Jochen Volz curatore per il Brasile

La São Paulo Biennial Foundation ha presentato il curatore del padiglione del Brasile, che sarà Jochen Volz.

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A Fundação Bienal de São Paulo nomeou Jochen Volz como o curador da participação oficial brasileira na 57ª Bienal de Veneza, que acontece de 13 de maio a 26 de novembro de 2017.

Jochen Volz (1971, Braunschweig, Alemanha – vive em São Paulo) foi também o curador da 32ª Bienal de São Paulo (7 de setembro a 11 de dezembro de 2016). O crítico de arte dirigiu ainda a programação da Serpentine Galleries em Londres e atuou como diretor artístico do Instituto Inhotim. Foi curador do Portikus, em Frankfurt, cocurador da mostra internacional da 53ª Bienal de Veneza (2009) e da 1ª Aichi Triennial, em Nagoya (2010), e curador convidado da 27ª Bienal de São Paulo (2006).

Segundo Volz, Veneza é mundialmente reconhecida por ser uma plataforma que promove nas artes visuais a diversidade, o respeito e a liberdade, constituindo-se de um espaço plural de experimentação e educação. “Compartilhando uma aposta forte no potencial transformador da arte e da cultura, estou convencido que vamos organizar uma mostra que dialogará plenamente com as preocupações atuais de artistas do mundo todo”.

O anúncio do curador foi realizado nesta segunda-feira, 5 de dezembro, na Fundação Bienal, com as presenças do Ministro das Relações Exteriores, José Serra, do diretor de Promoção Internacional do Ministério da Cultura, Adam Muniz, que representou o Ministro da Cultura, Roberto Freire. O ato demonstra o estreitamento da parceria entre o Ministério das Relações Exteriores, o Minstério da Cultura e a Fundação Bienal.

Para o Ministro José Serra, “elemento imprescindível para a diplomacia cultural é a continuidade; somente com a difusão constante e permanente da produção cultural brasileira é possível atingir o objetivo maior de consolidação da imagem do Brasil. Neste sentido a participação contínua do Brasil na Bienal de Veneza é um sinal claro da relevância da promoção cultrual para a política externa brasileira”.

Na avaliação do Ministro Roberto Freire, “a repactuação desta parceria representa o esforço do Ministério da Cultura, do Ministério das Relações Exteriores e da Fundação Bienal na difusão da cultura brasileira em um dos maiores espaços de divulgação de arte do mundo, reforçando o interesse do Brasil em intensificar seus esforços para a internacionalização da cultura nacional”.

“A organização da participação brasileira nas Bienais de Veneza já faz parte da tradição da Fundação Bienal, uma instituição independente, respeitada internacionalmente e comprometida com o pensamento e a produção da arte contemporânea”, afirma Luis Terepins, comissário da exposição e Presidente da Fundação Bienal de São Paulo.

Sobre a participação brasileira na Bienal de Veneza 

O pavilhão do Brasil, construído em 1964, é o espaço no qual o próprio país escolhe e expõe artistas que a cada nova edição o representam. Desde 1995, a responsabilidade por essa escolha foi outorgada pelo governo Brasileiro à Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, a segunda mais antiga no gênero em todo o mundo. A partir da mesma data, as participações brasileiras no evento são organizadas em colaboração conjunta entre o Ministério das Relações Exteriores - mantenedor do pavilhão brasileiro -, o Ministério da Cultura – por meio do aporte de recursos da Fundação Nacional de Artes (Funarte) - e a Fundação Bienal de São Paulo - responsável pela escolha do curador e produção das mostras.

Participação do Brasil na 57. Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte – la Biennale di Venezia  de 13 de maio a 26 de novembro de 2017  

Comissário: Luis Terepins, Presidente da Fundação Bienal de São Paulo 

Curador: Jochen Volz

Local: Pavilhão do Brasil Endereço: Giardini Castello, Padiglione Brasile, 30122 Veneza, Itália 

Curador geral da 57. Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte – la Biennale di Venezia: Christine Macel

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Padiglione Iran

Fra gli otto artisti che rappresenteranno il padiglione dell'Iran ci sarà anche Francis Alÿs.

Dal sito :https://ruyafoundation.org/en/

The Ruya Foundation is pleased to announce the participating artists for the National Pavilion of Iraq at the 57th Venice Biennale in May 2017. The exhibition, ‘Archaic’, will display the work of eight Modern and contemporary Iraqi artists in dialogue with ancient Iraqi artefacts. It will also include a new commission by internationally acclaimed Belgian-born artist Francis Alÿs on the subject of war and the artist.

The exhibition will be curated by Tamara Chalabi, Chair and Co-Founder of the Ruya Foundation, and Paolo Colombo, Art Adviser at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art. It will interrogate the notion of the ‘archaic’, which has a dual meaning whereby it can simultaneously refer to an ancient cultural heritage and a fragile contemporary political entity. The exhibition will draw out this duality and explore the opportunities and restrictions presented to artists in Iraq by the country’s momentous ancient inheritance.

The exhibition will present works by Iraqi artists living in both Iraq and the diaspora. Luay Fadhil (b. 1982) is based in Baghdad, Sherko Abbas (b. 1978) and Sakar Sleman (b. 1979) are based in Sulaymaniya, and Ali Arkady (b. 1982) is based in Khanaqin. Both Sadik Kwaish Alfraji (b. 1960) and Nadine Hattom (b. 1980) are Baghdad-born but are now based in the Netherlands and Germany respectively. The two Modern artists represented in the exhibition will be Jawad Salim (1919–1961), widely considered the most influential artist of the Iraqi Modern period, and Shaker Hassan Al Said (1925–2004), his pupil and friend.

Of the six living artists, five have been commissioned by Ruya to create new work for the Pavilion. A great number of artists working in Iraq today continue to abide by an orthodox aesthetic tradition that has been limited by mid-century education trends and the lack of cultural exchange in Iraq in recent decades. All of the Ruya Foundation’s work seeks to nurture and promote artists who move beyond these paradigms and the selection of contemporary artists for the Pavilion reflects that mission. Hattom and Sleman will both present installation work, Abbas, Alfraji and Fadhil will present video work and Arkady will present photography.

Each of their Pavilion works will engage with Iraq’s heritage and history, creating different resonances with the archaic theme. These themes will interplay with the two Modern Iraqi artists, who were amongst the first to strive for a new kind of Iraqi art in the 20th century that would both engage with the European avant-garde and create a distinctly Iraqi vernacular responding to the country’s unique ancient heritage.

Francis Alÿs’ commission will accompany the main exhibition and has been the product of a longstanding dialogue between the artist and the Ruya Foundation. In early 2016 Ruya organised a visit for the artist to Baghdad and the refugee camps in northern Iraq. He followed this visit with another expedition in October 2016 in which he was embedded with a Kurdish battalion on the Mosul frontline, during the ongoing campaign to liberate Mosul. The main line of enquiry for his new work will be the role of the artist in war, whilst he will also examine themes of nomadism.

Further details of the artist commissions, along with information about the ancient artefacts on display, will be announced in 2017.

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Australia Council announces Tracey Moffatt’s 2017 Venice Biennale exhibition

The Australia Council for the Arts today announced the exhibition title for Tracey Moffatt’s solo exhibition in the Australian Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale. Moffatt will present MY HORIZON. The installation will comprise all new work, including large-scale photography and film. “MY HORIZON is very open and can be read in many ways,” said Moffatt. “The horizon line can represent the far and distant future or the unobtainable. There are times in life when we all can see what is ‘coming over the horizon’. This is when we make a move. Or we do nothing and just wait for whatever it is to arrive.” Through photography and film, Moffatt creates highly stylized narratives and montage to explore a range of themes including the complexities of interpersonal relationships, the curiousness of popular culture, and her own deeply felt childhood memories and fantasies. “This will be an insightful and deeply moving exhibition, one that extends Tracey’s acclaimed body of work and cements her position as one of Australia’s most successful artists - someone who consistently takes the tempo of our times,” said Naomi Milgrom AO, Australia’s Commissioner for the 2017 Venice Biennale. The exhibition, to be launched in May 2017, will be accompanied by a major new book, published and distributed by Thames & Hudson. This will be the first time an artist representing Australia at the Venice Biennale will have a globally distributed accompanying publication. Exhibition Curator and publication editor Natalie King said, “MY HORIZON will present a compendium of texts that reflect on Tracey’s highly political and deeply personal fictions, allowing readers to ponder what might be over the horizon.” Moffatt first received critical acclaim with the short film Night Cries which was selected for official competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Her first feature film, bedevil was also selected for Cannes in 1993, and in 1997 she was invited to exhibit in the Aperto section of the Venice Biennale. An exhibition at the Dia Center for the Arts in New York followed, consolidating her international reputation. Since then Moffatt has exhibited extensively in museums and galleries across the globe, with more than 100 international exhibitions including a highly prestigious 2012 solo show at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. She also received the 2007 Infinity Award for Art from New York’s esteemed International Center of Photography. Moffatt will be the second artist to exhibit in the award-winning Australia Pavilion in Venice’s Giardini. The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government’s principal arts funding and advisory body. Australia’s participation at the Venice Biennale began in 1954, and has been managed by the Australia Council since 1978. #BiennaleArte2017