Come già annunciato a Maggio sarà Simryn Gill a rappresentare l'Australia alla prossima Biennale, eccovi il comunicato stampa
Simryn Gill to
represent Australia at theVenice Biennale 2013
The Australia
Council for the Arts today announced Simryn Gill has been selected
torepresent Australia at the 55th International Art Exhibition, Venice
Biennale 2013.
The Sydney-based
artist, who works across multiple media, will be the sole artist
exhibiting at the AustralianPavilion in the Giardini in
June 2013. The exhibition will be curated by Catherine de Zegher.Simryn
Gill has had solo exhibitions at the Centre for Contemporary Photography,
Melbourne (2009); Museum ofContemporary Art, Sydney (2008); Tate Modern, London
(2006); Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo (2004); and the ArtGallery of New South Wales,
Sydney (2002).Recent group exhibitions she has participated in include Untitled (12th
Istanbul Biennial),
Istanbul, Turkey
(2011); Animism, Kunsthalle Bern,
Bern, Switzerland (2010); Provisions for
the Future, Sharjah Biennial,
UAE (2010); Transmission
Interrupted , Modern Art
Oxford, Oxford, UK (2010); Revolutions
–
Forms That
Turn , Biennale
ofSydney (2008); News From
Islands
, Campbelltown
Arts Centre, Campbelltown (2007); documenta
12
, Kassel,Germany
(2007); and Living in the
Material World
, National Arts
Centre, Tokyo, Japan (2007).
“Simryn’s work is
deeply engaging and challenging,” said 2013 Venice Biennale Commissioner Simon
Mordant.“She will be making a new set of works for Venice and I am overjoyed to
be working with
both her and Catherinede Zegher, in delivering a very exciting Australian contribution
to this most important contemporary art
exposition.”
Australia
Council CEO Kathy Keele said: “Representing
Australia at the Venice Biennale is a significantachievement
–
over 190,000
people visited the Australian Pavilion in 2011. I congratulate Simryn on her selection and I’m
confident she will leave a
lasting impression on the international audiences at the VeniceBiennale – and well beyond.
”
The
exhibition will be curated by Catherine de Zegher, Joint Artistic Director of
the 18th Biennale of Sydney in2012. Catherine is an art historian, curator and
writer. She is Visiting Curator at the Antoni Tàpies Foundation,Barcelona, and
until recently, was Guest Curator in the Department of Drawings at the Museum
of Modern Art,New York. From 1999-2006, Catherine was the Director of The
Drawing Center in New York. In 1997, she wasthe Commissioner of the Belgian
Pavilion at the 47th Venice Biennale. “I feel honored to be
invited to do this exhibition and I thank the selection panel members for their
trust," saidSimryn.
“I am delighted to be
working with Catherine de Zegher. We have admired each other’s work from
adistance for some time now and I look forward to the process of collaboration.
”
Simryn was
selected by a six-member peer panel comprising: Simon Mordant, Australian
Commissioner for theVenice Biennale 2013 and Chair of the Museum of
Contemporary Art; Professor Ted Snell, Chair, Visual ArtsBoard; Elizabeth Ann
Macgregor OBE, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art; Nick Mitzevich, Director,
ArtGallery of South Australia; Jessica Morgan, The Daskalopoulos Curator,
International Art, Tate, London; andRussell Storer, Curatorial Manager, Asian
and Pacific Art, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art.
“We are delighted
to also announce the support of The Balnaves Foundation as the Major Partner,
and Maddocks as Principal Corporate
Sponsor for 2013,” said Kathy Keele. “ Their significant
support, as well as the contribution of
the Commissioner’s Council and many individual donors , ensures the
Australian representationextends and leverages our presence in Venice to
increase the profile and international opportunities for theAustralian
contemporar y visual arts
sector.”
The Biennale is
considered the most important and prestigious event on the international
contemporary arts calendar,and is the oldest and largest established biennale
in the world. Australia has been consistently represented in the VeniceBiennale
for more than three decades, through the financial support and management of
the Australia Council for theArts.
Visit http://venicebiennale.australiacouncil.gov.au for more
information.
