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Venice Biennale International Art Exhibit (54th : 2011) : Eight National Pavilion Presskits
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Library
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| Creation: | Finding aid encoded by Brigitte Bisaillon December 6, 2011 |
| Language: | Finding aid written in English. |
| Repository: | Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Library |
| Title: | Venice Biennale International Art Exhibit (54th : 2011) : Eight National Pavilion Presskits |
| Dates: | 06/04/2011-11/27/2011 |
| Quantity: | Online Resource: Digital Files (PDF, JPG, MPEG) |
| Abstract | This collection is comprised of preservation copies of electronic image and document files produced to accompany the Venice Biennale 2007-2009 online archive. Materials consist of press kits describing the exhibitions of eight national pavilions. Press Releases, contributors' CVs, artist statements, signature pages, image labels, still images of exhibitions' photos, videos, sculpture and paintings and a trailor make up the bulk of this digital collection. The 2011 Pavilion of Bangladesh entitled “Parables” represents the first participation of the nation in the Venice Biennale International Art Exhibit. The 66 page press release demonstrates the number of people involved in making the participation happen and includes an overview of Bangladesh art history as well as biographies and images of works by the five contributing artists. Another exhibition of interest is the exhibition in the Australian Pavilion titled “The Golden Thread” by artist Hany Armanious whose method of casting and choice of material creates unique objects of art. Exploration of performance art can be seen in national pavilions exhibitions such as Croatia titled “One Needs to Live Self-Confidently... Watching” and Russia “Empty Zones”. Though the exhibits differ greatly both Pavilions include the work of former soviet artists Tomislav Gotovac and Andrei Monastyrski and the art companies they created/inspired BADco and Collective Actions. |
| Identification: | 2011.30 |
| Language of Materials note | English, Italian |
Arrangement note
This collection is organized into 8 series. Series with multiple items contain subseries with folders.Scope and Contents note
This collection is organized into 8 series. Series 1: Pavilion of Australia contains 1 PDF (17 page press release); Series 2: Pavilion of Bangladesh contains 1 PDF (66 page press release); Series 3: Pavilion of Croatia contains 2 PDFs (3 page Press Release, artist signatures page), 25 JPG images; Series 4: Pavilion of Korea contains 3 PDFs (2 page press release, 2 page curator’s CV, 5 page artist’s CV), 38 JPG images; Series 5: Pavilion of Mexico contains 1 PDF (3 page press release), 22 JPG images, PDF (image labels); Series 6: Pavilion of Russia 2 PDFs (1 page press release, 1 page image labels ), 38 JPG Images; Series 7: Pavilion of Taiwan 1 PDF (3 page press release), 4 Subseries: Subseries 1: Curator and Artist files contains 3 folders : Folder 1 contains 1 PDF (curator’s CV), 1 JPG (image of curator); Folder 2 contains 3 PDFs (artist’s CV, artist’s statement, image captions), 14 JPGs (images of artist and exhibition) ; Folder 3 contains 2 PDFs (artist’s CV, artist’s statement , image captions), 24 JPGs (images of artist and exhibition); Subseries 2: Opening Performance files contain 2 PDFs (opening artists’ CVs, introduction and schedule), 3 JPGs ( images of artists); Subseries 3: Sound Library Bar Files contain 2 PDFs (artists’ CV, exhibition list), 4 JPGs (images of artists and exhibition); Subseries 4: 1 MPEG-4 (2 min. trailor); Series 8: Pavilion of Ukraine contains 1 PDF (1 page press release), 12 JPG (exhibition images)Pavilion of Taiwan 1 PDF (3 page press release), 4 Subseries: Subseries 1: Curator and Artist files contains 3 folders : Folder 1 contains 1 PDF (curator’s CV), 1 JPG (image of curator); Folder 2 contains 3 PDFs (artist’s CV, artist’s statement, image captions), 14 JPGs (images of artist and exhibition) ; Folder 3 contains 2 PDFs (artist’s CV, artist’s statement , image captions), 24 JPGs (images of artist and exhibition); Subseries 2: Opening Performance files contain 2 PDFs (opening artists’ CVs, introduction and schedule), 3 JPGs ( images of artists); Subseries 3: Sound Library Bar Files contain 2 PDFs (artists’ CV, exhibition list), 4 JPGs (images of artists and exhibition); Subseries 4: 1 MPEG-4 (2 min. trailer); Series 8: Pavilion of Ukraine contains 1 PDF (1 page press release), 12 JPG (exhibition images)
The History of the Venice Biennale Art Exhibition
The proposal for the Venice Biennale Art Exhibition was created on April 19th of 1893 by the Venice City Council. The founding of a “biennial national artistic exhibition” was to take place in the following year, to celebrate the silver anniversary of King Umberto and Margherita of Savoy and in hopes of creating an internationally prestigious art exhibition. The first exhibition took place two years later, opening on 30th April 1895.
The pavilion which was to host the first exhibition was built in the public gardens in Castello, just in time for the opening ceremony with the presence of King and Queen of Savoy, and the enthusiastic participation of the Venetian public. There were over 200,000 visitors at the first International Art Exhibition of the City of Venice (later to be called the Biennale because it took place every two years). The special return train tickets, which included entrance to the exhibition, contributed to this great success.
116 years later the Venice Biennale is still thriving. In 2011, the 54th International Art Exhibition, titled ILLUMInations, directed by Bice Curiger and organized by la Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, was open to the public from Saturday, June 4th to November 27th, 2011 in the Giardini and at the Arsenale in Venice, Italy. Along with the exhibition were 89 national participations, an all time record since its beginning. Each participating country exhibited in thier own Pavilion.
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