Category Archives: Theme

Invisible Beauty, Iraq Pavilion in Palazzo Dandolo Farsetti, Venice Biennale 2015

Originally posted 2020-04-26 06:59:40. The Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Iraq (Ruya) commissioned the National Pavilion of Iraq at the 56th Venice Biennale, May 2015. The exhibition, Invisible Beauty, is curated by Philippe Van Cauteren, Artistic Director of S.M.A.K. (Museum for Contemporary Art) in Ghent. It features five contemporary…

João Louro: I Will Be Your Mirror / Poems and Problems, Portugal Pavilion in Palazzo Loredan, Venice Biennale 2015

Originally posted 2020-04-25 17:59:42. The Portugal Pavilion is at the beautifull Palazzo Loredan, in Campo Santo Stefano, and presents the exhibition, I Will Be Your Mirror / Poems and Problems, by João Louro The motto of the exhibition, I’ll be your mirror, is taken from a song by the Velvet…

1980-Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, UAE Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Originally posted 2020-04-25 10:43:39. The National Pavilion United Arab Emirates’ exhibition, 1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, in the 56th International Art Exhibition, received over 500,000 visitors. 1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates was a retrospective on contemporary art exhibitions in the Emirates over…

Juan Carlos Distefano: The Rebellion of Form, Argentine Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Originally posted 2020-04-24 06:26:37. The theme of the Argentine Pavilion is “The Rebellion of Form”, Created by artist Juan Carlos Distéfano. The pavilion had an assemblage of 29 human-size sculptures that were lined up beautifully to make up the exhibition La Rebeldía de la Forma (meaning The Uprising of Form).…

Lina Selander: Excavation of the Image: Imprint, shadow, spectre, thought, Swedish Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Originally posted 2020-04-23 12:14:12. Lina Selander’s films and installations can be read as compositions or thought models, where ideas and conditions are weighed and tested. Representing Sweden at the 56th Biennale di Venezia 2015, she has compiled a group of works and documents describing a migration between utopia and collapse,…

UTTER: The violent necessity for the embodied presence of hope, Slovenian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Originally posted 2020-04-23 10:17:01. “UTTER / The violent necessity for the embodied presence of hope”, a new project by JAŠA, representing Slovenia at the 56th Venice Biennial International Art Exhibition. The project’s title embraces the very core of JAŠA’s aim to create an artwork as both a poetic stance and…