeida – CHILE Sebastián Preece – COLOMBIA Juan Fernando Herrán – COSTA RICA Sila Chanto – CUBA Reynier Leyva Novo – ECUADOR María Rosa Jijón – EL SALVADOR Walterio Iraheta – GUATEMALA Regina José Galindo – HAITI Scultura voudou – HONDURAS Adán Vallecillo – MEXICO Julieta Aranda – NICARAGUA Rolando Castellón – PANAMA Humberto Vélez – PARAGUAY Claudia Casarino – PERU Fernando Gutiérrez – DOMENICAN REPUBLIC David Pérez Karmadavis – URUGUAY Martín Sastre – VENEZUELA Alexander Apóstol – ITALY Alberto de Agostini – ITALY/CHILE Gianfranco Foschino – GERMANY/VENEZUELA Christine de la Garenne – GERMANY/ with the community Wichi, ARGENTINA Olaf Holzapfel, Mirta, Dionisia, Noelia e Luisa Gutiérrez – NORWAY/MEXICO Björn Melhus
ITALY
Padiglione Italia: Lo Stato dell’Arte nel 150° dell’Unità d’Italia
Padiglione Italia bis (Tese dei soppalchi): l’Arte non è Cosa Nostra
Commissioner: Antonia Pasqua Recchia. Curator: Vittorio Sgarbi. Venue: Arsenale, Padiglione Italia, Tese and Giardino delle Vergini
JAPAN
Tabaimo
Commissioner: Yuka Uematsu. Deputy Commissioners: Miwa Kaneko, Atsuko Sato. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
KOREA
Lee Yongbaek
Commissioner: Yun Chea Gab. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
LATVIA
Artificial Peace (Contemporary Landscape)
Kristaps Gelzis
Commissioner: Daiga Rudzate. Deputy Commissioner: Paivi Tirkkonen. Curator: Astrida Rogule. Venue: Palazzo Albrizzi, Cannaregio 4118
LITHUANIA
Behind the White Curtain
Darius Mikšys
Commissioner: Kestutis Kuizinas. Venue: Scuola S. Pasquale, Castello 2786
LUXEMBOURG
Le Cercle Fermé
Martine Feipel and Jean Bechameil
Commissioner: René Kockelkorn. Venue: Ca’ del Duca 3052 Corte del Duca Sforza, San Marco
MACEDONIA
ZERO: The Trailer Files
Art Collective Zero (Aleksander Stankoski, Igor Toshevski, Bedi Ibahim, Zlatko Trajkovski, Sinisha Cvetkovski, Mishko Desovski, Perica Georgiev, Gorancho Gjorgjievski)
Commissioner: Maja Krstevska. Curators: Gorancho Gjorgjievski, Maja Chankulovska-Mihajlovska.
Venue: Palazzo Pesaro Papafava, Cannaregio 3764
Leap
Zarko Basheski
Commissioner: Toni Chatleski. Curator: Emil Aleksiev. Venue: Palazzo Pesaro Papafava, Cannaregio 3764
MEXICO
Red Square, Impossible Pink
Melanie Smith
Commissioner: Gastón Ramírez Feltrín. Venue: Palazzo Rota Ivancich, Castello 4421
MOLDOVA
The world around me
Valeria Duca
Commissioner: Darii Denis.
Deputy Commissioner: Plesco Natalia.
Venue: Galleria d’Arte III Millennio, San Marco 1047
Cognition
Nicoleta Stati
Commissioner: Darii Denis.
Deputy Commissioner: Plesco Natalia.
Venue: Galleria d’Arte III Millennio, San Marco 1047
Transnistria
Group Moë (Aliona Kosonova, Igor Avramenko, Mark Verlan)
Commissioner: Darii Denis.
Deputy Commissioner: Plesco Natalia.
Curator: Oxana Maleeva.
Venue: Squero San Trovaso, Dorsoduro 1097
MONTENEGRO
The Fridge Factory and Clear Waters
Ilija Šoškic, Natalija Vujoševic, “Marina Abramovic Cetinje Community Center Obod”
Commissioners: Petar Cukovic, Svetlana Racanovic. Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3079
NETHERLANDS
EventArchitectuur (Herman Verkerk and Paul Kuipers), Yannis Kyriakides, Maureen Mooren, Joke Robaard, Johannes Schwartz, Barbara Visser
Commissioner: Gitta Luiten. Curator: Guus Beumer.
Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
NEW ZEALAND
Michael Parekowhai
Commissioner: Jenny Harper. Venue: Palazzo Loredan dell’Ambasciatore, Calle dei Cerchieri
www.nzatvenice.com
NORWAY
The State of Things
Franco Berardi, Leo Bersani, Judith Butler, T.J. Clark, Jan Egeland, Fawaz Gerges, Jacques Rancière, Saskia Sassen, Vandana Shiva, Eyal Weizman
Commissioner: www.oca.no
Curators: Marta Kuzma, Pablo Lafuente, Peter Osborne.
Venue: several venues in the city of Venice, including the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti and the Università IUAV di Venezia
Beyond Death: Viral Discontents and Contemporary Notions about AIDS
Bjarne Melgaard together with the students attending his MA Programme at the Faculty of Design and Arts, Università IUAV di Venezia: Paola Angelini, Michelangelo Corsaro, Cecilia Divizia, Elisa Fantin, Marco Fellini, Corinne Mazzoli, Nicole Moserle, Beatrice Piva, Valentina Roselli, Alessio Sacchetto, Valeria Romagnini Solfato, Davide Spillari
Commissioner: www.oca.no
Curators: Marta Kuzma, Pablo Lafuente, Peter Osborne.
Venue: Faculty of Design and Arts, Università IUAV di Venezia and Palazzo Contarini Corfù
POLAND
… and Europe will be stunned
Yael Bartana
Commissioner: Hanna Wróblewska. Curators: Sebastian Cichocki, Galit Eilat. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
PORTUGAL
Francisco Tropa
Commissioner: Direcção-Geral das Artes Ministério da Cultura. Curator: Sergio Mah Venue: Fondaco Marcello, Calle del Traghetto o Ca’ Garzoni, San Marco 3415
ROMANIA
Performing History
Ion Grigorescu, Anetta Mona Chisa, Lucia Tkacova
Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy Commissioner: Alessandro Damian. Curators: Maria Rus Bojan, Ami Barak. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Romanian Cultural Resolution-documentary
Adrian Bojenoiu, Alexandru Niculescu
Commissioner: Monica Morariu. Deputy Commissioner: Alessandro Damian. Venue: Istituto Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica, Cannaregio 2214
RUSSIA
Empty Zones
Andrei Monastyrski and the ‘Collective Actions’ Group (Nikita Alexeev, Elena Elagina, Georgy Kizevalter, Igor Makarevich, Andrei Monastyrski, Nikolai Panitkov, Sergei Romashko, Sabine Hänsgen)
Commissioner: Stella Kesaeva. Curator: Boris Groys. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
SAN MARINO
Commissioner: Leo Marino Morganti. Deputy Commissioner and Curator: Valerio Pradal. Venue: Palazzo Riva del Vin, San Silvestro, San Polo 1097
SAUDI ARABIA
Shadia Alem and Raja Alem
Commissioner: Abdulaziz Alsebail. Curator: Mona Khazindar, Robin Start. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
SERBIA
Light and darkness of the symbols
Todosijevic Dragoljub Raša
Commissioner: Grozdanic Živko Gera. Curator:Sanja Kojic Mladenov. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
www.pavilionserbia.org
SINGAPORE
The Cloud of Unknowing
Ho Tzu Nyen
Commissioner: National Arts Council. Curator: June Yap. Venue: Salone di Ss. Filippo e Giacomo del Museo Diocesano di Venezia
SLOVENIA
Mirko Bratuša
Commissioner: Nadja Zgonik. Venue: Galleria A+A
www.slovenianpavilion.com
SOUTH AFRICA
Siemon Allen, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Lyndi Sales, Mary Sibande
Commissioner: Lethole Mokoena. Curator: Thembinkosi Goniwe. Venue: Torre di Porta Nuova, Arsenale Nuovissimo
SPAIN
Dora Garcia
Commissioner/Curator:Katya Garcia-Anton. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
www.venicebiennale-spain.es
SWEDEN
Fia Backström, Andreas Eriksson
Commissioner: Ann-Sofi Noring. Curator: Magnus af Petersens. Venue: Nordic Pavilion at Giardini
SWITZERLAND
Thomas Hirschhorn
Commissioner: Urs Staub. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
Pauline Boudry, Renate Lorenz, Tim Zulauf, KMUProduktionen
Commissioner: Andreas Münch. Curator: Andrea Thal. Venue: Teatro Fondamenta Nove
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Sabhan Adam, Bernard Aubertin, Talal al Abdoullah, Nemat Badaoy, Beppe Bonetti, Ivan Lardscheneider, Renato Mambor, Piero Mottola, Salvo Pastorello, Nizar Sabour, Rima Salamoun, Slis (Pierluigi Slis)
Commissioner: Christian Maretti. Curators: Fabio Anselmi, Sandro Orlandi. Venue: Isola di San Servolo
THAILAND
Navin Rawanchaikul
Commissioner: Prisna Pongtadsirikul. Curators: Pandit Chanrochanakit, Steven Pettifor. Venue: Paradiso Gallerie, Giardini della Biennale, Castello 1260
TURKEY
Ayse Erkmen
Commissioner: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. Curator: Fulya Erdemci. Deputy Curator: Danae Mossman. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
www.iksv.org
UKRAINE
Post-vs – Proto-Renaissance
Oksana Mas
Commissioner: Viktor Sydorenko. Curators: Achille Bonito Oliva, Oleksiy Rogotchenko. Deputy Curators: Ute Kilter, Diana Fedorova-Pecherskaya. Venue: Chiesa di San Fantin and Campo San Stae
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Reem Al Ghaith, Abdullah Al Saadi, Lateefa Bint Maktoum
Commissioner: Hamdan Lamees. Curator: Vasif Kortun. Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale
www.uaepavilion.org
UNITED KINGDOM
Mike Nelson
Commissioner: Andrea Rose. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla
Commissioner: Lisa D. Freiman. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
URUGUAY
Alejandro Cesarco, Magela Ferrero
Commissioner: Silvia Listur. Curator: Clio E. Bugel. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
VENEZUELA
Spaces
Francisco Bassim, Clemencia Labin, Yoshi
Commissioner: Javier Cerisola. Curator: Luis Hurtado. Venue: Pavilion at Giardini
ZIMBABWE
Berry Bickle, Calvin Dondo, Tapfuma Gutsa, Misheck Masamvu
Commissioner: Doreen Sibanda. Curator: Raphael Chikukwa. Venue: Santa Maria della Pietà, Calle della Pietà, Castello 3701
