martedì 27 maggio 2014

Rappresentanza dell'Irlanda con Sean Lynch


installation view (photo: Stuart Whipps) al Modern Art Oxford


Ecco il comunicato stampa che ufficializza il nominativo per l'Irlanda, dal sito http://www.merrionstreet.ie

Ireland’s representation at the Venice Art Biennale 2015 announced: 

Tuesday, 20 May, 2014: The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan, TD, today announced the details of the team to represent Ireland at the 56th International Art Exhibition in Venice in 2015. Ireland at Venice is an initiative of Culture Ireland in partnership with the Arts Council.

The Commissioner for 2015 is Mike Fitzpatrick who will work with the Curator Woodrow Kernohan to present the work of artist, Sean Lynch. Both the Commissioner and the Curator have extensive experience of presenting high profile international exhibitions. Mike Fitzpatrick, currently Director of Limerick City of Culture, was Commissioner/Curator for the 52nd Venice Art Biennale which saw a very successful exhibition of the work of Gerard Byrne and Woodrow Kernohan is Director of EVA International, Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art.

Sean Lynch, who has just opened his first UK museum exhibition at Modern Art Oxford, has already attracted strong international interest and has exhibited in many public galleries and institutions throughout Europe, as well as being known for several high profile public art projects, including O’Connell Street, Dublin.

The selection was made following an open competitive process run by the Culture Ireland Division of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, in partnership with the Arts Council. Minister Deenihan said:

“I am delighted that Sean, who has a growing international reputation, will have this opportunity to present his work at the Venice Biennale which offers an important global platform to showcase the strength of Ireland’s visual arts.”

Orlaith McBride, Director of the Arts Council said: “The Arts Council is delighted to again support Ireland’s representation at the Venice Art Biennale 2015. Sean Lynch’s work is particularly intriguing and unique, finding wonderful pathways for the public into hidden or forgotten histories. Of course, in addition to its commitment to showing Irish artists’ work in Venice, the Arts Council will support the subsequent Irish Tour to ensure that people throughout Ireland get a chance to see the show for themselves.”

Commenting on the selection, Commissioner Mike Fitzpatrick stated: “Sean Lynch will represent Ireland at the Venice Biennale 2015 with a unique presentation that will gather disparate strands of our history and locate them in a series of interlocking vignettes. A native of North Kerry, a graduate and lecturer at Limerick School of Art and Design, LIT, he lives in Askeaton, Limerick and London. His work combines a narrative strength with an incisive ability to discover, research and translate complex cultural issues. Sean has already gained considerable international recognition and utilises his particular strength to forensically explore trails of forgotten stories and contextualize them within the contemporary context”.

Curator Woodrow Kernohan commented: “This is a very exciting project. I’m delighted to have been selected to work with Sean Lynch and Mike Fitzpatrick to represent Ireland at the Venice Biennale in 2015. Sean’s work celebrates unwritten aspects of our social and cultural heritage and the Irish Pavilion in 2015 will also be an opportunity to promote the wider Irish art scene to international audiences”.

The 56th International Art Exhibition will be held in Venice from May 9th to November 22nd 2015. It will then tour in Ireland in early 2016.





mercoledì 21 maggio 2014

Céleste Boursier-Mougenot

Oggi è stato comunicato che sarà Céleste Boursier-Mougenot a rappresentare la Francia alla prossima Biennale di Arti Visive di Venezia nel 2015, 


Installation image from “Céleste Boursier-Mougenot: New Commission for The Curve,” 
Barbican Art Gallery, London, England (2/27 – 5/23/10)  Paula Cooper Gallery

domenica 11 maggio 2014

Francia, Tatiana Trouvé o Céleste Boursier-Mougenot?



Mancano pochi giorni alla selezione finale per l'artista che rappresenterà la Francia alla prossima Biennale di Arti Visive di Venezia, sarà Tatiana Trouvé o Céleste Boursier-Mougenot?

Ovviamente parteggio per la Trouvé, che presenta il progetto dal titolo "Implexe", curatela di Elie During, mentre Boursier-Mougenot propone Rêvolutions, con la curatela di Emma Lavigne.

Céleste Boursier-Mougenot Variation Pinacothèque Sao Paulo, Brazil

Il comitato di selezione è composto da Jean de Loisy, presidente della  Palais de Tokyo; Pierre Oudart, Vice Direttore della Creazione Artistica presso il Ministero della Cultura; Sophie Lévy, direttore del LAM (Museo d'Arte Moderna di Villeneuve d'Ascq); Marie Cozette, direttore del centro di arte contemporanea Sinagoga de Delme; ed Enrico Lunghi, direttore del MUDAM (Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean) nel Lussemburgo. 

A fine mese la sentenza, incrociamo le dita! 


comunicato stampa dell'istituto culturale francese 
http://institutfrancais.com/cp/140319-CP-biennale.html

PRÉ-SÉLECTION DES DEUX ARTISTES POUR LE
PAVILLON FRANÇAIS DE LA 56ÈME BIENNALE
INTERNATIONALE D’ART DE VENISE 2015 :
CÉLESTE BOURSIER-MOUGENOT & TATIANA TROUVÉ
Pour la première fois depuis la participation française à la Biennale d’art de Venise, l’Institut français, opérateur du Pavillon français, en collaboration avec le ministère des Affaires étrangères et celui de la Culture et de la Communication, a lancé le 28 janvier 2014 un appel à projets pour le pavillon français de la 56e Biennale internationale d’art de Venise 2015. Chaque artiste a ainsi pu proposer un projet construit avec le commissaire d’exposition de son choix.
Cette nouvelle procédure garantit ouverture et transparence du mode de sélection.
Au 28 février 2014 minuit, ce sont 35 projets de binômes « artiste-commissaire » qui ont été soumis.
Le comité de sélection s’est réuni le 12 mars 2014 et a salué la qualité et la richesse de tous les projets. Conformément à la procédure mise en place, deux projets ont été pré-sélectionnés après délibération :
  • «Rêvolutions» de l’artiste Céleste Boursier-Mougenot accompagné de la commissaire Emma Lavigne
  • «Implexe» de l’artiste Tatiana Trouvé accompagnée du commissaire Élie During
La sélection finale se déroulera fin mai 2014 et se fera sur la base d’un projet détaillé.
Le comité de sélection est composé de :
  • 4 membres institutionnels, deux représentants du ministère des Affaires étrangères et de son opérateur l'Institut français et deux représentants du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication et de ses opérateurs :
    - Xavier Darcos, Président exécutif de l’Institut français
    - Anne Grillo, directrice de la coopération culturelle, universitaire et de la recherche à la direction générale de la mondialisation, du développement et des partenariats (DGM) au ministère des Affaires étrangères
    - Pierre Oudart, directeur adjoint de la création artistique délégué aux arts plastiques, direction générale de la création artistique, ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
    - Jean de Loisy, Président du Palais de Tokyo
  • 6 membres extérieurs, dont une personnalité étrangère :
    - Marie Cozette, directrice du Centre d’art La synagogue de Delme
    - Chantal Pontbriand, critique d’art et commissaire d’expositions
    - Sophie Lévy, directrice conservatrice en chef du LAM, musée d’art moderne de Villeneveuve d’Ascq
    - François Quintin, directeur délégué de la Fondation d’entreprise Galeries Lafayette
    - Jérôme Clément, Président du Conseil d'administration du Théâtre du Châtelet
    - Enrico Lunghi, directeur du MUDAM, Luxembourg

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