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Council of Wales è lieta di annunciare che Helen Sear è stato selezionato per rappresentare
il Padiglione del Galles a Venezia alla 56a Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, la
Biennale di Venezia in esecuzione dal 9 maggio al 22 novembre 2015. Curata da Ffotogallery
questa sarà la prima volta per il Galles nel presentare una mostra personale di
un'artista femminile.
Conosciuta
come una delle più significative artiste contemporanee del Galles, la pratica di
Helen Sear può essere caratterizzata dalla sua esplorazione del crossover tra fotografia
e arte, la sua attenzione sulla co-esistenza umana, animale e mondo naturale.
info dal sito http://www.wai.org.uk/news/6121
Press
release:
Arts
Council of Wales is delighted to announce that Helen Sear has been selected to representCymru
yn Fenis/Wales in Venice at the 56th International Art Exhibition, the Venice Biennale
running from 9 May to 22 November 2015. Curated by Ffotogallery this will be the
first time for Wales to present a solo exhibition by a female artist.
Known
as one of Wales’ most significant contemporary artists, Helen Sear’s practice can
be characterised by her exploration of the crossover between photography and fine
art, her focus on the co-existence of the human, animal, and natural worlds.
With
an exemplary track record for producing high quality, conceptually rigorous work,
Helen Sear’s current work shows particular maturity and sophistication, seamlessly
moving between expanded notions of photography, sculpture and video, with the artist
exhibiting great command of different materials and production processes. These
developments, coinciding with renewed interest in and critical acclaim for the artist’s
work and profile internationally as well as in Wales, make this the perfect moment
for Helen Sear to represent Cymru yn Fenis/Wales in Venice.
Helen
Sear’s photographic practice has developed from a fine art background in performance,
film and installation work in the 1980s and she continues to explore ideas of vision,
touch and the representation of the nature of experience, combining drawing, lens-based
media and digital technologies. Her work challenges accepted notions of photography
as a documentary and creative medium.
Wales’
first ever female solo exhibition in Venice is led by Ffotogallery; the national
development agency for photography and lens-based media in Wales, who will be working
with Stuart Cameron, curator of Helen Sear’s first major exhibition at Chapter,
Cardiff and longstanding supporter of her work. He has worked with a number of major
artists, within Wales and internationally, to develop new work, most recently The
Art Party Conference 2013.
Louise
Wright, Commissioner for Cymru yn Fenis/Wales in Venice and Portfolio Manager for
Visual Arts at the Arts Council of Wales said:
"We
are very excited to be working with Helen Sear and Ffotogallery. Cymru yn Fenis/Wales
in Venice 2015 is a significant opportunity to develop and present new work at the
world’s most prestigious international event for the Visual Arts."
Helen
Sear said: "Having lived and worked in Wales since 1984, the opportunity to
be part of Wales in Venice has been an ambition of mine for several years. The photographic
image in art practice has never been so diverse or contested, and, with the acceleration
of new digital technologies, the material presence of the image is now more than
ever at stake."
David
Drake, Director Ffotogallery said: "We are delighted with the news, for Ffotogallery
has championed Helen Sear’s work over a number of years and witnessed many exciting
developments in her practice. For Cymru yn Fenis/Wales in Venice 2015 the artist
will be creating a beguiling new body of work which is both rooted in the local
and familiar landscapes of Wales, and also responding to the wider context of the
Venice Biennale."
Wales’s
presence at Venice has been a vital part of the artistic calendar ever since the
country first burst onto the International Biennale’s scene in 2003 with the exhibition,
Further. Since then the Biennale has provided a superb platform for visual art from
Wales, strengthening its international profile and reflecting back into Wales through
exhibition tours and related initiatives such as the Invigilator Plus programme,
educational resources and talks.
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